Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080242186 | TOY AIRCRAFT WITH MODULAR POWER SYSTEMS AND WHEELS - Toy aircraft may include an airframe, a modular power system, first and second wheel supports, and first and second wheels. The modular power system may be configured for selective use with and selective removal from the airframe. The power system may include a propulsion unit operable to propel the toy aircraft and a power unit, which may include an energy source configured to supply energy to the propulsion unit. The airframe may include a fuselage, a propulsion unit mount, which may be disposed on the airframe and configured to removably retain the propulsion unit, and a power unit mount, which may be disposed on the fuselage and configured to removably retain the power unit. The first and second wheel supports may extend from the power unit mount toward respective first and second wheel mounts to which the first and second wheels may be rotatably mounted. | 10-02-2008 |
20090212968 | Remote control units for mechanized toys - A hand carried and operated remote control unit includes a housing configured as an other toy so as to support independent user play activity without a remotely controlled toy and including a main housing portion and at least a first handle extending outwardly and away from the main housing portion. A central vertical plane through front, rear, top and bottom sides of the housing divides the housing into two substantially equal halves. Circuitry in the housing includes a wireless signal transmitter, a controller and at least a tilt sensor connected in a subcircuit with the controller. The tilt sensor includes a ball tube with a central axis and a ball to roll along the tube between opposing ends of the ball tube to make or break the subcircuit. The central axis is pitched downwardly at an acute angle of at least twenty degrees with respect to a horizontal plane perpendicular to the central vertical plane and tangent to the bottom side of the main housing portion to provide a dead zone of the tilt sensor equal to or greater than the magnitude of the acute angle. | 08-27-2009 |
20090256822 | TOUCH SCREEN REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE WITH A TOY - A remote control device having a touch screen for remotely directing a toy, such as a remote control vehicle or airplane, is provided. | 10-15-2009 |
20090305599 | Toy flying aircraft - A toy flying aircraft has a fuselage defining a central vertical longitudinal plane, with an upper front portion and a lower rear portion. The upper front and lower rear portions are coupled by a vertical support angling forward and upward from a front upper side of the rear portion to a lower rear side of the front portion. The aircraft has an at least generally circular and horizontally planar wing intersecting the front portion of the fuselage. A forward half of the wing defines an upper horizontal plane generally perpendicular to the central vertical longitudinal plane, and a rear half of the wing is downwardly offset from the upper horizontal plane to define a lift surface. A generally V-shaped planar rear stabilizer is bisected and supported by the rear portion of the fuselage so as to be located vertically entirely below the wing. | 12-10-2009 |
20110130066 | TOY AIRCRAFT WITH MODULAR POWER SYSTEMS AND WHEELS - Toy aircraft may include an airframe, a modular power system, first and second wheel supports, and first and second wheels. The modular power system may be configured for selective use with and selective removal from the airframe. The power system may include a propulsion unit operable to propel the toy aircraft and a power unit, which may include an energy source configured to supply energy to the propulsion unit. The airframe may include a fuselage, a propulsion unit mount, which may be disposed on the airframe and configured to removably retain the propulsion unit, and a power unit mount, which may be disposed on the fuselage and configured to removably retain the power unit. The first and second wheel supports may extend from the power unit mount toward respective first and second wheel mounts to which the first and second wheels may be rotatably mounted. | 06-02-2011 |
20120077411 | REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE TOY AND WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL UNIT COMBINATION - A hand held remote control unit includes a wireless signal transmitter configured to transmit a fixed frequency (tone) signal and a manually operated switch to selectively operate the transmitter to transmit the wireless tone signal. A toy has an appropriate wireless signal receiver and control circuit responsive to the tone signal that controls one or more electrically operated devices that can provide at least two different, electrically activated responses of the toy apparent to an observer. The control circuit provides a sequence of two or more different predetermined responses of the toy in response to sequential reception and loss of the tone signal, the sequence of responses being repeated after completion. | 03-29-2012 |
20130331002 | IR Dongle with Speaker for Electronic Device - The present invention relates to an electronic device, and in particular, to the input and output of data from the electronic device. An object is connected to the electronic device and configured to convert a portion of the audio signal output by the electronic device into an audible output. The object also converts a portion of the audio signal output by the electronic device into an infrared signal that is emitted to a toy vehicle. With the object connected to the electronic device, the electronic device is able to remotely control the toy vehicle while the object outputs sound effects and other audible sounds. | 12-12-2013 |