Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having sounding means
Patent
1987-05-08
1988-10-18
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having sounding means
446336, 446354, A63H 0328, A63H 1300
Patent
active
047784326
ABSTRACT:
A doll of a person with a drum who alternately appears to be beating the drum with his left and right hands while his head rotates left and right and a melody is playing. The doll includes a head portion, a torso portion, a limbs portion, a drum portion, a base portion, means to alternately raise and lower the hands in sequence and to alternately rotate the head left and right, and a melody module. The head portion includes a head which resembles a human and a drive pin. The torso portion is hollow and resembles the body of a human. The limbs portion resembles a human and includes a right arm, a right hand, a left arm, a left hand, a right leg, and a left leg. The drum portion includes a drum with a seat at its rear. The base portion includes a housing with feet on its bottom. The means to alternately raise and lower the hands in sequence and to alternately rotate the head left and right include a motor, two spaced cams, two spaced lefters, two spaced push rods, two spaced arm assembles, a head swivel assembly, gearing which transmits the motion of the motor to the cams, and wiring connecting the motor and melody module to a power source. The cams rotate at 180 degrees out of phase with each other. The lifters are operatively located above the cams and the push rods are operatively located above the lifters. Each of the arm assemblies is operatively connected to one of the push rods. The head swivel assembly is operatively connected to the arm assemblies.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4545775 (1985-10-01), Kim
patent: 4676764 (1987-06-01), Yeu
Brown Michael
Hafer Robert A.
Loo George W. T.
Michael & Park's Trading and Sales, Inc.
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