Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
446
AMUSEMENT DEVICES: TOYS

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> AMUSEMENT DEVICES: TOYS
1		INCLUDING APERTURED BOARD AND ELEMENT HAMMERED INTO APERTURE
2		DOMINO EFFECT
3		INCLUDING VIBRATING OR HORIZONTALLY RECIPROCATING SUPPORT FOR TRAVELLING OBJECT OR TRAVELLING OBJECT THEREFOR
4		HAVING PORTIONS KNOCKED APART OR AWRY BY IMPACT
5		. Including portion serving as container for diverse articles (e.g., pinata)
6		. Vehicle
7		SIMULATION OF VEHICLE COCKPIT OR OF VEHICLE CONTROL
8		TOY MONEY BOX
9		. Having figure or mechanism operated or released by coin
10		. Having coin depositing mechanism
11		. . Coin projector
12		. . Coin depositing figure
13		. Having retractable coin slot or guard
14		OPERATED BY INTRINSIC TEMPERATURE CHANGE
15		HAVING MEANS FOR FORMING TRANSITORY BUBBLE
16		. Including movably mounted means to dip orificed member into solution
17		. . And mouthpiece
18		. . And variable size air chamber
19		. Including mouthpiece
20		. . And solution reservoir with discrete intermediate passage leading to bubble forming area
21		. Including variable size air chamber
22		SPARKING
23		. Figure, wheeled, or simulated weapon
24		SMOKING
25		. Wheeled vehicle
26		BODY-CARRIED OR WORN
27		. Facial, head or neck
28		. Torso
29		STRADDLED
30		TETHERED FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT
31		. Tether-manipulated control or mechanism
32		. . Elevator control only
33		. Including aircraft-carried propulsion means
34		AERODYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED OR RETARDED
35		. Ornithopter
36		. Including rotary wing (e.g., helicopter, flying propeller, autogyro, etc.)
37		. . And means to rotate wing
38		. . . Separable rotating means
39		. . . . Including resilient actuator
40		. . . . Including flaccid pulling element
41		. . . . . Having rewinding spring or plural discrete flaccid elements
42		. . . . . Flaccid element wound about and in contact with portion which moves aloft
43		. . . . Including spiral actuator
44		. . . Including elastomeric actuator
45		. . And projector
46		. Spinning disc (e.g., flying saucer)
47		. . With electric light or sounder
48		. . Having through air passage
49		. Parachute
50		. . Released from airplane or simulated airplane
51		. . Released from container
52		. . . From rocket or simulated rocket
53		. . . Container detached from parachute
54		. . And separable projector
55		. Having retractable landing gear
56		. Jet-propelled
57		. Having motor-driven propeller
58		. . Gear-driven or having plural propellers
59		. . Elastomeric motor (e.g., rubber band)
60		. . . Enclosed
61		. Glider
62		. . Having folding wing
63		. . And projector or launcher
64		. . . Resiliently biased projector
65		. . . . Including means to retain resilient propulsion member in stressed condition
66		. . Having adjustably mounted airfoil
67		. . Having longitudinally folded or creased fuselage
68		. . Having ballast feature
69		HAVING SEPARABLE NESTED PARTS
70		SAND CONSTRUCTION
71		CONVERTIBLE FROM, OR SERVING AS DIVERSE ARTICLE
72		. Including figure toy
73		. . Diverse article is container, holder, or support
74		. . . Diverse article is fluid container or handbag
75		. Including container or storing toy parts
76		. Container having shape of specific article
77		. Including toy appurtenance attachable to container
78		. . Rollable wheel
79		. Having severable portion (i.e., score lineline)
80		. Includng fold line (to convert to toy)
81		. Including sounding toy
82		TOY THEATER
83		. Including movable figure
84		. . Including marionette
85		CONSTRUCTION TOY
86		. With special tool or workholder
87		. For assembly into permanent form (i.e., nonseparable)
88		. . Vehicle (e.g., aircraft, automobile)
89		. Includng fluid conduit
90		. Including motor
91		. Including electrical feature or assembly
92		. Including permanent magnet or suction cup to secure elements
93		. Vehicle
94		. . Alternative vehicular forms
95		. . Wheeled
96		. . . And pulling member or extrinsic guide
97		. Figure
98		. . Having attachable clothes
99		. . Alternative figures
100		. . . Having detachable subordinate part of face or head
101		. . Plural mutually attachable
102		. Having parts assembled for relative movement
103		. . Including rotary gear, pulley, or strand-winding member
104		. . One part swingable about an axis extending along a side or transversely through its end
105		. Including post having plural longitudinal slots for panel or strip
106		. Including elongated element having laterally opposed interlocking notches (e.g., log cabin type)
107		. Including longitudinally flexed rod or strips
108		. Including connectable panels or strips
109		. . Folding panel, strip, or connector
110		. . And door, window or perfecting structure for building
111		. . With separate diverse connector between adjacent panels or strips
112		. . . Connected panels or strips having parallel edges and mutually angled faces
113		. . . Extending transversely through panel or strip
114		. . Connected with adjacent edges transversely oriented
115		. . Connected panels or strips having parallel edges and mutually angled faces
