Abstract: A bubble-making toy provides a container structure having a main compartment for containing bubble solution and an outside compartment within which a bubble forming ring can be positioned. The main compartment and outside compartment can be opened to one another by way of a valve so that the bubble forming ring can be brought within the bubble solution and where the main compartment and outside compartment can be closed to one another during bubble generation by a user. Such a bubble-making toy reduces the possibility of bubble solution spillage during non use or storage of the bubble-making toy and during the time of bubble generation. Moreover, the design allows easy access of the bubble forming ring to the bubble solution. The provision of an adequately sized outside chamber also advantageously permits a bubble ring with a filling of bubble solution to be shielded until the time when a user intends to create a bubble.

Abstract: A combination including a container having a back plate and a transparent receptacle secured to the back plate, and one or more liquid dissolvable capsules containing compressed, resiliently expandable toy figurines confined in a chamber between the receptacle and the back plate is disclosed. One or more openings are formed in the back plate which communicate with the chamber between the receptacle and back plate so that warm water can flow into the chamber to dissolve the capsules to release the toy figurines upon immersion of the container in a warm liquid such as a child's bath water, the container thus preventing young children from handling the capsules directly.

Abstract: The present invention 10 discloses a musical adapter for baby bottles 12. The musical adapter 10 is comprised of a housing 20 having a cavity for placing the base of a baby bottle 12 therein. The housing 20 has a rotatable lock ring 22 disposed within a threaded cap 24 for fixedly positioning the musical adapter to the baby bottle 12. The cavity within the musical adapter housing has an insert plate 36 for sealing the housing cavity. The lock ring 22 has a plurality of leaf-like springs 28 thereon. As the lock ring 22 is rotated the leaf-like springs 28 engage the multiple tangs 40 of the threaded cap 24 thereby forcing the leaf-like springs 28 inwardly so as to engage the bottle 23 therein, thereby decreasing the available diameter for the baby bottle 12 therein and crimping the bottle 12 between a plurality of leaf-like spring elements 28. Within the base of the housing 20 is a compartment 30 having a removable insert plate 36.

Abstract: A liquid candy dispenser is provided with a liquid candy supply member with an internal cavity, a supply of liquid candy disposed in the liquid candy supply member, a body part member shaped in the form of a human body part, a liquid candy dispensing hole formed in the body part member at a location corresponding to an area of the body part at which a body-part substance would be present, a liquid conduit fluidly coupled between the liquid candy supply member and the liquid candy dispensing hole, and a pumping mechanism associated with the liquid candy supply member. The pumping mechanism forces liquid candy from the internal cavity of the liquid candy supply member, through the liquid conduit fluidly coupled between the liquid candy supply member and the liquid candy dispensing hole, and out of the liquid candy dispensing hole so that the liquid candy exits the dispensing hole formed in the body part member to simulate the presence of the body-part substance on the human body part.

Abstract: A book has two covers and a set of book pages contained between the covers. The covers close to form a shape which has an external appearance resembling the head of a creature, with two eyes and a mouth. The two covers are joined to one another along a minor portion of the circumference, and are connected along the remaining portion of the said circumference by a releasable fastener such as a zip such that the fastener (the zip) forms the mouth. The pages of the book can be accessed by releasing the fastener and hinging open the two covers about the minor portion of the circumference.

Abstract: A doll which has a compartment which stores a smaller doll therein. The smaller doll has a body covered with a hexagonal crystalline pattern and an inner light source which shows through the smaller doll body.

Abstract: A transparent structure with a decoration therein, including a transparent membrane, a bottom seat, a top cap, a fastening belt, a buoyant decoration and a liquid. The transparent membrane is made of a thermoplastic plastic material or the like. A user can watch or touch the buoyant decoration through the transparent membrane. The transparent membrane has simple structure and can be squeezed or compressed without breaking.

