A handheld touch apparatus for providing a variety of tactile sensations to the fingers and thumb of a hand of a user. The touch apparatus includes a cubic body having an outer surface defined by a plurality of faces that are planar and orthogonal to one another and joined together by radiused edges that meet together to form rounded corners. The cubic body is sized for holding within the palm of the user's hand and for being supported, rotated and manipulated by the fingers and thumb of the same hand. The touch apparatus further includes tactile features extending from the faces of the cubic body and that are selectively movable relative to their associated faces. The tactile features are contained within the volume of an imaginary sphere defined by the rounded corners and isolated from the tactile features on adjacent faces by the radiused edges of the cubic body.

A toy gearbox comprising at least one gear shaft (1, 2) rotatably supported by a gear support construction and having at least one spline, and at least one gear wheel (21, 22, 23, 24) rotatably arranged on the gear shaft (1, 2), a first clutch member (50) being attached to the gear wheel (21, 22, 23, 24) and rotatably arranged on the gear shaft (1, 2) and a second clutch member comprising a driving ring (41, 42) being fixed against rotation about and slidably arranged on the gear shaft (1, 2) and comprising a guide member (45) and at least one claw clutch (46, 47) for selectively engaging or disengaging with the first clutch member (50) and thereby engaging or disengaging the gear wheel (21, 22, 23, 24) from rotating along with the gear shaft and where an axial cam (10) arranged on a gear shifter axle (11) being mounted in the gear support construction and having an axis of symmetry extending parallel with the gear shaft (1, 2), so that the guide member (45) on the axially slidable driving ring (41, 42) engages with the axial cam (10).

An animatronic toy includes a motor, a compound geneva gear assembly, and a plurality of moving parts. The compound geneva gear assembly has a plurality of geneva drivers driven by the motor and a plurality of geneva followers. Each of the geneva followers are positioned to be driven by one of the geneva drivers. The geneva drivers are rotationally coupled to each other. Each of the geneva drivers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one stop. Each of the geneva followers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one cutout. The plurality of moving parts are driven by the geneva followers. The geneva drivers may form a compound geneva driver with an axis of rotation, a plurality of sets of teeth extending radially and a plurality of stops disposed in an alternating pattern along the axis of rotation.

An animatronic toy includes a motor, a compound geneva gear assembly, and a plurality of moving parts. The compound geneva gear assembly has a plurality of geneva drivers driven by the motor and a plurality of geneva followers. Each of the geneva followers are positioned to be driven by one of the geneva drivers. The geneva drivers are rotationally coupled to each other. Each of the geneva drivers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one stop. Each of the geneva followers includes at least one set of teeth and at least one cutout. The plurality of moving parts are driven by the geneva followers. The geneva drivers may form a compound geneva driver with an axis of rotation, a plurality of sets of teeth extending radially and a plurality of stops disposed in an alternating pattern along the axis of rotation.

A mechanical spinning robot toy includes a top section and a bottom exposed outer gear section. The top section resembles a robot possibly including a head portion and a body portion which may be integral. Any of a variety of arm-like appendages extends outward from the body. The spinning drive mechanism is within the top section. The bottom section has teeth or cogs capable of meshing with another gear or a rack on any of a variety of accessories to move the robot along a track or to animate the accessories. A lower weighted convex surface portion in the bottom biases the robot upright and facilitates spinning of the robot upright. The top and bottom sections are frictionally fit together to rotate or spin together and to spin separately with respect to each when either the top or bottom sections are not allowed to spin.

A mechanical spinning robot toy includes a top section and a bottom exposed outer gear section. The top section resembles a robot possibly including a head portion and a body portion which may be integral. Any of a variety of arm-like appendages extends outward from the body. The spinning drive mechanism is within the top section. The bottom section has teeth or cogs capable of meshing with another gear or a rack on any of a variety of accessories to move the robot along a track or to animate the accessories. A lower weighted convex surface portion in the bottom biases the robot upright and facilitates spinning of the robot upright. The top and bottom sections are frictionally fit together to rotate or spin together and to spin separately with respect to each when either the top or bottom sections are not allowed to spin.

The present invention relates to a power transmission apparatus for transmitting power between components, and a built-up type toy including the same. The power transmission apparatus comprises: a housing having an operating space formed therein; a connection hole that is open in at least one direction of the housing; a gear assembly that operates in the operating space of the housing and has a connecting link on one end thereof which is exposed to the outside through the connection hole; and a coupling tube for selectively interconnecting two connection holes of the power transmission apparatus and a counterpart power transmission apparatus connected thereto, wherein the connecting link of the power transmission apparatus and a counterpart connecting link are connected and interworked with each other in the interior of the coupling tube.

The present invention relates to a power transmission apparatus for transmitting power between components, and a built-up type toy including the same. The power transmission apparatus comprises: a housing having an operating space formed therein; a connection hole that is open in at least one direction of the housing; a gear assembly that operates in the operating space of the housing and has a connecting link on one end thereof which is exposed to the outside through the connection hole; and a coupling tube for selectively interconnecting two connection holes of the power transmission apparatus and a counterpart power transmission apparatus connected thereto, wherein the connecting link of the power transmission apparatus and a counterpart connecting link are connected and interworked with each other in the interior of the coupling tube.

A toy is disclosed for a segmented tube track kit. The toy comprises a tube, comprised of reversibly attachable tubes. In one embodiment, the tube segments are held together frictionally. In another embodiment, tube segments are held together by locking mechanisms consisting of projections and cutouts. The toy vehicle in the kit has a drive wheel which is forced up away from the body of the car and against the inner walls of the tube by resilient members. In another embodiment, the vehicle has a tumbler wheel at the front of the car.

A toy is disclosed for a segmented tube track kit. The toy comprises a tube, comprised of reversibly attachable tubes. In one embodiment, the tube segments are held together frictionally. In another embodiment, tube segments are held together by locking mechanisms consisting of projections and cutouts. The toy vehicle in the kit has a drive wheel which is forced up away from the body of the car and against the inner walls of the tube by resilient members. In another embodiment, the vehicle has a tumbler wheel at the front of the car.