116		. . Having resilient interlocking portions
117		. Single column stacking
118		. Including substrate for construction elements (e.g., for array of tiles or pegs)
119		. Including flaccid connector for joining plural elements
120		. Resilient interlocking joint (e.g., snap joint)
121		. . Resilient male member
122		. Including abutting elements having slots or apertures receiving discrete transverse connector
123		. . Transverse member is separable bolt or screw
124		. Interfitting elements
125		. . Including identically shaped interfitting portions
126		. . Including three rod-like elements projecting from a fourth element or common connector
127		. . Joined by lateral sliding (e.g., dovetail)
128		. . Including element having plural bosses for forming single joint
129		HAVING PERMANENT MAGNET (NOT MOTOR ASSOCIATED)
130		. For operating valve, switch, or clutch
131		. Including loosely confined parts moved relatively by magnetic field
132		. Manually held member for magnetic interaction with additional member having confined movements
133		. And member movable in spaced relation to moving magnet
134		. . Including interposed partition
135		. . . Magnet or member moves along partition surface
136		. . . . Including motor to move member, magnet, or partition
137		. Contacting, mutually attracted members
138		. . Contact maintained during relative movement
139		. . Including figure or figure portion
140		INCLUDING MEANS CREATING, STORING, OR OPERATED BY STATICALLY INDUCED CHARGE
141		TELEPHONE
142		. Having electrical or voice feature
143		HAVING KEYBOARD
144		SIMULATED HAND OR POWER TOOL
145		. Saw or drill
146		HAVING MEANS TO DRAW
147		CHANGEABLE BOOK, CARD, OR PICTURE
148		. Including device erected by opening card or book, or removing from cover
149		. Movable picture portion
150		. . Moved by opening or closing card or book
151		. . Including hand-manipulatable actuator
152		. . . For moving pivoted portion
153		AQUATIC
154		. Including remote control means or tether
155		. . For buoyancy control
156		. Including means to move figure or figure part
157		. . Including oar or paddle held by figure
158		. . Mechanical motor within figure
159		. . Fluid operated means to move figure or figure part
160		. Boat
161		. . Submersible
162		. . . Including mechanical propulsion motor
163		. . Having propulsion means
164		. . . Mechanical motor
165		. . . . And screw propeller rotated by motor
166		OPERATED BY GRAVITY-FED FLUENT MATERIAL
167		. For moving figure or figure portion
168		INCLUDING UNATTACHED GRAVITY-FED ROLLING, TUMBLING, OR ENERGY-IMPARTING FALLING ELE ENT, OR PATHWAY THEREFOR (E.G., MARBLE RUNWAY)
169		. For moving figure or figure portion
170		. Hand-supported or-manipulated runway
171		. And means for automatically recycling element
172		. . Hand-cranked element conveyer
173		. For moving element-supporting device
174		. . Wheeled element carrier
175		HAVING LIGHT-OR SOUND-RESPONSIVE SWITCH OR CONTROL
176		OPERATED BY RELATIVELY MOVING FLUID OR PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL
177		. Including suction cup
178		. Including motorized fan
179		. . Producing supporting air column or cushion
180		. Including variable-size fluid chamber to move fluid
181		. . Supplying compressed gas to rupture sheet (e.g., film burster)
182		. . . Including means to feed sheet
183		. . Squeezable figure
184		. . . Sounding
185		. . . . Including external fluid-operated accessory or means to move figure portion
186		. . Contractable balloon for moving fluid
187		. . . Jet-propelled balloon
188		. . Sounding
189		. . . Wheel-actuated
190		. . . And tearing, or having mechanism or manipulatable means for moving figure portion
191		. . . . Having electrical or wind-up motor
192		. . . Including motive power means or hand manipulator for sounder
193		. . . . And bellows or bulb
194		. . . Rotary or pivoted valve
195		. . . Reciprocating valve
196		. . . . Including piston slidable along central apertured member
197		. . Bellows or bulb for moving fluid
198		. . . To move figure or figure portion
199		. For changing or moving figure or figure part
200		. . Including mouthpiece for blowing or sucking
201		. . Including fluid-driven rotary blades
202		. Including mouthpiece for blowing or sucking
203		. . Plural differently operated sounders
204		. . Whistle or siren
205		. . . Including discrete relatively movable portions
206		. . . Including distinct means for enabling selection of pitch
207		. . Vibratory reed sounder
208		. . . Including distinct means for enabling selection of pitch
209		. . . And cone-shaped terminal portion (e.g., horn)
210		. Convection-operated
211		. Having jet propulsion
212		. . And multiple stages or holder for launching
213		. Sounding
214		. . Having twistable or intertwistable flaccid strands for rotating sounder
215		. . Having tether for whirling sounder
216		. . Whistle or siren
217		. Having fluid-driven rotatable radial blade (e.g., pinwheel)
218		. . Rollable or having plural rotating bladed members
219		HAVING CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHT SOURCE, OPTIC FIBER, MIRROR, OR LENS
220		INFLATABLE
