Abstract: A fitness bar that houses free-moving weights and a flow impeder. The speed and the movement of the weights are controlled by the flow impeder and the angle of which the bar is positioned. The outer layer of the tube is covered with a material that improves the grip of the fitness bar. When performing exercises with the fitness bar, you will develop a more defined, flexible and stronger body.

Abstract: A personal exercise device comprising a hoop-form tube containing ball weights for circulation, a handlebar cross-bridge spanning the tube diametrically and formed by a pair of bars extending side-by-side in spaced-apart, parallel relation across the tube. Pairs of elongate hand-grips are mounted transversely on the cross-bars such that the hand-grips can be grasped to orbit the device overhead to inevitably train core muscles of the trunk/torso when training muscles of the body extremities such as the arms and shoulders. The hand-grips can be parallel for exercising core muscles on opposite sides of the boy evenly; divergent for a semi-supinated grip; or convergent for a semi-pronated grip. Alternative handlebars are a single, zig-zag bar with hand grips on successive straight portions; a circular/wheel with hand-grips at intervals, mounted concentrically within the hoop by resilient supports bridging the hoop and handlebar; two arcuate bars spanning the hoop with hand-grips at intervals.

Abstract: A play and/or exercise hoop includes an inner wall having a top edge and a bottom edge and an outer wall having a top edge and a bottom edge. A bottom edge of the outer wall is attached to the bottom edge of the inner wall to define a bottom edge of the hoop. A rounded top-portion is attached to the top edge of the inner wall and a top edge of the outer wall. The hoop may have an iridescent film or transparent film bonded to its outer surfaces. The inner wall and outer walls are angled relative to a central axis of the hoop thereby defining a V-shaped bottom edge. The inner and outer walls may be flat or may have a slight curve relative to the top portion thereby defining a tear-dropped shape.

Abstract: A roller toy apparatus is provided. The roller toy apparatus may include a handle including a grasping portion, an elongate portion and a ball coupling portion, the ball coupling portion including a pair of left and right extensions, each of the left and right extensions including a respective mount extending inwardly into an interior region of the ball coupling portion. The roller toy apparatus may further include a ball rotatably coupled to the ball coupling portion. The ball may be formed of a mesh having a plurality of loop structures, each loop structure surrounding a void, and where each of a pair of loop structures is rotatably coupled to a respective mount of the ball coupling portion, to thereby rotatably couple the ball to the handle.

Abstract: The present unique design relates to assembly of the hook and wheel toy construction described herein, consisting of 1) guiding hook-like structure attached to a connecting rod with a handle and; 2) circular rim-like structure. This design embodies the following new aspects: 1) Placement of the guiding hook in a U-shape projecting from the middle of the end of the connecting rod eases handling of the rod and toy from the left or right-hand side (shown in FIG. 3). 2) Interchangeable decorative insert options such as a single or multi-colored spokes (FIG. 6), or a solid disc insert with various designs, a new design concept for this toy construction (FIG. 7). Interchangeable inserts provide a platform for customization of consumer preferences including multiple colors and designs. They also provide a stage for display of favorite designs, self portraits, celebrity portraits just to mention but a few.

Abstract: A roller toy apparatus is provided. The roller toy apparatus may include a handle including a grasping portion, an elongate portion and a ball coupling portion, the ball coupling portion including a pair of left and right extensions, each of the left and right extensions including a respective mount extending inwardly into an interior region of the ball coupling portion. The roller toy apparatus may further include a ball rotatably coupled to the ball coupling portion. The ball may be formed of a mesh having a plurality of loop structures, each loop structure surrounding a void, and where each of a pair of loop structures is rotatably coupled to a respective mount of the ball coupling portion, to thereby rotatably couple the ball to the handle.

