Abstract: An apparatus for simulating a "high-five" including a lower arm portion having a simulated hand removably attached thereto, an upper arm portion, an elbow joint for pivotally securing the lower arm portion to the upper arm portion, and a spring biasing element for biasing the upper and lower arm portions towards a predetermined alignment.

Abstract: A pliable paperweight and article holder having an outer skin of soft flexible material defining an enclosed hollow inner cavity having a central portion and a plurality of hollow generally tubular projections integral therewith extending outwardly from the central portion is completely filled with a mass of shiftable heavy granular material. The shiftable heavy granular material and outer skin of soft flexible material act in cooperation to provide a pliable structure capable of being manipulated to hold and grip various articles. When placed either horizontally of vertically on a surface, the central portion will spread somewhat to conform generally to the surface upon which it is placed, and each of the tubular projections can be manually manipulated or bent to assume various positions as desired for holding various objects or for gripping various objects, and the tubular projections will remain in the desired holding or gripping position.

Abstract: A flexible appendage for use as a robot arm, controllable medical instrument, or simply a toy, has flexibly coupled segments defining an open lumen, and flanges protruding laterally of the axis. The flanges have passages for control lines spaced laterally from the axis. Each control line is fixed to a segment and can be pulled through the other segments from the proximal end. The control lines shorten a lateral side of the appendage to controllably bend it. Resilient couplings between the segments, leave open the lumen for passage of conduits or tools. The couplings can be helical springs wound with turns which abut at rest, such that the couplings elongate on the outside of a bend but do not compress on the inside, thereby maintaining the overall length of the appendage. The control lines are distributed around the axis, and can be arranged in ranks for controlling groups of the segments at different distances from the proximal end.

Abstract: A toy robot which can make realistic movement of boxing. The robot has plural driver devices each having an electric motor. The robot has arms driven by the driver devices. The driver devices are remotely controlled to operate the arms. The robot has a waist and a pillar protruding upward from this waist. One of the driver devices rotates the trunk through a given angle against the action of a return spring. One arm is held to a pivot mounted at one shoulder portion such that the arm can rotate laterally. An operating member is mounted to the pivot. As the trunk turns, the operating member pushes the underside of the bearing portion of the arm. The other arm can be bent at its elbow and consists of an upper arm and a forearm which are joined together by a link. When the upper arm is directed forward, the upper arm and the forearm are made substantially straight. Another driver device rotates the upper arm forwardly from below.

Abstract: A child's toy is a mechanical hand having at least articulated fingers, and perhaps an articulated thumb, associated with a palm section. A control compartment attached to and extending from the palm section includes fingertip controls which selectively move the articulated fingers. A clip-on special effects box, also operated by fingertip control, may be added to the mechanical hand in order to provide a weapon, sound effect, laser beam, or the like. In the embodiment described herein, the weapon is a set of four claws which may extend from or retract into the box.

Abstract: A novelty sleeve for simulating a muscular arm and having an elongated opening through the sleeve for a person to slip the arm into the sleeve, and the sleeve has enlarged portions therealong for depicting enlarged arm muscles.

Abstract: A stuffed toy has a short cylindrical body and a plurality of elongate appendages extending below the body. The appendages are readily attached and detached by a child to teach motor skills. The appendages may be color coded to matching attaching sites on the body. Matching indicia such as numbers may also be provided for educational purposes.

Abstract: A puppet of the type having a flexible elongated neck manipulated through movement from within by the puppeteer's forearm, and the puppet having depending legs adapted to serve as a rest or support for the forearm as well as the puppet's appearance.

Abstract: A toy glider in the form of a molded foam plastic animal figure has an animal body form fuselage including a longitudinal axis, generally parallel sides, a front end and a rear end. A pair of wings in the form of animal wings are attached to the fuselage in a horizontal plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage. A nose section in the form of an animal head and attached to the front end of the fuselage and a tail section is attached to the rear end of the fuselage. One or more male appendage studs extend distance from a surface of the glider and engage elongated hollow, appendages in the form of animal limbs, each having an elastomeric and hollow recess at an angle to the length of the limb and frictionally engaged onto a respective appendage stud, whereby rotation of the limb changes the angle of the limb with respect to the fuselage.