Abstract: A container is provided therein with a hollow tubular body which is provided at the bottom end thereof with an end piece having a first magnet. An ornament is movably disposed in the hollow tubular body and is provided in the underside of the bottom thereof with a second magnet for bringing about a repulsion effect in conjunction with the first magnet. The ornament is caused by the repulsion effect to trip up and down in a reciprocating manner in the hollow tubular body at such time when the container is moved up and down. The ornament is also caused by the repulsion effect and the inertia effect of the ornament to suspend in the hollow tubular body.

Abstract: Hand-holdable containers for various, liquid, powder and solid products can be made suitable for a "second use" by providing such containers with an animal simulating configuration, a first opening in the animal's nose region for dispensing an original product stored in the container and a sealed second opening that can be readily unsealed when the original product stored in the container is used up so that said container can be used to store or display other items.

Abstract: Drinking containers having viewable elements. The containers comprise a receptacle portion adapted to receive a liquid and to dispense the liquid to a person, and a sealed compartment having a viewable, actuatable element therein which can be viewed. The drinking containers disclosed herein entertain people observing them. Since the viewable element provides a point of focus for the person drinking the liquid prior to, subsequent to and during drinking, a caregiver providing health or child care to the person will be able to attend to other matters since the person will be entertained by the drinking container.

Abstract: A new megaphone cup for providing a device that is convertible between a drinking cup and a megaphone. The inventive device includes a base having upper and lower surfaces with a tubular cup mount upwardly extending from the upper surface of the base. The cup mount has a lumen and an upper opening into the lumen. Removably inserted into the lumen is the bottom end of a cup member. The top and bottom ends of the cup member both have openings into the cup member hollow interior and the cup member is also tapered towards the bottom end of the cup member. When the cup member is detached from the cup mount, a user may shout into the opening of the bottom end to use the cup member as a megaphone. The cup member also includes an extendable portion which is retractably extendable between an extended position and a retracted position.

Abstract: A cup has a first recess defined in the outside thereof with two protrusions extending from the bottom of the first recess, a board received in the first recess and having two engaging members to securely engage the two protrusions. The board has a serrated groove defined therethrough so that a bolt movably extends through the groove and connects to a decorative member on the outside of the cup. The decorative member will move downward along the serrated groove and can also rotate relative to the cup when the cup is inclined.

Abstract: A play material container includes a base having an interior cavity, a sidewall and a cookie-cutter edge defining a predetermined shape. A lid is configured to be snap-fitted upon the base to provide container closure. An extrusion die is formed in the container base sidewall which is capped by a resiliently supported cap secured to the container lid. The container lid defines an upper surface supporting a plurality of open face press molds. The cookie-cutter shape, the press mold elements, and the extrusion die aperture are preferably coordinated in accordance with a common theme such as a food article or the like.

Abstract: A hand-held drinking apparatus including a vessel having an open end and a closed end, a handle associated with the vessel and extending outwardly therefrom, and an object, such as a bead, mounted for rotation on the vessel or the handle.

Abstract: A novelty drinking mug having handle and incorporating a display simulating that of an artificial horizon instrument disposed within the floor of the mug. The floor is transparent, and encloses a fluid chamber partially filled with a colored liquid. The transparent floor of the mug has indicia simulating the scale of an actual artificial horizon instrument. A disc bearing indicia simulating that representing an aircraft in an actual artificial horizon instrument is disposed in visual alignment with the transparent floor. This disc may, in alternative embodiments, be contained within the fluid chamber or within its own chamber. The disc has an eccentrically located ballast weight, and is rotatably fixed to a pivot pin. The disc rotates relative to the mug responsive to gravity when the mug is rotated about its longitudinal axis. Indicia disposed upon the disc simulates banking.

Abstract: A movable container which includes a body with a lower portion, a middle portion, and a top portion. The top portion includes a cup, and at least one wheel is rotatably mounted on the lower portion of the body. The wheel contacts a support surface and rotates relative to the body causing the cup to move along the support surface. A brake system is mounted on the body adjacent the at least one wheel for engaging the at least one wheel and restricting rotation the wheel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drinking vessel including an internally formed display area for concealing a decorative element such as a three dimensional figurine. The internally formed display area upwardly extends into a fluid retention cavity of the drinking vessel. A retaining member is provided which can be selectively removed to access the decorative element. In the preferred embodiment, the retaining member is rotatable relative to an upwardly extending sidewall of the drinking vessel to thereby lock the retaining member in place. In one application, the retaining member includes a plurality of radially extending tabs which cooperate with a inwardly extending cylindrical flange formed to include a corresponding plurality of notches. The tabs are upwardly advanced past the notches and then rotated to thereby lock the retaining member in place.

