US 7,887,907 2/15/2011 THERMALLY MOVABLE PLASTIC DEVICES AND TOYS Blonder Greg

• A rotating toy made from various strips or shapes of the c))motion plastic film. Sunlight causes the strips to bend or twist, moving the center of mass.

US 8,991,026 6/31/15 ARTIFICIAL FLOWER NOVELTY AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Blonder: Greg E

• An artificial flower made from a laminate of two plastic films with substantially different expansions coefficients. This expansion coefficient difference causes the plastic to curl when heated or cooled. The direction of curl is controlled by the shape of the petal and its orientation relative to the intrinsic strain in the layered film.

US 7,112,362 9/26/2006 THERMALLY MOVABLE PLASTIC DEVICES AND TOYS Blonder

• A novel thermometer made from various strips or shapes of the c))motion plastic film. The strip's positions indicate the temperature.

US 6,071,165 6/6/00 THERMAL POWERED DIVING DEVICE Blonder, Greg E.

• This is a light powered version of a Cartesian Diver, where light causes the diver to increase or decrease in volume, and thus density. Consequently, it rises or falls within a column of liquid.

US 6,012,959 1/11/00 THERMAL-POWERED ROCKING DEVICE
Blonder, Greg E.

• This toy rotates once a minute powered only by the heat from a lamp or bright sunlight. Click on the image for a full explantion, or see the patent.

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US 5,620,371 4/15/97 COMPUTER TRACKBALL Blonder; Greg E.

• Instead of a solid track ball, this input device employs a "glide ball" ( a floating inner sphere within a transparent ball, weighted so an image on the inner sphere remains eerily on the top). Just for fun or advertising purposes.