Abstract: A toy glider in the form of an animal figure has an animal body form fuselage including a longitudinal axis, generally parallel sides, a front end and a rear end. A pair of wings in the form of animal wings are attached to the fuselage in a horizontal plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fuselage. A nose section in the form of an animal head and attached to the front end of the fuselage and a tail section is attached to the rear end of the fuselage. A wing in the form of a pair of animal wings has a depending pylon, matingly engageable and latched into the aperture of the fuselage, and including a means for disengaging the wing pylon from the fuselage to permit use of the toy as an animal form without the wings. A plug is provided to close off the aperture in the fuselage when the wings are removed.

Abstract: A doll having a pair of mechanically driven legs for enabling the doll to move over a surface when held in an upright position. The doll includes a body portion for housing and supporting various elements of the doll. A pair of leg members are mounted on the body portion and extend therefrom for movement with respect to the body portion. A drive mechanism is drivingly connected to the leg members for moving the leg members with respect to the body portion and with respect to each other, such that the doll moves over a surface when held in an upright position. The doll includes a pair of feet positioned which are biased such that when the doll moves over a surface only the toe portions of the feet contact the surface. Additionally, the left arm and head member are drivingly connected to the drive mechanism such that when the leg members move, the head member and left arm member pivotally reciprocate with respect to the body portion to provide the doll with a ballerina-like fluidic motion.

Abstract: In a pillow having extended arms and legs, the arms are semi-circular and of sufficient length to enable them to extend either around the neck or extend around the torso of a human body and enable the pillow to cling to the body and support the neck or back. The pillow, and/or an external pillow case or removable cover, can be decorated to make the pillow an ornamental design, or caricature, as of a person or animal. The cover can simulate an article of clothing and is adapted to permit the arms and legs of the pillow to retain their initial appearance.

Abstract: A doll support apparatus including a ferromagnetic base having an upwardly facing support surface for receiving the bottom surface of a doll foot device incorporating a magnetic insert which, when supported on such surface, is disposed in close proximity to the ferromagnetic base to thereby maintain the doll in an erect position. The foot device may be in the form of a foot having a magnetic insert embedded directly there into or may be in the form of a removable shoe having the magnetic insert embedded therein. The foot or shoe may incorporate a hinge element which incorporates a releasable lock for locking the shoe or foot in selected different positions.

Abstract: A toy figure is disclosed comprising upper and lower torso sections, pivotally connected along a plane intersecting the longitudinal axis of the figure at a predetermined angle, whereby the figure is convertible from a standing configuration to a sitting configuration by rotating the torso sections 180 degrees with respect to one another. The structure is provided with a directionally oriented head component which can be adjusted into various attitudes and angles. A positive frictional pivot joint between the head and shoulder socket makes the head repositionable yet retains its position at the desired attitude and angle. The plane between the upper and lower torsos extends downardly from the front to the back of the figure at a 45 degree angle, whereby the bottom torso, when pivoted 180 degrees with respect to the top torso section, is in directional conformity with the head component.

Abstract: A peanut person is provided in which the head and body are made from peanuts, the arms and legs are made of insulated wire, the hands from electric connectors and the feet from plastic material.

Abstract: A toy animal having a body, at least two disproportionately long, supple legs extending downwardly from the body and at least one additional appendage extending downwardly therefrom. Each leg has a pad-like foot, which is weighted by a mass of polyethylene beads so as to cause such leg to dangle downwardly when the toy animal is held above an underlying surface. Although the legs lend a lanky appearance to the toy animal, the legs and the additional appendage or appendages extending downwardly from the body have sufficient columnar strength to support the toy animal and to resist collapsing when the toy animal is rested on a horizontal surface.

Abstract: Christmas tree ornaments for attachment to a conventional natural or artificial Christmas tree include representations of a pair of human hands and a human head. Each of the ornaments are formed from a translucent plastic material and have an internal electric light. An elongated telescopically adjustable strut is secured to each of the ornaments and has a plurality of spaced spring biased clamps. The clamps are utilized to secure the ornaments to a tree. Power cords from the electric lights within each ornament extend through the associated strut. The ornaments include representations of a human head and hands to enable decoration of a tree to simulate various famous individuals and fictional characters.