Abstract: A miniature extreme sports system includes a conveyor means, (10), having a conveyor surface, (11), which is moveable by way of a driving means, (12). This conveyor surface defines a predetermined pathway, (13). The conveyor surface includes a plurality of interactive elements, (14), that are mounted to the conveyor surface. When the conveyor surface is moving, the interactive elements will also be moved. This movement will be towards a player, (15), who is controlling a miniature toy N sports device, (16), that can be selectively engaged with the conveyor surface as shown in FIG. 1. Further selective interaction can happen with the interactive elements, (14). This controlling of the miniature toy sports device, as well as the selective engagement and selective interaction will allow the player to take part in an interactive sport between the miniature toy sports device and a sports course designed by the pathway and interactive elements.

Abstract: A wheeled toy for helping children expand their creative ability, for fostering relationships amongst children, and for developing leadership skills. The toy is a concept toy. The toy is initially used with either a book or any other medium in which a story is expressed. The story is an imaginary quest for righteousness amongst five heroes that ideally will work as a unit in order to succeed in their quest. The wheeled toy is comprised of a wheel, a track guide attached to the wheel, and a telescoping guide attached to the track guide.

Abstract: A hoop-rolling device is used by children and adults for fitness and recreation. An illustrative embodiment includes a hoop and a shaft, with a generally square-shaped ring retaining the hoop, which is used to propel and control the hoop. The ring defines a small aperture permitting selective insertion and removal of the hoop. The shaft also includes a curved handle. The device is constructed of rigid materials to allow for extended play on a variety of solid surfaces.

Abstract: A push toy for providing children with hours of fun-filled amusement, having a pair of wheels, a steering wheel, and a steering mechanism for moving the push toy in one direction or the other. The steering mechanism has a reel, a pin, and a thread. The steering wheel is rotatably connected with the reel about the pin whereby rotation of the steering wheel causes the reel to pull the thread in one direction or the other, causing the push toy to rotate relative to the steering wheel and thereby redirect the direction of the wheels with precision.

Abstract: A toy vehicle for allowing a child to steer a simulated toy vehicle while standing up and walking behind the simulated toy vehicle. The toy vehicle includes a wire frame formed into a simulated shape of a vehicle; and also includes a wheel assembly upon which the wire frame is mounted and includes front and rear axles and wheels mounted to the front and rear axles; and further includes an assembly for steering the toy vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention is a toy hoop for use by a person. In one embodiment of the present invention, the toy hoop comprises a hoop member having first and second end portions and a first channel adapted to receive flow of a first medium such as water. The toy hoop further comprises an interconnect member having first and second end portions adapted to connect the first and second end portions of the hoop member. The interconnect member comprises a first channel in communication with the first channel of the hoop member to allow the first medium to flow there thru. Each of the first and second end portions have an outside surface and an inside surface. The inside surfaces are downwardly tapered to provide laminar flow of the first medium thru the first channel of the hoop member. The toy hoop further comprises a first inlet port in communication with the first channel to allow the person to adjust the volume of the first medium and therefore the mass of the hoop member and the centrifugal force.

Abstract: A wheel toy for entertaining and providing physical exercise. The wheel toy includes a wheel. A rod, which is elongate and has a first end and a second end, is extendable into and securely attached to an axis of the wheel.

Abstract: A hand-driven toy (100) for playing by hand (10) of a player, which toy comprises a body (110), front and rear wheels (120 & 130), and a steering member (140) for steering the front wheel (120). The toy (100) includes a pair of finger connectors (150) attachable to the steering member (140) for enabling the index and middle fingers (12 & 13) of the hand (10) to maneuver the steering member (140). Each connector (150) resembles a gauntlet (150) having a fist (152) for gripping a respective opposite part (142) of the steering member (140) and a cuff (156) for frictional engagement by a respective finger (12/13) such that the toy (100) may be held and driven by the hand (10) to move on a surface.

