A simulated outdoor gas-fired grill includes a simulated thermometer. A grill assembly includes a grate and a flame plate positioned below the grate. The flame plate includes simulated flame segments positioned to extend through slots in the grate. The grate is movable toward and away from the grate. A cam connected with a knob contacts the underside of the flame plate and moves the plate toward and away from the grate, simulating adjustment of the heat setting of the grill. The grill includes a port to hold the thermometer. The thermometer has a dial face at a proximal end and a probe at a distal end. The probe is biased in the distal direction and is movable inward and outward from a housing of the thermometer. A nut fixed with the probe engages a dial shaft within the thermometer housing. The dial shaft is rotatable about the central axis of the housing and engages with the nut. Movement of the probe, including the nut, relative to the dial shaft causes the shaft to rotate. An indicator needle at the proximal end of the dial shaft rotates across the dial face, simulating measuring a temperature of a food item.

An interactive toy serving as a surrogate by emulating chronic condition characteristics of a child and providing responses and output to educate user about the chronic condition. The toy may include a microprocessor and memory, and a plurality of sensors that receive information representative of a treatment for the chronic condition and output systems that simulate reaction to the treatment of the chronic condition. The toy may include a plurality of replica food articles that interact with the sensors and the output systems. The toy may further include a plurality of replica or real medical devices that interact with the sensors to simulate reaction to treatment via the output systems.

A doll may imitate having a cochlear implant by providing an attachment structure, such as a magnet, post-and-hole, hook-and-loop fasteners, or other means, for selectively attaching a simulated external component of a cochlear implant to the doll's head. The simulated implant may be made to mimic any known or later developed implant and may be positioned on either the right or left sides of the doll's head, or both.

A kit for creating and healing a simulated wound includes a fabric patch that can be saturated with a liquid to become translucent. The patch includes an image of a simulated wound, such as a cut, scratch, or abrasion. Water is applied to a person's skin. The patch is applied to the wetted skin and is saturated by the water, causing the fabric forming the patch to become translucent so that the color of the user's skin is at least partially visible through the patch. This creates the illusion that the simulated wound image is an actual injury. The kit also includes a simulated bandage. The bandage has a gripping portion, such as a patch of hook materials from a hook-and-loop fastener, on its bottom surface. When the gripping portion of the bandage is contacted with the patch, the gripping portion engages with the fabric so that when the bandage is pulled away from the skin, the patch and the simulated wound are also pulled away from the skin, creating the illusion that the wound has been healed.

A comfort system to address the anxieties and emotional needs of children undergoing treatment for cancer is disclosed. The comfort system may include a toy friend, a simulated infusion set, a simulated IV bag, tubing, and a storage bag. The simulated infusion set may be shaped to resemble a butterfly or similar winged insect. The comfort system may also include one or more hats or head coverings that may be worn by the toy friend and/or the cancer patient.

A microscope toy includes a base (108) and a stand (117). The base (108) has a bottom surface (115), a pair of opposing side walls (101), and a pair of opposing end walls (103), the pair of opposing side and end walls (101, 103) extending upwardly from the bottom surface (115) and defining an interior space (105). The stand (117) has a base surface (110) sized to couple with the base (108) and configured to cover an opening of the interior space (105) of the base (108), an arm (112) extending upwardly from the base surface (110), and a body tube (136) comprising a lens configured to magnify an object, the body tube (136) configured to detachably couple with the arm (112).