Abstract: A toy figure comprising a hollow body or torso member has at least one extremity receiving socket disposed therewithin having an annular sidewall and a base wall and formed integrally with the body member. The hollow extremities have a projecting socket with an annular sidewall and a base wall which has a depending boss extending into the cavity of the extremity, and a passage extends therethrough. A plug member is seated in the socket and it has a depending finger sealing the passage through the base wall of the socket. A connector engages the outer surface of the socket of the extremity and the inner surface of the socket of the torso to provide a rotatable connection between them. Expanding air pressure in the extremity cavity causes the material of the depending boss to clamp the finger tightly to seal the passage and hold the plug in assembly.

Abstract: The doll is considered a "Twin" for a child. It is a method for making a twin doll for a newborn child in which the newborn child has vital statistics including the name, date of birth, weight, length, handprints and footprints. The doll is constructed to have the exact length of the newborn child and to have the exact weight of the newborn child. The imprints of the newborn child are placed on the palm of the hands and the sole of the feet of the doll. The weight, length and imprints remain fixed and the doll is indeed a "replica" of the newborn child. Vital statistics including date of birth and name are also inscribed on the doll.

Abstract: A reversible toy having a pair of substantially equal size fabric skins peripherally secured and configured to selectively expose each skin while enclosing the other skin. Each skin has multiple appendages associated therewith and aligned with the appendages associated with the other skin. The two appendages of each aligned set of appendages are invertible one within the other for an outward projection of an appendage associated with an exposed skin and a corresponding inverting and storing of the aligned appendage within the projecting appendage. The stored appendages defines bulk stuffing for the exposed appendage. The inversion of each appendage is effected automatically upon an extension of the associated appendage.

Abstract: A plastic clip is integrally formed to provide a flexible finger portion intermediate two relatively rigid finger portions. It is configured to be assembled within a hand-simulating portion of a doll appendage, with the flexible finger of the clip disposed within a thumb-like component of the hand, and it has elements which permit it to be sewn in place. The resiliency of the flexible finger portion will permit the thumb to flex when an object is inserted between it and the component that simulates the remaining fingers of the doll's hand, and to return to its normal position so as to grip the object therebetween.

Abstract: A doll construction is disclosed wherein fingerprints are provided for each doll, with a different set of fingerprints for each doll, and with a record being provided for recording fingerprint data and other information concerning the characteristics of each doll. A similar record of information is maintained for the child owning the doll. A listing of safety rules is also provided for use by the parents and the child. The doll construction is provided as a means of encouraging parents to fingerprint their children and to educate them by teaching them the safety rules, thus avoiding having the child become missing from his or her family. In one embodiment, a code is selected for the fingerprints of each doll, utilizing letters such as an"O", a "U" and an inverted "U" with such code letters being provided on each of the fingers and thumb of the doll in the position which would be for the fingerprints of a real person.

Abstract: A simulated figure with articulated limbs and a pivotable head has a torso comprised of front and back sections which interfit to define a cavity and provide neck, arm and leg apertures. An armature is seated in the cavity and has arm and leg portions extending from a center portion to the arm and leg apertures and terminating in generally spherical elements. The upper ends of the arms and legs have generally spherical socket recesses which seat the spherical elements of the armature to provide pivotal movement in several axes. The legs have a pair of interfitting upper leg sections which provide a horizontal post in a slot at the lower end, and a lower leg member with a hinge projection seated on this post and pivotable thereabout in the slot. The figure may have an antennae structure including a base seated in the head cavity and a antennae extending outwardly through an aperture therein.

Abstract: A toy creature figure has pivotably mounted simulated leg elements which can be operated manually to effect a gripping action. The subassembly of pivot pieces and actuating lever provided is effective to readily operate the leg members, and manufacture of the toy is relatively facile and inexpensive.

Abstract: An articulated doll arrangement having a head, a body, arms, upper legs, lower legs and hands. The parts of the articulated doll are interconnected to provide simulated anthropomorphic movements between various of the parts. A central connecting member extends through the hollow body means and projects from the top of the body upon which the head having a simulated neck is pivotally mounted. The remote end of the central connecting has the two upper legs pivotally mounted thereon adjacent the bottom edges of the body. A simulated shoulder joint is provided on the sides of the body adjacent the top and the arms are pivotally connected at the shoulder connecting joints. Hands are detachably mounted in the remote ends of the arms. Lower legs are pivotally connected to the upper legs at a simulated knee joint.

