| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D409692 |
Thumb pad for controlling the operation of a toy vehicle in a vehicle control system |
May 11, 1999 |
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| 6719607 |
Control system for, and method of, operating toy vehicles |
April 13, 2004 |
| Each of first vehicles has an individual address dependent upon an insertion of a selective one of different keys into a socket in the vehicle. Each of the first vehicles is movable in any desired direction on a first support structure formed by intercoupling male detents on first be |
| 6666746 |
Control system for, and method of, operating toy vehicles |
December 23, 2003 |
| Each of first vehicles has an individual address dependent upon an insertion of a selective one of different keys into a socket in the vehicle. Each vehicle is movable in any desired direction on a first support structure formed by intercoupling male detents on first beams and female |
| 6656012 |
System and method for communicating with and controlling toy accessories |
December 2, 2003 |
| Switches in pads may be closed to select toy vehicles and operate motors in the vehicles for moving (a) the vehicles in any direction and (b) a bin holding transportable elements (e.g. marbles). A central station interrogates the pads, forms packets of signals representative of the s |
| 6450856 |
Control system for, and method of, operating toy vehicles |
September 17, 2002 |
| Each of first vehicles has an individual address dependent upon an insertion of a selective one of different keys into a socket in the vehicle. Each vehicle is movable in any desired direction on a first support structure formed by intercoupling male detents on first beams and female |
| 6247994 |
System and method for communicating with and controlling toy accessories |
June 19, 2001 |
| A system and method for controlling toy vehicles has a plurality of pads coupled to a central station. Switches in the pads may be closed to select toy vehicles and the operation of motors for moving the vehicles forwardly, rearwardly, to the left and to the right and moving upwardly |
| 6238265 |
Remote control system for operating toys |
May 29, 2001 |
| When manually closed, switches in pads select toy vehicles and the operation of motors for moving the vehicles forwardly, rearwardly, leftwardly and rightwardly and moving upwardly and downwardly (and rightwardly and leftwardly) a receptacle for holding transportable elements (e.g. m |
| 6139399 |
System for, and of, maintaining operative voltage levels in a toy vehicle movements |
October 31, 2000 |
| A vehicle may have a chassis, wheels rotatably mounted on the chassis and motors disposed on the vehicle for selectively rotating the wheels to (a) accelerate the vehicle forwardly and rearwardly, (b) spin-turn the vehicle (turn the vehicle on a substantially stationary position), (c) tu |
| 6139398 |
System for, and method of, minimizing the consumption of battery energy in a toy vehicle |
October 31, 2000 |
| A member (e.g. toy vehicle) is powered at first times and depowered at second times. The member includes a plurality of switches having first and second terminals defining open and closed states, the switches being normally open and actuatable to the closed state in a pattern defining th |
| 5944609 |
Remote control system for operating toys |
August 31, 1999 |
| When manually closed, switches in pads select toy vehicles and the operation of motors for moving the vehicles in different directions and moving upwardly and downwardly (and rightwardly and leftwardly) a receptacle for holding transportable elements (e.g. marbles). When interrogated |
| 5888135 |
System for, and method of, selectively providing the operation of toy vehicles |
March 30, 1999 |
| A key in a vehicle socket closes contacts to reset a vehicle microcontroller to a neutral state. Ribs disposed in a particular pattern in the key operate switches in a particular pattern in the vehicle to provide an address for the vehicle with the vehicle inactive but powered. When |
| 5885159 |
System for, and method of, controlling the operation of toys |
March 23, 1999 |
| Pads remotely control the operation of vehicles. In each pad, (a) at least a first control provides for the addressing of one of the vehicles, (b) second controls provide for the movement of the addressed vehicle and (c) third controls provide for the operation of members (e.g. pivotable |
| 5615107 |
Power control method and apparatus |
March 25, 1997 |
| The power control system includes a time controlled bi-stable device for causing at least one slave outlet to be controlled in response to a master unit being energized and/or de-energized. The system thus enables the slave outlet only to be energized, and not the master unit, if the mas |
