Abstract: A decorative cup is formed by attaching a fluid filled tank to the exterior of a cup. The tank also contains decorative particles suspended in the fluid. A pump that agitates the fluid and particles is built into a handle.

Abstract: A bubble-propelled amusement device in which play pieces are dispersed in a water bath contained in an enclosed transparent tank having on its bottom wall an air nozzle and having in the air space above the bath an air intake, the pieces normally tending to sink toward the nozzle. Below the tank is a pump assembly comprising an air chamber coupled to a player-operated bellows, the chamber being provided with an air outlet and an air inlet, each having a check valve therein. The air outlet is coupled to the nozzle so that when the bellows is actuated by the player and compressed, the resultant positive air pressure in the chamber causes the outlet valve to open to feed air into the nozzle which injects into the water bath a stream of air bubbles that act to propel play pieces toward a target, the bubbles then being discharged into the air space.

Abstract: An illusory device for use in conjunction with protective garments, comprising of one or more sheets of fluid impervious material in flatwise registering relationship and being mutually secured in their marginal zones for jointly defining a central chamber, and with there being a liquid of predetermined coloration and composition partially or completely filling the central chamber for exception through the walls of the device. The device is worn by itself or secured to one or more other illusory devices, which is subsequently secured to or placed over the selected protective garment by securing means.

Abstract: A hoop and guide device which is characterized by a round hoop provided with an optional light housing mounted therein and a telescoping guide designed for propelling the hoop. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the guide telescopes in order to adjust the length thereof and is provided with a light at the upper end and a bevelled contact plate at the lower end. Furthermore, the hoop includes a hollow rim cavity designed to receive water and stabilize the hoop while it is propelled by the contact end of the guide. In another preferred embodiment of the invention, a circular housing ring is built into the light housing and includes a ball race for receiving a metal ball, and electrical contacts connected to a battery located in the light housing extend into the ball race in spaced relationship for periodically illuminating a light located in the battery housing as the ball traverses the ball race and bridges the contacts.

Abstract: An observe/reverse link convection siphon toy ornament with three layers and four chambers device to be connected by special channel to attain the effect of balance between the fluid and air, the normal state of the flow of the fluid is able to be changed without externally applying power of a cell, and varied cards, such as, doll, cartoon, asdvertisement, etc., may be installed in it arbitrarily to fulfill the purpose of playing, seeing and enjoying.

Abstract: A toy vehicle construction is disclosed which has been particularly configured so that the toy vehicle exhibits animated characteristics. To this end, a liquid crystal graphics display is provided on the chassis of the vehicle, with the graphics display particularly configured to display a plurality of simulated life functions. An associated micro-processor effects operation and control of the graphics display, with additional sound-generating, light-emitting, and detecting devices further provided to further lend to the animated nature of the device.

Abstract: An article for cooling a beverage includes a container of plastic material for containing a phase-change medium such as water. The cooling article is used by freezing the phase-change medium and immersing the article in the beverage. The article is preferably weighted to compensate for its positive buoyancy so that it is either generally suspended within the beverage or at the bottom of the beverage. Preferably, the article has projections thereon which increase its surface area, and the article may include internal metallic fins to increase the rate at which heat is transferred from the surface of the article to the interior thereof. If desired, the article may be configured to provide a secondary meaning, and it may include a phosphorescent medium so as to glow in areas of little or no light.

Abstract: A serving mat includes a pair of superimposed sheets sealed to each other to define a chamber having a free-flowing liquid medium therein with a plurality of discrete articles suspended in said liquid medium and movable by manipulation of the liquid medium in the chamber.

Abstract: A sealed container with a movable weight therein is eccentrically mounted within a light rollable object on a guideway. Liquid mercury, powered metal, or metal pellets or spheres would move within the container to shift the center of gravity. Maintaining the center of gravity of the weight to the uphill side of a vertical extension of the tangent between the rolling object and the guideway will enable the rolling object to return uphill after rolling down within a limit, thereby seeming to defy the law of gravity.

Abstract: An amusement device is described which comprises an elongated, flexible, tubular sheath having two ends. A shape-forming core member is contained within the sheath and extends through substantially the length of the sheath. An end cap is secured to each end of the sheath. The amusement device may be shaped into any desired shape or configuration and it will retain that shape until the user desires to change the shape.

Abstract: An ornamental or amusement device has the geometric configuration of two inter-penetrating tetrahedra including eight apices and presenting the appearance of a six-pointed star when viewed along the axis of any one of the eight apices. In one described embodiment, the body is disposed within a transparent housing filled with a transparent liquid, the body having a density different from that of the liquid such that it slowly moves from one end to the opposite end of the housing when inverted. In a second described embodiment, the body is enclosed by a housing having a plurality of planar faces to permit the geometric body to stably rest in any position on a flat horizontal surface.

Abstract: An activity toy with a body including a hollow cylindrical portions supported on a base and having pivotally mounted arms has a hollow upper member including a skull with extrusion openings. The bottom of the upper member has a loading opening for a plastic amorphous solid substance. Attachable about and spaced from the skull is a clear plastic mask formed of separable halves clamped together at the bottom by the engagement of hooks and tabs and at the top by a detachable hairpiece. Near the bottom, the mask is maintained in a relatively tight relation to a flange on the hollow upper member. The upper member with the mask attached is secured to the body by a bayonet lock. Within the body is a piston with diametrically opposed gear racks that are engaged by gear segments on arms pivotally mounted to the body.