Abstract: A robot toy includes a movable arm which is constituted of alternatingly interconnected three first members and three second members. The first member has a first rotating unit for moving the adjacent second member about its longitudinal axis, and the second member has a second rotating unit for rotating the first member about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The transmission system for transmitting the output motion of a motor to the arm includes a plurality of transmission cords which are made of metal wires twisted together for the transmission along long transmission lines.

Abstract: The pneumatically-operated robotic toy includes an internal bellows or air pump which forces pressurized air to flow from the internal air pump or bellows through passageways into hollow arms of the robot. Inasmuch as the arms of the robot include bellows, this flow of air causes the arms to move from an open to a closed position, or vice versa. Air pressure holding joints are provided to permit several degrees of freedom of movement. Alternatively, the internal bellows may be positioned in the head of the robot, and movement of the head will cause the arms to move up and down. A flexible rotatable suction cup base may be provided. A second internal bellows may be provided, either in the torso or in the head, for activation of the suction cup base of the robotic toy.

Abstract: An amusement and novelty device including a simulated human hand that vibrates and moves concurrently to give it a lifelike appearance. The hand is substantially hollow and contains a motor and a shaft rotatably connected thereto with a plurality of disc-shaped plates eccentrically mounted upon the shaft, which projects into the cavity of the hand to terminate within the recess defined by one of the fingers. The motor is secured and held substantially fixed within a motor mount, which is formed by reversing and then tucking in excess material that is attached to the rear of a wrist and then causing it to overlap and coincide with the walls of the cavity defined by the wrist to fit tightly around the motor. Activation of the motor rotates the shaft which then causes the finger to revolve either clockwise or counterclockwise, depending upon the preference of the user. The hand will move to the right when the finger revolves clockwise and to the left when the finger revolves counterclockwise.

Abstract: A cord-climbing simulated creature has a body comprised of a bottom section and a top section with apertures on each side through which extend legs from a common web member disposed on each side. On the outer surface of the top section of the creature's body is an upstanding post. A winch assembly in the body includes a housing and a winch which has a pair of axially spaced winch sections of different diameter. An elongated flexible string member extends about the smaller diameter winch section and out the front end of the simulated creature and has its outer end attached to a hook element. The opposite end of the string-like member extends about the larger diameter winch section and out through the rear of the creature's body and its outer end is secured to a spool which is adapted to coil the string-like member thereabout and to seat on the post formed on the body member.

Abstract: A doll stand imparts to a doll inflexibility of its legs relative to its torso. The stand includes left and right leg-brace elements having a length at least as great as the doll's legs and carrying at their lower ends independent ankle-engaging stirrup-shaped fixtures for independently engaging the doll's ankles. A waist-securement loop is connected to the upper ends of said leg-brace elements for their mutual securement to the torso of the doll and for maintaining the leg base elements along the doll's legs for preventing bending. With the stand used, the doll is maintained in a stiff-legged position for causing it to remain standing.

Abstract: A school utensil and toy is provided which includes a support member, two leg members rotatably connected to the support member and two foot members rotatably connected to the leg members. At least one of the foot members includes an ink pen which can be retracted into the foot member when not in use. The school utensil and toy also includes members having features that are esthetically pleasing to children such that children will be enticed to play with the utensil and toy. These features may include rotatable arms and a head member. The school utensil and toy can be employed either as a compass, divider, ball point pen or as a toy having two legs such as a robot or a doll.

Abstract: A stuffed ornamental figure in the shape of a character, either real or fictitious, or an animal having a one piece body and an elongated arm which attaches at its center portion to the body. The arm is capable of assuming a position to encircle the body in a hugging gesture, to extend at selected angles from the body, or to encircle an object for display purposes. The body carries a head of a soft sculpture design and a face depicting the selected character.

Abstract: An articulated leg system for a toy figure is disclosed in which the configuration represents the legs of an athlete when dressed in appropriate colors representing a sports team. Cylindrical rods, representing the legs of the toy figure, are integrally molded with a major diameter section of the figure which is received in a body cavity. The major diameter section extends below the body cavity and represents the athletic shorts or apparel of the figure. Received on the rod sections of the legs are sleeve means which define an exposed thigh section, horizontal stripes of a sock, and the shin portion of a sock. The assembly representing the various elements is prevented from accidental disassembly by a foot portion which is received on a radial ball of the cylindrical rod and defines a universal joint.