Mattel, Inc.

Raymond M St Pierre

Sidney Bass

Philip W Crain

Russell C Edmisson

Herbert May

A toy stove with an enclosure having a rotatable vertical threaded shaft therein, with a bell carrier threadedly received thereon, the carrier having a bell attached thereto. A hinged door mechanism is provided with an actuating lever, which upon opening of the door, elevates the bell carrier by first lifting the shaft to allow it to rotate during lifting of the bell insert member. After closing of the door, the shaft drops and oscillates with the bell descending thereon until contact by the bell with a striker member for emitting a sound simulating completion of the timing cycle.

Toy stove with simulated timer

The object of the invention is to provide a modular unit for a toy vehicle traversing layout, the unit representing a city section and having a simulated street sign serving as a handle for carrying, the unit being further provided with a vehicle propulsion device for propelling toy vehicles along a simulated street. The modular unit is provided with the propulsion device adjacent a lane of the street with a plunger, upon depression rotating a pivotable drive member into engagement with the rear of a toy vehicle for propelling the same. The unit has a base with grooves in the undersurface thereof for receiving C-shaped connectors for interlocking a plurality of modular units together.

Modular unit with toy vehicle propulsion device

A toy vehicle having an inertia motor and a wheel adapted to be driven thereby, the vehicle having a drive gear operatively connected to the inertia motor, the periphery of the gear extending partially below the surface of the vehicle. A housing in the form of a fire station or the like is provided with a simulated chimney, which has a rack on the surface thereof within the housing, the chimney being depressible to operate a pinion carrying an enlarged diameter drum, having one end of a strap secured thereto for winding around the drum. The housing is provided with a ramp surface adapted for supporting the vehicle, the ramp being provided with a rotatably mounted hollow shaft having a power gear for engaging the drive gear within the vehicle, the power gear having a coil spring wound about a rod on the axis thereof with the outer end of the hollow shaft being configured to provide a small diameter drum having the other end of the strap means secured thereto. Restraining means are provided for engaging the vehicle so that upon depression of the rack the power gear is maintained in engagement with the drive gear, the power gear ceasing rotation when the rack is depressed to its extreme position whereby the inertia motor is energized and the vehicle leaves the housing.

Toy vehicle with housing

A machine for performing needlepoint or the like wherein successive loops of a single strand of yarn or the like are inserted through fabric, the machine including a carriage mounted for slidable movement in a given direction, the carriage having an indexable open framework roller mounted thereon, the roller being adapted to support a fabric for receiving the yarn. First and second members are pivotally mounted about a common axis within the machine, each of the members having arm portions extending toward the roller and adapted for insertion through the fabric carried thereby. The arm of the first member is configured in the shape of a needle having an eye adapted to receive the yarn therethrough, the needle arm being channel-shaped in cross section for selectively receiving the arm of the other member in abutting sliding relation, the free end of the arm of the second member being notched. A double-faced cam disc is interposed between the first and second members, the disc being rotatable by a hand crank and having guideways formed in opposing surfaces for matingly coacting with cam follower projections on each of the first and second members. The cam guideways are configured so that upon rotation of the crank the needle with the yarn is inserted through the fabric, the notched portion of the other arm slidably engages the needle arm while so positioned to retain the loop within the fabric, the needle arm is withdrawn from the fabric, the other arm is moved laterally while engaging the fabric to increment the roller, the needle arm then inserts another loop of yarn, and the notched arm is then withdrawn to thereby continuously loop a single strand of yarn within the fabric.

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Hawthorne, CA, United States of America

Raymond M St Pierre