Cap Toys, Inc.

Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Play Mates Toys Limited Company

Mark Luecke

John R Wildman

Allison W Katzman

John D Osher

Craig C Williamson

Dennis J O'Patka

An acquisition game is played on a concave playing field defining a nadir with a plurality of movable game pieces removably disposed on the field for movement thereabout. Each player has an acquisition tool for removing at least one of the game pieces at a time from the field, the acquisition tool also being for moving the game pieces and an interposing member about the field. An interposing member (preferably in the form of an animal such as a crab) is removably disposed on the field for movement thereabout when the interposing member vibrates. The interposing member is substantially greater in size than any of the game pieces and defines passages therethrough configured and dimensioned to enable movement of the game pieces through the passages so that the interposing member impedes access of the acquisition tool to at least those of the game pieces in the passages. A motor is provided for vibrating the interposing member.

Acquisition game

A wheeled jet reaction toy including a wheeled vehicle adapted to carry an empty beverage can of the 'pop top' type having an opening at one end. The vehicle is adapted to clamp the empty beverage container with its open 'pop top' end facing rearwardly. An exhaust tube mounted on the vehicle communicates with the empty beverage container through the 'pop top opening'. An air pump is mounted on a launch pad and a nozzle is connected by a hose to the air pump with the nozzle extending into the exhaust tube when the vehicle is straddling the launch pad so that air under pressure can be transmitted by the pump through the exhaust tube and into the beverage container. The vehicle containing the beverage container is held in position at the launch pad by a guillotine type quick release mechanism which engages the end of the exhaust tube and holds it against a seal surrounding the nozzle. A check valve is provided in the nozzle to prevent the escape of air from the beverage container until the vehicle is released from the launch pad under the propulsion force of the escaping compressed air. In this embodiment of the invention, the vehicle is wheeled and an over center clamping mechanism is provided to restrain the beverage container in the vehicle.

Wheeled jet reaction toy

A resiliently deformable toy ball which is soft and supple and provides an intriguing relaxing feeling when squeezed, and which possesses a low rebound percentage due to its resiliently deformable nature. The ball has a highly plasticized polymeric core which is resiliently deformable due to its highly plasticized state. The polymeric core is encased in a flexible polymer shell and both the core and the flexible shell are further encased in a strechable fabric outer cover.

A resiliently deformable toy ball which is soft and supple and provides an intriguing relaxing feeling when squeezed, and which possesses a low rebound percentage due to its resliently deformable nature. The ball has a highly plasticized PVC core which is resiliently deformable due to its highly plasticized state. The PVC core is encased in a flexible polymer shell and both the core and the flexible shell are further encased in a stretchable fabric outer cover.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Mark Luecke