Abstract: A stick-propelled loop game is presented. Fundamentally, the invention includes an annular loop characterized by a central opening therein. The loop is caused to fly through the air or bounce against the ground and is retrieved therefrom by means of a stick fashioned with a bulbous knob at the end which is insertable into the opening. The knob on the stick allows the player of the game to spin the loop while in his possession utilizing the centrifugal force of the loop against the stick. The central opening and the outside circumference of the loop are formed of a rubber like substance applied over a flexible material, such as plastic tubing. These materials allow the loop to possess sufficient mass and flexibility to allow the loop to be propelled through the air or bounced against the ground.

Abstract: A hand held shuttle wheel toy is provided having parallel metal rails on which a shuttle wheel can be rolled back and forth.

Abstract: The invention includes compositions containing one or more &agr;-sulfofatty acid esters, and methods for making and using the same. At least one &agr;-sulfofatty acid ester is included in an inner portion. The invented composition can further include an outer portion which protects the &agr;-sulfofatty acid ester from di-salt formation. The resulting composition improves the stability of the &agr;-sulfofatty acid ester after manufacture, during shipping and storage, and in detergents. The invention further included detergents containing the invented composition, and methods of making such detergents.

Abstract: The invention includes compositions containing one or more .alpha.-sulfofatty acid esters, and methods for making and using the same. At least one .alpha.-sulfofatty acid ester is included in an inner portion. The invented composition can further include an outer portion which protects the .alpha.-sulfofatty acid ester from di-salt formation. The resulting composition improves the stability of the .alpha.-sulfofatty acid ester after manufacture, during shipping and storage, and in detergents. The invention further included detergents containing the invented composition, and methods of making such detergents.

Abstract: Disclosed is a guide stick and hoop toy amusement apparatus for use by children. The apparatus consists of a hoop element which is adapted to be rolled upon the ground by the user. The second component of the apparatus is the stick. The stick consists of a first handle end and a second guide channel end. The guide channel has a radius of curvature which is specifically adapted to engage the outer circumference of the hoop element.

Abstract: A lightweight slender, elongated toy caddy, comprising a central shaft, having a substantially axially extending removable handle located at its upper end; replaceable ground-contact means at the shaft lower end comprise a wheel, or dual wheels or a ski. A moveable seat is located intermediately upon the shaft. The wheels or ski require no tools in order to effect a change-over. The removable toy handle facilitates shortening of the shaft, to better suit the toy to the size of the user. The seat of the toy includes a seat belt for use in securing a toy, such as a stuffed animal or a doll and to serve as a teaching tool, to teach the need to buckle-up, as in a car seat. The toy is a uni-sex item, suitable for a wide age range of girls and boys. A handle loop or loops facilitates easy storage, and encourages tidyness.

Abstract: A more stimulating hoop which is able to be guided while rolling and which has sufficient internal friction so that it will not run away from a running child. The rolling play wheel comprises: a rim having an interior side portion, an exterior side portion, and opposite upright sidewalls, said interior side portion of the wheel having a track and a slide disposed in the track which remains in a lower portion of the wheel as it rolls along; a push guide stick having a wheel and a handle end portion, said wheel end portion adapted to receive the rim encircling the exterior side portion and the two upright sidewalls thereof.

Abstract: A child's action toy includes an elongate extension arm, adjustable in length, with a proximal end zone defining a handle and a wheel attachment brace at an opposite distal end zone, and a wheel assembly engaged by the brace and including a first outer wheel and a second, concentrically mounted inner wheel; the outer wheel being rotatable relative to the inner wheel. Decorative gear elements are rotatably driven about gear tracks on the inner wheel as the outer wheel rotates by holding the handle and using the elongate extension arm to push the wheel assembly along a ground surface.

Abstract: A fitness device for controlling the speed and/or direction of a rolling round member. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a round member and a separate hand-held assembly. The hand-held assembly may comprise an upstanding member positioned between a handle assembly and an engaging member. When the fitness device is moved vertically, laterally, in a twisting fashion, or a combination thereof, such that the engaging member contacts the round member during such motion, the speed and/or direction of the round member may be altered.

