Shelcore Inc.

Michael A Greenberg

Richard J Greenberg

Michael A Waters

A toy includes a housing, a plurality of buttons arranged to initiate playback of a tune or other sounds, a transparent enclosure containing a plurality of balls, an agitator extending into the enclosure, a motor mounted within the housing for causing the agitator to oscillate and propel balls that encounter the agitator against the walls of the enclosure, a sound generator and speaker, and control circuitry for causing the sound generator to play selected sounds upon pressing of one of the buttons, and for intermittently activating the agitator during playback of the sounds. The housing of the toy may be arranged to resemble a piano, and the buttons may be configured to resemble keys of the piano.

Musical toy with a motor driven display

Aquatic diving toy

Spinning aquatic diving toy

A device suitable for use as a child's toy includes a housing having a window through which is visible a medium on which are displayed changing scenes. A plurality of lights are positioned behind the medium and selectively illuminated to provide animation effects. Different portions of the medium may be selectively illuminated as the scenes are changed in order to vary the animation effects. The medium may be in the form of an at least partially translucent scroll, on which is printed a series of different scenes and which may be moved by a motor, spring, or other winding mechanism arranged to advance the scroll so that a different complete scene appears in the window each time the scroll is advanced. In addition to activating different sequences of individual lights sources each time the scenes are changed, multiple animation effects for a particular scene can be selected by the user, for example by pushing a button in response to narration coordinated with the particular scene, thereby adding a level of interactivity to the display device.

Device for displaying multiple scenes animated by sequences of light

A diving stick of the type which, after being tossed into a swimming pool, sinks to the bottom while maintaining an upright posture so that it can easily be grasped by a diver, includes a soft malleable outer body designed to prevent accidental impalement, and provisions for enabling the diving stick to sink and maintain an upright posture at the bottom of the pool despite the buoyancy of the soft malleable material.

Soft diving stick

A toy includes a main body which, in a first orientation, resembles a water gun and, in a second orientation, resembles a vehicle. Within the main body is an air/water reservoir which may be filled with water, the reservoir being in communication with a source of air pressured by a hand-pump to cause water to be forcibly expelled from the reservoir upon opening a valve at a water outlet of the reservoir. The water outlet is controlled by a trigger mechanism which, when the toy is in the first orientation, resembles the trigger of a gun and permits opening and closing ofthe valve to occur upon pulling and release of the trigger. In the second orientation, the trigger mechanism is latched upon pulling the trigger in order to permit continued expulsion of water upon release of the trigger so that the expulsion of water serves to propel the vehicle. The vehicle may be a water craft such as a submarine and include realistic appurtenances or accessories that may be manipulated to provide a more realistic appearance. In the case of a submarine, the appurtenances may include stabilizer fins pivotal into a horizontal orientation, and louvers that cause the vehicle to dive below the surface, the portion of the housing accommodating the trigger being arranged to resemble a conning tower of the submarine, and the air/water reservoir being positioned to cause the submarine to dive when full and to return to the surface as the reservoir empties. In addition, the toy may be provided with a circuit and speaker for providing sound effects in one or both orientations.

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Mendham Township, NJ, United States of America

Michael A Greenberg