221		. Having separately inflatable parts
222		. Including externally applied sealing element
223		. And means attachable to form a figure
224		. Having check valve
225		. Simulated aerial or space vehicle
226		. Figure
227		INFANT'S TOY AND MEANS FOR RETAINING, ATTACHING, OR SUPPORTING TOY IN INFANT'S ENVIRONMENT
228		SUSPENDED FOR TRAVEL BELOW GUIDE OR SUPPORT MEANS
229		. Including electrical or wind-up propulsion motor
230		SIMULATED AIRCRAFT OR SPACE VEHICLE (I.E., NON-AERODYNAMIC)
231		. Space vehicle or rocket
232		. Having means to rotate propeller or rotor
233		GYROSCOPIC
234		. Having figure
235		. Having detachable cord for spinning
236		ROTATING OR HAVING VISIBLE ROTATING PORTION (E.G., SPINNING OR WHIRLING, NOT ROLLING)
237		. On wheeled support
238		. . And having additional portion which reciprocates or oscillates, or which rotates about distinct axis
239		. Including corrugated support for imparting rotation
240		. Including unattached rod for manipulating toy
241		. Including helically grooved or twisted shaft for imparting rotation
242		. Including electric light or electric sounder
243		. Including markings producing visual effect (e.g., chromatic)
244		. . Thaumatropic effect
245		. . Cord impeller
246		. Including hand crank for imparting rotation
247		. Having attached cord for imparting rotation
248		. . Wound about rotatable member
249		. . . Including spring to rewind
250		. . . Bandalore
251		. . . . Including sounder, figure, or vehicle
252		. . . Sounding
253		. . Intertwistable flaccid strands
254		. . . Including sounding means
255		. Aerial (e.g., diabolo)
256		. Top
257		. . Plural tops
258		. . Including sounding means
259		. . And means for spinning
260		. . . Spring impeller
261		. . . Cord impeller
262		. . . . Including holding means
263		. . . . . Separable
264		. . Having special tip or spindle
265		. Sounding
266		. Handle supported manually actuated rotating portion
267		HAVING ENCLOSED LIQUID
268		FIGURE TOY OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR
269		. Rollable
270		. . Having sounding means
271		. . . Including resiliently recovering striking mechanism
272		. . . And wheel-driven mechanism for moving figure or figure portion
273		. . Pivoted figure having center of gravity below pivot axis
274		. . . Including wheel-driven mechanism for moving figure portion
275		. . Vehicle and external figure
276		. . . Having moving limb or foot to simulate walking
277		. . . . By direct linkage to vehicle wheel or axle
278		. . Elongate figure having writhing or undulating movement
279		. . Figure mounted on wheeled support
280		. . . Including wheel-driven mechanism for moving figure or figure portion
281		. . . . Plural relatively moving figures
282		. . . . . Dependent movement or common component
283		. . . . . . One figure mounted on another figure
284		. . . . . . Relatively moving portions of one figure
285		. . . . Having moving limb or foot to simulate walking
286		. . . . Figure movement simulates propulsion of wheeled support
287		. . . . Movement about vertical axis or by bent support wheel axle
288		. . . Including means to move figure or figure portion with respect to wheeled support
289		. . Including axle through or within figure
290		. . . Front and rear axles
291		. . . . More than two axles
292		. . . . Including wheel-driven mechanism for moving figure portion or accessory
293		. . . . . For moving limb or foot to simulate walking
294		. . . Having moving limb or foot to walk or simulate walking
295		. Having means to simulate respiration, heartbeat, body temperature, or specific symptom of illness
296		. Having means for simulating personal toilet or medical activity or device therefor (e.g., bathing, hair care, etc.)
297		. Having sounding means
298		. . And internal mechanism to move figure portion
299		. . . Phonograph, tape, or wire
300		. . . Head or head part movement
301		. . . . Eye, eyelid, or mouth movement
302		. . Phonograph, tape, or wire
303		. . And motive power means or hand crank
304		. Nursing, eating, or drinking
305		. . And tearing or wetting
306		. Tearing
307		. Rope skipping
308		. Leaping or projected figure or accessory
309		. . Figure
310		. . . From within enclosure (e.g., "Jack-in-the-box")
311		. . . Self-projecting
312		. . . . By impulse from moving limb or foot
313		. Animal and rider
314		. Including guide for ascending or descending figure
315		. . And flaccid element for supporting or moving figure
316		. Constructed for walking down incline
317		. Including spring for returning limb or foot during walking
318		. Including musical instrument or simulation thereof
319		. Variable length hair
320		. Enlargeable or elongatable figure or figure portion
321		. Having selectively displayed alternative faces, limbs, or bodies
322		. Seesawing or swinging (e.g., jumping jack)
323		. . Including flaccid support or actuator for figure
324		. Tumbling
325		. Balanced or self-righting
326		. . Having relatively movable section on balanced or self-righting portion
327		. Having hand-or finger-accommodating means in figure
328		. . Hand or finger forms visible part of figure
329		. . And movable jaw
330