Abstract: An amusement system for children including a soft sculpture character having a plurality of storage pockets for holding a variety of the amusement system components including a tape recorder, a drinking vessel, and a book containing a story about the soft sculpture character; and a costume element wearable by a child that corresponds to the sculpture character to increase identification of the child with the sculpture character.

Abstract: A hollow, cylindrical clutch adapter that surrounds a screw-on end cap and prevents the transfer of excessive torquing forces to the end cap so as to avoid over-tightening the end cap to a threaded neck of a fluid reservoir, such as that common to a squeeze bottle. The squeeze bottle includes an outer body that surrounds the fluid reservoir and a hollow head that surrounds the clutch adapter and is rotatable relative to the outer body. The clutch adapter includes a series of parallel aligned splines or teeth projecting radially inward thereof so as to be respectively interspersed between the usual ridges that are molded into the end cap, whereby to insure that a rotational force applied to the clutch adapter will be transmitted to the end cap. The hollow head is rotated to apply a corresponding rotational force to the end cap via the clutch adapter located therebetween.

Abstract: An improved bubble blowing device with a bubble forming ring which is hidden inside a decorative housing when not in use. When in use, the elevation angle and the positions of the bubble-forming ring can be adjusted and the bubble forming process observable by the user. The bubble blowing device is provided with a wrist strap such that it can be worn on either wrist. The lid includes a timepiece.

Abstract: A bath toy storage unit has a storage chamber that stores bath toys for tidy clean-up after a bath. The storage chamber is accessible by removing a lid or by removing an exterior cover, and includes a perforated surface to hold the toys and to allow water to drain into a collection chamber underneath the surface. A removal tray may be provided for ease of dispensing of collected water. The exterior of the bath toy storage unit may be shaped in the form of an animal to provide incentive for children to place their toys in the unit.

Abstract: A perfumed doll including a doll, an outer tubular member inserted into the doll, the outer tubular member being open at both ends thereof and provided with internal threads at an upper end thereof, a collar fixedly mounted on the upper end of the outer tubular member and formed with a neck at a central portion thereof, a sleeve having a neck snugly fitted into a lower end of the outer tubular member, an inner tubular member open at a top thereof, the inner tubular member being provided with an enlarged end at a bottom thereof and external threads at an upper end thereof, the inner tubular member being inserted into the outer tubular member with the external threads engaged with the internal threads, and a wick fitted within the inner tubular member and extending upwardly out of the collar.

Abstract: A water-pistol and animal figure assembly in which a pistol whose operating mechanism is concealed in the figure causes water to spit out of the mouth of the figure when the pistol is operated. The pistol includes a stock from which depends a hand grip provided with a trigger, a water reservoir in the form of a cylindrical tank mounted above the stock and an internal pump which draws water from the tank and pumps it into the barrel of the pistol from whose nozzle the water is ejected when the trigger is pulled. The animal figure includes a head having an open mouth and a body having an internal cavity which communicates with the head, and is open at its rear end. The pistol is received within the cavity with its barrel socketed in the head of the figure and its nozzle aligned with the open mouth, the water tank being exposed outside of the body.

Abstract: A toy vehicle playset includes a trackway having a vehicle launcher coupled to a looped track portion and a dual tank unit positioned within the travel path of the toy vehicle through the trackway. The trackway further includes an exit ramp on the opposite side of the dual tank unit from the track loop which is coupled to a toy vehicle catcher and a display area. The dual tank unit includes a pair of tank portions separated by an intervening wall. The dual tank unit is supported within the trackway travel path such that either tank portion is alternatively positionable within the travel path of the toy vehicle. The playset further includes a multiply articulated robot arm supporting one or more thermally conductive tools or stamps which are immersible within the proximate one of the dual water tanks and appliable to the surface of the toy vehicle when resting in the toy vehicle catcher.