Abstract: A wheel and control stick toy includes a wheel defining a transverse axis and a control stick for manipulating the wheel on a horizontal surface. The wheel includes a centrally disposed, transverse axle which is coaxial with the transverse axis of the wheel. The wheel further includes a peripherally disposed, transversely extending flange and a side wall extending between and connecting the axle and the flange. The exterior surface of the wheel preferably has a convex curvature so that the wheel can be tilted up to an angle of at least about 45 degrees from vertical. The axle of the wheel is preferably hollow and defines an opening extending through the wheel. The control stick includes an elongate rod having opposed ends. A handle portion is provided adjacent one of the opposed ends, and a stem portion is fixed to the other opposed end of the rod. The stem portion comprises a pair of opposed, inwardly extending fingers which define an opening therebetween for receiving the wheel therein.

Abstract: A programmable sound controlled toy including a programmable toy activity driver assembly having a plurality of selectable activities, an audio receiver and a memory for receiving and storing a user determined and audio communicated sequence of activity commands, and a controller for causing the driver assembly to operate the toy in accordance with the user determined sequence of activity commands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toy road scraper having three blade members which are vertically movable between a first and a second limit position. The movement of the blade members is controlled through the instrumentality of cables slidingly engaging flexible sheathings. Each blade member is connected to one such cable, the latter being also connected to a control panel having levers for imparting linear displacements to the cables. The linear displacement of a cable results in a corresponding blade member moving from its first to its second limit position, or vice-versa. Two directional cables are connected to the front pivotable wheels and to directional handles on the control panel for steering the toy road scraper. The control panel is positioned at the rear end of the toy road scraper and at such a height to allow a child using it to stand up, walk and have unlimited access to the controls on the control panel.

Abstract: A toy shopping trolley includes a base, a handle, a bracket and a seat, the base composed of a pair of frames and having wheels disposed on a bottom of each of the frames, the handle pivotally engaged to the pair of frames so as to be pivotally folded to be parallel to the base, the bracket having an open top and an open rear end and composed of a bottom, two sides and a front side, each of the sides having an upper edge and a hook extending from a rear end to the respective upper edge, the bracket having a bar extending laterally from a respective side of a rear end thereof, the seat composed of a first part and a second part which is pivotally engaged to a bottom of the first part, the second part having an extension portion extending longitudinally from a top thereof being received in the hole defined in each one of the two legs of the handle and the two hooks of the bracket engaged with the extension parts of the second part of the seat, the bar of the bracket contacting against the two legs of the handle

Abstract: The invention is an amusement device comprising a control arm generally in the form of a stick and a rolling toy in the form of a wheel. The stick is used to move the wheel in various directions. The inventive portion of the device lies in a series of grooves in the wheel and a corresponding series of grooves in the bottom, or blade, of the control arm. The use of the grooves enables one to efficiently and quickly control the speed and movement of the wheel.

Abstract: An amusement device (10) intended for use by cats and other pets, which can be easily caused to move in sliding, rolling, or somersaulting motions, or other lively motions, through manipulation with the paw. The device (10) comprises a circular ring formed of a circumferential band (11) which has a plurality of elevational undulations having bases (13) and peaks (12) and a number of upwardly projecting shapes (14) which can be easily gnawed or bitten by the pet and grasped by the mouth of the pet.

Abstract: A lawn roller game apparatus and a method of playing the game. The invention comprises a plurality of ring elements having contoured inner surface and a handle port. Pairs of spaced playing posts are positioned at either end of the generally flat playing surface. The ring elements are rolled on the playing surface towards the playing posts scoring points based on closeness of the rings to playing posts.

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: A toy hoop and guide stick allows the hoop to be rolled along and controlled by an individual through use of the guide stick. A rectangular channel member is secured to an end portion of the guide stick and has a width equal to about twice the width of the hoop. This allows a wide variety of maneuvers and tricks to be performed by manipulating the hoop. In a second embodiment, the circular hoop has a hollow circular interior track receiving a plurality of elongated rolling members. The hoop is formed from a transparent material to allow observation of the rolling members. The rolling members including a phosphorescent material.

