Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having mechanism or manipulatable means to move figure or...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-17
2001-06-12
Muir, D. Neal (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having mechanism or manipulatable means to move figure or...
C446S384000, C040S418000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06244925
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to toys, and more particularly to a motion toy which comprises a toy body, and a power drive unit installed in the toy body and controlled to turn the head, arms and legs of the toy body.
A variety of motion toys have been disclosed, and have appeared on the market. These motion toys commonly use a reversible motor to turn a set of gears and an eccentric rod or wheel, so as to move movable parts of the toy body. The driving mechanisms for the conventional motion toys are commonly complicated and expensive. Further, the motion of the movable parts of the toy body are unstable.
FIGS. 8 and 9
show another structure of motion toy, which is an invention of the present inventor, and was patented in Taiwan under Patent No. 334837 issued on Jun. 21, 1998. The power drive unit of this structure of motion toy comprises a reversible motor, a drive gear securely mounted on the output shaft of the reversible motor, two main sector gears and four auxiliary sector gears respectively mounted in the legs and the front and rear body shells of the toy body and meshed with the drive gear for enabling the legs to be turned leftwards and rightwards alternatively. This structure of motion toy is designed to let the legs be turned leftward and rightwards relative to the body shells. Because the arms of the motion toy are not relatively turned when the legs are moved by the power drive unit, the motion of this structure of motion toy is less attractive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention, the motion toy comprises a toy body, the toy body comprising a front body shell and a rear body shell fastened together, two arms coupled to the body shells at two opposite lateral sides, a head pivotably mounted in the body shells at a top side by pivot means and coupled to the arms, two feet, and two legs coupled between the body shells and the feet, an a power drive unit controlled to turn the arms, legs and head of the toy body, wherein two elongated links are coupled between the arms and a pivot at a rocker, which is turned back and forth about a pivot between the body shells by a center gear of the power drive unit, for enabling the arms to be synchronously turned back and forth when the legs are moved back and forth by the center gear of the power drive unit relative to the feet. According to another aspect of the present invention, two Z-shaped links are coupled between the arms and a bottom coupling rod at the head, for enabling the head to be oscillated upon the motion of the arms. According to still another aspect of the present invention, the elongated links which are coupled between the rocker and the arms each comprise a respective hooked middle part connected to each other by spring means, a first elongated sliding slot at one end coupled to the pivot at the rocker, and a second elongated sliding slot at an opposite end coupled to a respective coupling rod at one of the arms. According to still another aspect of the present invention, the Z-shaped links which are coupled between the arms and the coupling rod at the head each comprise a respective hooked middle part connected to each other by spring means, a first elongated sliding slot at one end coupled to a respective coupling rod at one of the arms, and a second elongated sliding slot at an opposite end coupled to the coupling rod at the head.
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