Motion toy with articulated legs and head

Details Motion toy with articulated legs and head Motion toy with articulated legs and head

2000-04-27

2001-06-12

Rimell, Sam (Department: 3712)

Amusement devices: toys

Figure toy or accessory therefor

Having mechanism or manipulatable means to move figure or...

C446S330000, C040S420000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06244924

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 installed in the trunk of the toy body and controlled to move the head and legs of the toy body.
A variety of motion toys are commercially available. These motion toys commonly use battery to move a motor drive mechanism, causing the motor drive mechanism to move moving parts of the toys.
FIGS. 8 and 9
illustrate a motion toy duck according to the prior art. This structure of motion toy duck comprises a body A shaped like a duck, and a power drive unit B installed in the body A. The body A comprises a trunk Al, a head A
2
coupled to the trunk A
1
at the top, two wings A
3
coupled to the trunk A
1
at two opposite lateral sides, a tail A
5
coupled to the trunk A
1
at the rear side, and two legs A
4
bilaterally coupled to the trunk A
1
at the bottom side. The power drive unit B comprises an on/off switch B
1
, a transmission gear mechanism B
2
, a DC motor (not shown) controlled by the on/off switch B
1
to turn the transmission gear mechanism B
2
, causing the transmission gear mechanism B
2
to move the head A
2
, the wings A
3
and the tail A
5
, link means B
4
, and a rotary wheel B
3
rotated by the transmission gear mechanism B
2
to move the link means B
4
back and forth. When the link means B
4
is moved downwards, it lifts the body A forwardly upwards. When the link means B
4
is moved upwards, the legs A
4
are lowered to the floor. Continuously moving the link means B
4
causes the body A to be moved forwards. This regular motion is monotonous and less attractive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect of the present invention, the motion toy comprises a toy body, the toy body having a hollow trunk, a head pivoted to the trunk at a top side, and two legs respectively pivoted to the trunk at two opposite sides, the legs each having a thigh pivoted to the trunk, a foot, and a calf pivotally coupled between the thigh and the foot, a power drive unit formed of a DC motor and gear transmission means and installed in the trunk of the toy body and controlled to turn the thighs of the legs alternatively back and forth and the calves of the legs alternatively up and down, and a battery box installed in the trunk to provide battery power supply to the DC motor. According to another aspect of the present invention, the legs of the toy body each comprise a thigh pivoted to the trunk of the toy body, a foot, a calf pivotally coupled between the thigh and the foot, and a torsional spring-supported link installed in the thigh, the torsional spring-supported link having a top end extended out of the thigh and coupled to a respective arched sliding slot on the trunk and a bottom end connected to the calf for enabling the calf to be turned up and down by the power drive unit. According to still another aspect of the present invention, the head comprises a horizontal bottom pivot inserted into a top through hole on the trunk of the toy body and pivoted to an axle housing at the power drive unit; the power drive unit comprises a cam wheel rotated by the transmission gear means, and a rocker coupled between the cam wheel and the horizontal bottom pivot and driven by the cam wheel to move the horizontal bottom pivot and the head back and forth.


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