1975-03-17
1978-06-13
Shay, F. Barry
40425, A63H 700
Patent
active
040940926
ABSTRACT:
A two dimensional animated character providing a wide range of movements and controls for the eyeballs, eyelids and mouth by means of vertical control rods and connecting linkage and hinge mechanisms. Movement of the eyeballs in a left to right and up and down direction is produced by means of a pivotally mounted background plate having the eyeball features fixed thereon. The eyeball background plate is connected to the lower ends of a pair of control rods which manipulate such plate so that the eyeballs move in a general arc path to the left and right, and up and down. The eyelids are animated by an upper and lower plate simulating eyelid features. The upper and lower plates are each connected to the lower ends of vertical control rods which in turn are pivotally connected to opposite ends of a pivotally mounted bar. In operation, the downward displacement of one eyelid control rod causes the upper eyelid feature to be lowered and, this same displacement causes the bar to pivot and displace the other control rod upwardly, thereby raising the lower eyelid feature in unison with the lowering of the upper eyelid feature. Animation of the mouth is provided by a pair of semi-circular disks which are hinged together at one end such that the disks can be fully opened to their widest position to expose the broadest mouth feature located behind the disks. One further feature is a flexible arm comprised of a strip of rubber extending the length of the character's arm with a plurality of short strips of flexible material alternately attached in crosswise fashion on the front and back sides of the rubber strip.
This crossweave of the flexible material accomodates the bending movements of the rubber strip when simulation of the arm and hand movement is produced by a control means attached to the hand.
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Aniforms, Inc.
Shay F. Barry
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