Abstract:
A toy using a stencil having a plurality of composite stencil openings, each defining different features of predetermined composite designs. The stencil also includes means for guiding the overlaying of the openings in predetermined relationships to produce a desired design. The overlaying guidance may take the form of outlines on the stencil of completed designs not provided by the outlines of the openings. Also, irregularities such as tabs and notches in the outer edges of the stencil may be used for overlaying registration. Further, a frame having a stencil accepting aperture dimensioned to removably hold the stencil in a desired position while allowing rectilinear repositioning may be utilized. The frame and stencil may also include means including coded indexing positions for properly locating the stencil in the frame and for indicating which of the stencil openings are to be used.
Abstract:
A TOY CLOCK WITH A PHONOGRAPH WHICH STATES THE TIME AT WHICH THE HANDS ARE SET. THE CLOCK INCLUDES A RECORD WITH TWENTY-FOUR NEARLY CONCENTRIC GROOVES, TWELVE OF THEM DEFINING THE HOUR AND TWELVE DEFINING THE CLOSET FIVE MINUTE INTERVAL AFTER THE HOUT GROOVE AND THE OTHER A MINUTE GROOVE, AND THE HOUR AND MINUTE SAYINGS ARE PLAYED IN SUCCESSION.
Abstract:
A toy shooting gallery having concealed pneumatic apparatus for ''''hitting'''' a plurality of targets. The toy shooting gallery includes a primary target board that is remotely located from the targets that are ''''hit.'''' All of the targets are located approximately the same distance from the gun, but the skill involved in hitting targets is a function of the size of the respective apertures of the primary target board.
Abstract:
A fashion doll with a fall-type hairpiece which can be adjusted in length without the necessity for knobs, buttons, or the like on the outside of the doll. The apparatus includes a string having an inner end wound on a wheel within the doll and an outer end tied to an end of the hairpiece which is within the doll. A spring urges the wheel to rotate in a direction to shorten the apparent length of the hairpiece. The wheel has several recesses spaced about its axis of rotation, and a ball is normally disposed partially within a recess on the wheel and another recess on a wheel-supporting frame, to lock the position of the wheel when the doll is up-right. However, turning of the doll to a face down position causes the ball to fall completely into the frame recess, to release the wheel so it can retract the hairpiece into the head as far as it is allowed to retract by a child who holds the outer end of the hairpiece. The wheel which winds up the string is located in the chest of the doll, and the string extends downwardly therefrom, around a second wheel in the abdomen portion of the doll and upwardly to the hairpiece, to enable a long hairpiece to be received in a small doll without tangling.
Abstract:
Drawing apparatus including a doll with pivotable joints, a desk which can capture the shoes of the doll so that the doll''s arms lie over the upper desk surface, a drawing instrument designed to be held by a hand of the doll to feed a crayon therefrom so that the doll can draw on paper laid on the upper surface of the desk, and a wand for movement by a child, the wand having a magnet that can be moved around a region beneath the upper desk surface to pull the drawing instrument and crayon therein along a sheet of paper on the desk. A template defining a design to be drawn is placed on the desk beneath a sheet of paper, so that movement of the crayon results in the template design being drawn on the paper. The drawing instrument includes a spring or flat plate of rubber with a hole through which a crayon can be inserted so that the crayon is held tightly in place, and so that the crayon tends to be fed outwardly with a predetermined force.