Abstract: A novelty drinking straw in the form of a drinking tube having a three dimensional cage for containing a prize object therein. The straw includes first and second linear end portions, a three dimensional, prize containing cage, and means for retaining the prize in the cage. The cage may be configured so that the prize cannot slip out, or it may include a linear extending portion passing through the cage and an apertured prize contained therein. The novelty straw and contained prize object find particular utility as giveaway premiums and favors.

Abstract: A water-pistol and puppet assembly in which the pistol is concealed within the puppet, yet is fully operable. The pistol includes a hand grip provided with a trigger, a liquid reservoir and a pump which when the trigger is pulled then draws liquid from the reservoir and pumps it into the barrel of the pistol from whose outlet nozzle the liquid is ejected. The puppet includes a head having an open mouth that simulates that of a human or animal-like figure and a costume shroud simulating the body of the figure associated with the head. The shroud is provided with open top end defining a neck that is attached to the head and an open bottom end affording access to the interior of the shroud in which the pistol is housed. The barrel of the pistol is socketed in the head of the puppet with its outlet nozzle in alignment with the open mouth. When a player extends his hand through the open bottom end of the shroud to grasp the grip of the pistol, he then appears to be holding the puppet.

Abstract: A hollow, flexible cover, molded in the shape of a full or partial sculpture, and designed to fit over the open end of a can, glass, cup, bottle, or carton type beverage container, and having an opening for a straw, to extend into the container to siphon liquid therefrom, such that the change in atmospheric pressure within the container, created by an intermittent siphoning of liquid, causes the cover to collapse and expand in a controlled manner and thereby exhibit animation or lifelike movement.

Abstract: An improved concealable toy doll, whose garments may be inverted to conceal the doll and form a convenient carrying sack. Improvements include a construction in which the toy doll wears a single-piece, full-body gown and has an interior sack within the body to prevent the stuffing material from shifting. Further improvements include a hollow compressible chamber between the body and carrying sack, which allows the user to pull the carrying sack up and over the body and head of the toy doll with ease.

Abstract: A pendent defines a generally heart-shaped housing having an interior cavity formed therein and an internal heart-shaped aperture at its center. A planar support base is formed at the lower portion of the heart-shaped housing while an upwardly extending cylindrical neck portion is formed in the upper portion of the heart-shaped housing. A cap includes a cylindrical stopper receivable within the housing neck to provide closure of the interior cavity thereof. The heart-shaped housing interior cavity is divided by an interior wall into a closed sealed cavity portion which receives and supports a liquid and glitter particle combination. The remaining portion of the housing interior cavity is accessible through the neck portion to provide a refillable reservoir for liquids such as cologne, perfume or the like. A heart-shaped compact having mating half portions is receivable within the heart-shaped interior aperture of the housing and is securable to the pendent by a tight fit therebetween.

Abstract: A novelty device includes an inflatable element fixed to a nipple which is normally covered. Adding fluid to a chamber which includes a fluid-reactive element causes a pressure increase to be imparted to the inflated element which then expands under the action of the pressure. Normally the nipple and the inflatable element are covered so as to be hidden from view prior to the addition of a fluid.

Abstract: A combination drinking glass lid and game includes a base which operates to cover and seal a drinking glass. The base includes an opening there through for passage of a drinking straw. Supported upon the base is a game of skill or chance, such as a target game.

Abstract: A portable hollow upright container has a vertical exposed surface. A tossable saucer shaped disc having a circular outer periphery and a concentric inner periphery is detachably secured to a member integral with the container and projecting outward from the surface.

Abstract: A combination carrying device and toy including a body having an exterior surface defining a toy-like structure and having interior surfaces defining at least one hollow body cavity being sufficiently sized to contain and carry desired baby accessories. At least one entry panel forms a portion of the exterior surface, the entry panel providing access to the hollow body cavity. The entry panel is fastened in a desired orientation relative to the exterior surface. Preferably, the body is in the shape of an ostensibly stuffed animal, such as a bear.

