Universal Product Innovations, Inc.

Harold E Garner

Michael W Nuttall

Sidney Bass

Gorden W Spring

Merrill M Miller

Brian E Kavanagh

A toy welding apparatus includes a spin welding mechanism which is operative for welding thermoplastic articles together utilizing a rotating thermoplastic rod. The apparatus further includes a sparking mechanism for producing sparks during operation of the spin welding mechanism so that the operation of the welding apparatus realistically simulates that of an arc welding apparatus.

Toy welding apparatus with sparking mechanism

An improved toppling toy is characterized by a resetting capability that comprises a plurality of finger tip operated actuators, each of which is associated with and coupled to an associated one of the pivotally mounted tiles for joint pivotal movement therewith; and each actuator contains an outer actuator surface exposed on the upper surface of the track to a players finger, such outer surface having a frictional characteristic, whereby dragging movement of the players finger along a finger dragging lane on the track and across and transverse the actuator when the tile is in the down position causes pivoting of the actuator and thereby uprights the associated tile. Suitably the actuator and tile are formed in a unitary one piece structure of molded plastic material. A novel track contains rods to serve as a pivot for the tiles and is also formed of a unitary one piece assembly of molded plastic material.

Toppling toy

A children's toy car playset contains at least two toy cars, suitably containing low friction wheel and axle structures. Each of the cars contains an anti-collision device that in normal play prevents collisions between the cars, irrespective of the angle of approach at which one of the cars moves toward an other. Suitably the anti-collision device is formed by a permanent magnet with the magnetic fields oriented so that the field lines extend downwardly at least about the periphery of the car.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Harold E Garner