Toy Patents - Arctophile

Toy Inventor Eddy Goldfarb and the Patents Behind His Hits

September 29, 2026 by Cut Rizka Maulida

Workshop bench with a small green plastic prototype part, a pen, safety glasses and power tools in the background

Eddy Goldfarb sold his first hit, Yakity Yak Talking Teeth, for $900 and licensed everything after. His patents trace a career from wind-up teeth to KerPlunk.

Toys and the Amazing Stories Behind Great Inventions

October 15, 2026September 23, 2026 by Cut Rizka Maulida

Pale pink coiled metal spring toy arched on a wooden table against a white paneled wall

Lincoln Logs, Slinky, Frisbee, Etch A Sketch, and Super Soaker: five famous toy inventions checked against their US patents and the National Toy Hall of Fame.

Who Invented the First Stuffed Animal? Meet Margarete Steiff

August 18, 2026 by Andi Tenri Ajeng

Black-and-white close-up of a person hand-sewing a thick fabric with a needle and thread

Margarete Steiff sewed the first commercial stuffed animal, a felt elephant, in 1880. Here is how her claim compares with the 1892 Tabby Cat patents and the 1903 Peter Rabbit doll.