Abstract: The invention relates to a baby bottle structure forming a doll. The baby bottle comprises a central fluid receptacle having a nipple portion at one end and a bottom portion at the opposing end. A removable cover is snapped about the nipple portion and forms the head of a doll. A removable bottom portion is attachable to the central fluid receptacle of the bottle and creates the feet portion of the doll. The feet of the doll are formed in such a way as to support the bottle in an upright position. The removable bottom support structure houses a music module that may be activated by tilting the baby bottle. The bottom portion also provides a housing for enclosing an independent pacifier. Thus, the baby bottle forms a musical doll and provides means for carrying a pacifier within its body structure. A bib is provided with the baby bottle doll and supports the baby bottle about the neck of an infant. A rattle or rattles may be removably attachable to the bib and form arms of the doll.

Abstract: A figure moving article capable of accomplishing unique and unexpected movement sufficient to exhibit unexpected movements. The figure moving article includes a cylindrical container having a peripheral wall formed of a flexible material. In the container is arranged a bending structure which is actuated to cause the container to carry out bending motion. Also, a motor is received in the container in a manner to be operatively connected to the bending structure to actuate the bending structure and a motor drive circuit for driving the motor is arranged in the container. The bending structure is operatively connected to the container so as to transmit the actuation of the bending structure to the container, resulting in the container exhibiting bending movement.

Abstract: A suctioning and pumping toy for malleable play materials includes a hollow cylinder having a closed end supporting a nozzle. A piston rod is received within the hollow cylinder and supports a resilient piston. A transversely extending cylindrical barrel housing is supported upon the cylindrical member and defines an interior cavity for receiving a plurality of play articles. A plurality of interrelated toy figures and play articles are variously configured to be utilized in combination with the suctioning and pumping toy together with a malleable play material having viscosity properties which permit the play material to be suctioned into and pumped from the cylindrical bore of the pumping and suctioning toy as the piston rod is moved by the user.

Abstract: A figurative toy missile in animal-like or humanoid soft form defined by a head and a torso having appendages extending therefrom. The missile structure is such that when the missile is thrown by a player, it will spin, or execute other excursions in flight, depending on how the appendages are grasped by the player. The torso is formed by an outer fabric casing enclosing a rubber balloon inflated with water, whereby the torso functions as a weighted ball. The head is formed by a shaped, stuffed fabric bag attached to the upper end of the torso casing. The legs and feet are formed by a pair of soft appendages attached to the lower end of the torso casing, and the arms and hands are formed by a pair of soft appendages attached to opposite sides of the torso casing.

Abstract: Novelty dishware for serving food to children and implements associated with the dishware which function not only as eating utensils but also as play pieces, so that the eating process becomes a play activity which encourages eating. The dishware, which may be in bowl, plate or any other receptacle form adapted to accommodate food, includes a rim constituted by an annular, transparent duct filled with liquid having glitter particles dispersed therein, as well as a permanent-magnet piston. The piston is slidable in the duct to force the liquid to circulate and thereby animate the particles to create a dynamic display. Each implement is provided with a transparent handle that is filled with liquid having glitter particles dispersed therein, the free end of the handle having a permanent magnet actuator attached thereto.

Abstract: A toy includes a base, a character figure on the base, and a dome-shaped housing on the base over the character figure. The housing includes inner and outer transparent shell portions which cooperate to define an enclosed cavity therebetween, and transparent liquid having sparkling particles suspended therein is received in the cavity. A second embodiment of the toy includes an opaque housing having a window therein. The window includes spaced transparent inner and outer shell portions which cooperate to define a cavity therebetween, and a transparent liquid is received in the cavity.

Abstract: A foam dispensing doll includes a head and body coupled together at a neck joint and defining an interior cavity therein. A generally cylindrical canister sleeve is supported within the doll body and head cavity and extends through a passage formed in the neck joint. The canister sleeve defines a closed end within the doll body and an open end extending upwardly through an aperture formed in the doll head. A generally cylindrical soap canister having a quantity of pressurized soap foam stored therein includes an upwardly extending pivotable valve. The cylindrical soap canister is received within the canister sleeve such that the valve extends upwardly beyond the doll's head.