Abstract: The device includes a shaft provided with a handgrip at one end and a cross head of bent wire construction at its remaining end. Rails extend parallel to the shaft and are offset therefrom a suitable distance to enable the upright support of a ring to enable reception of the ring in an upright manner, retention of the ring and launching of the ring without hand contact with the ring. The rails each include a lower end segment inclined to the shaft axis to facilitate entry of the ring into a guideway provided by the shaft and the rails.

Abstract: This invention relates to an oscillating hoop and stick assembly having an actuator stick assembly resembling a driver golf club structure having a lower hoop actuator member to contact a dual hoop assembly. The hoop actuator member is of generally C-shape having an outer hoop contact surface for moving a dual hoop assembly. The dual hoop assembly is provided with first and second hoop members interconnected by a connector assembly. The second hoop member is connected to the internal surface at a certain point on an outer periphery thereof to the first hoop member with a connector assembly which maintains their predetermined set relationship. A center axis of the first and second hoop members have a common point but the outer surfaces diverge outwardly therefrom so as to provide for offset relationship in the wobbling or oscillating movement thereof over a support surface to provide the novelty of this invention.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a bubble making system for making large bubbles comprises a pallet for holding bubble-making fluid and a bubble maker with a plurality of user controlled bow members. The bow members are pivotally attached to each other at upper ends and lower ends and having protruding hand grips at the lower ends on their concave sides. Each bow member may include a supply system to wick and hold a supply of bubble-making fluid.In operation, a user draws the bow members through bubble-making fluid held by the pallet to fill the supply system. Then, while waving the bows through the air or projecting the bows into the wind, the user pivots the bow members with the hand grips to produce a variable sized opening between the bows to form a bubble between the bows. The bubble can then be set free by twisting the hand grips in the opposite direction, causing the bows to close and contact each other.

Abstract: A toy having an elongate handle that terminates in a yoke member that loosely but non-releasably engages one or two hoop members. The hoop members are free to roll on a support surface when the user of the invention runs or walks quickly while holding onto the handle and while maintaining the hoop or hoops substantially in a vertical plane through skilled manipulation of the handle. The yoke member retains the hoop or hoops within a space defined by it at the end of the handle and the yoke member is fixedly secured to the end of the handle; accordingly, the hoop or hoops cannot escape the yoke member and thus cannot escape the control of the user of the invention.

Abstract: The invention is a game comprising a shaft having a U-hook at one end, a small wheel, and at least two marking pegs. The wheel is placed on the floor or ground on its edge, and the U-hook is placed around the lower portion of the wheel. A player holds the end of the shaft opposite the U-hook, and pushes the wheel, causing it to roll. Great skill and dexterity must be used to keep the wheel from tipping over and falling out of the U-hook while it is rolling. The player(s) who are able to keep the wheel rolling for the longest distance win. Marking pegs are used to designate distances or set courses the wheel must traverse.

Abstract: A shuttle wheel toy comprising a rotary wheel having a magnetized rotation shaft extending through a central portion of the wheel to have ends protruded beyond side walls of the wheel and mounted across a pair of substantially parallel arranged rails secured at one end respectively thereof in a grip, which may be gripped by a hand to axially sway the rails to thereby let the rotary wheel rotate and run on the rails which provide for a path of reciprocation to the wheel. Through a battery housed in the grip and the rails functioning as a positive and a negative electrodes, an illumination element housed in the rotary wheel can be energized to light.

Abstract: A hoop control guide includes a lower hoop engaging V-shaped member having legs converging at a first angle and a second integral and upwardly inclined V-shaped member integral with the lower V-shaped member and having a substantially smaller converging angle of the legs. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the end of the hoop control guide incorporating the two angularly related V-shaped hoop engaging members is integrally formed from bent wire and attached to a suitable hand-held shaft.