Abstract: A baseball-type cap having on the front and above the visor a miniature transparent mug which contains a small motor and pump that circulates a fluid from the bottom of the mug up through a conduit within the cap to a small dispensing tap mounted above the mug. The tap handle operates an electrical switch to power the motor and also a lamp that back-lights advertising material visable through the transparent mug and illuminates the fluid flowing through a transparent tube connected between the dispensing tap outlet and the bottom of the mug. A top cover of the mug may support a plastic foam for further realism.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a toy having a floating ornament enclosed in a transparent vessel, which toy comprises: a transparent bottle; two kinds of liquids having different specific gravities and the properties of not mixing with each other and filling up said bottle to form two upper and lower liquid layers; a floating ornament constructed of a small model made of a material having a specific gravity larger than that of the liquid forming the upper liquid layer and smaller than that of the liquid forming the lower liquid layer; and seal means hermetically sealing the mouth of said bottle, whereby said floating ornament in said bottle can move in a stable state at all times when said bottle is rocked.

Abstract: A toy including a movable model, components for generating and alternating a magnetic field in response to a direct current, a permanent magnet disposed in the generated magnetic field, and a component for transmitting movement of the permanent magnet in the generated magnetic field to the movable model.

Abstract: An article for cooling a beverage includes a container of plastic material for containing a phase-change medium such as water. The cooling article is used by freezing the phase-change medium and immersing the article in the beverage. The article is preferably weighted to compensate for its positive buoyancy so that it is either generally suspended within the beverage or at the bottom of the beverage. Preferably, the article has projections thereon which increase its surface area, and the article may include internal metallic fins to increase the rate at which heat is transferred from the surface of the article to the interior thereof. If desired, the article may be configured to provide a secondary meaning, and it may include a phosphorescent medium so as to glow in areas of little or no light.

Abstract: A conductive fluid activated device for use in toys and the like is provided. The device includes resistive responsive circuitry adapted to produce various sounds or to control electric components such as motors, solenoids and the like. A fluid retaining reservoir is adapted to receive probes which extend from and are connected to the circuitry. Various configurations of the reservoir and the probes allow the resistive responsive circuitry to respond differently depending on the configuration of the reservoir and the probes by sensing resistive changes created by the presence and motion of various fluids in or passing through the reservoir and probes.

Abstract: An activity toy including a hollow skull extending from a hollow, tubular neck and having eye, nose, and mouth openings. Attachable about and spaced from the skull in relatively tight relation to the neck is a clear face and head mask formed of separable halves secured together by clamps. A plastic amorphous solid substance is loaded into the skull through the neck and extruded out of openings to fill the space between the skull and the mask. Removal of the mask permits further hand working of the plastic substance to modify the appearance of the formed face. Suitable appendages and a hooded cloak are provided to obscure the plastic substance extrusion mechanism and provide a figure that may be placed in combination with the face and head extruding feature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a closed finger painting system that is adapted to be both clean and reusable. Provided is a rigid base member to which a number of closed, clear, flexible bags are attached. The bags are particularly adapted to be overlapped with respect to each other. Each bag contains a colorful, transparent fluid. The fluids can be manipulated within each bag by pressing the bags with one's fingers. When the fluids in more than one bag overlap, they create an optical impression of being mixed to create new colors. Therefore, an infinite variety of distinctive, abstract designs can be created.

Abstract: A toy having an eye construction which is formed as a sealed container having a supply of a fluid medium confined within the container and having a plurality of particles suspended or dispersed throughout the fluid medium so that said particles move in the fluid medium as the toy is shaken or moved by the child to lend a pleasing effect to the toy. The container is provided with simulated eye protrusions arranged to align with the eye opening in a toy's head, and the container is secured within the toy's head adjacent to the eye opening therein.

Abstract: A spherical vehicle including a spherical shell having a drive shaft secured to the interior wall thereof. A drive motor is connected to the shaft for imparting a rolling motion to the spherical vehicle on a supporting surface. Continuous steering of the vehicle is accomplished by changing the position of a mass suspended from the drive shaft to thereby change the center of gravity of the vehicle.

Abstract: A toy adapted to be activated by water from a garden hose. A nozzle assembly at the bottom of a bowl directs water into and agitates water in the bowl while directing a jet of water vertically upwardly from within the bowl. Balls floating on the agitated water are randomly drawn by the jet into the inlet end of a tube supported above the water level around the jet, and are then propelled upwardly through the tube by the jet so that they will amuse or can be caught by children playing under the water jet.

Abstract: A motorized toy vehicle actuated by liquid such as water is provided. The toy vehicle includes a frame having wheels rotatably supported thereon and a motor operatively coupled to the wheels for rotating the wheels. A reservoir having a float disposed therein is supported on the toy vehicle frame. A switch selectively actuated by the float is coupled to the motor. When a predetermined amount of liquid is present in the reservoir, the float will actuate the switch thereby turning on the motor.