Abstract: A bubble-making device in the shape of a sword having a blade with holes therein, the sword being made of flexible plastic, and the holes having a toothed periphery, the blade being bendable to an extent to cause the bubble-forming solution to peel off the blade as the blade is caused to vibrate.

Abstract: A sorting device including an open top container with an invertible sorting member mounted thereover. The sorting member includes multiple funnel-shaped passages therethrough each having, at one end, an enlarged opening and at the second truncated end a specifically configured opening of a size to closely receive and pass therethrough only a correspondingly configured block introduced in either direction through the configured opening.

Abstract: An electronic simulated baby bottle toy generates human-like sounds and includes a cylindrically-shaped hollow housing portion with a nipple-shaped member mounted on one end of the housing portion to simulate a nurser bottle. Four microswitches within the toy can be individually activated by applying pressure to the nipple member or to a flexible cover on the side of the housing portion. The switches selectively activate a VLSI synthesizer chip which generates any of four signals. Each signal controls a sound transducer causing the transducer to generate a selected human-like sound.

Abstract: A holder for holding a generally cylindrical bottle having an open end and a closed end which comprises a soft, cuddly, plush support member including a body having front and back surfaces forming a three dimensional figure suitable for amusing an infant. The body has a generally circular opening extending completely therethrough from its first surface to its rear surface. The opening is located proximate to the center of the body and is sized for receiving a bottle. The opening includes a ring-like member having an inner diameter at least slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the bottle, so that insertion of the bottle into the opening results in the ring-like member tightly engaging the bottle for gripping and holding the bottle at any selected position along the length of the bottle.

Abstract: A figurine-shaped toy squirts water out of its mouth by cranking an arm.

Abstract: A body warming bladder of pliable, waterproof material has a central portion and at least two separate limbs. The bladder has an opening for filling it with heated liquid, and a releasable end cap for normally sealing the opening. In one version of the invention the bladder is shaped to correspond substantially to the shape of a child's plush toy and is mounted inside the body of the toy with a portion of the bladder extending up to a suitable access opening in the body which registers with the bladder opening to allow the bladder to be filled with warm water. In another version the bladder is of generally V- or boomerang like shape with the access opening at the center of the V-shape, and can be fitted inside a slipper to warm the wearer's feet or used to warm other body parts.

Abstract: A doll is provided having a permanently imprinted doll face on a flap overlying a blank face plate. When the flap is in a down position, the doll is played-with in a conventional manner. When the flap is raised, the plate is revealed and the child can draw face designs on the plate. A first set of facial features and related decorative items such as hair arrangements, bonnets, bows and the like are displayed when the flap overlies the plate. A corresponding second set of the above become revealed when the flap is lifted. The flap includes straps which releasably secure the flap when positioned over the face plate or, over the doll head back side.

Abstract: Stuffed toy used as ornaments, mascots and the like in which a filler is sealed into a bag-like body comprising a laminate wherein a pliable sheet having a far infrared radiation layer on one surface thereof is superposed to an inner side of a cover sheet with the far infrared radiation layer faced to the side of the cover sheet.

Abstract: In accordance with this invention there is provided a toy which engages a member such as a finger or a liquid medicine dispenser. The member acts as a lower jaw for the toy. The toy includes a head with an upper jaw and a body. The body is contiguous to the head and includes a trunk with front and rear limbs extended therefrom. Together, the upper jaw, the body, the front limbs and the rear limbs define a longitudinal passageway which passes through the toy. The toy accommodates the member in this passageway. The front limbs extending down from the front section of the trunk form a portion of the passageway which semi-positively engage the member. The rear limbs extending down from the rear portion of the trunk form a portion of the passageway which positively engage the member.

Abstract: A musical nurser includes a bottle portion having a detachable base and a removable nipple opposite the base. A music box is mounted within the detachable base, and a removable cap is provided for enclosing the nipple. The bottle portion, the detachable musical base and the removable cap are each shaped so as to form, when assembled, a unitary structure having a toy-like shape.