Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having mechanism or manipulatable means to move figure or...
Reexamination Certificate
2002-07-10
2004-01-06
Banks, Derris H. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having mechanism or manipulatable means to move figure or...
C446S175000, C446S353000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06672935
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Toy figures have always been the mainstay as a toy for young children. There have been numerous varieties of figures from no interaction to fully interactive figures. There exist figures that speak, cry, sing and laugh in response to a child touching or squeezing various parts of the figure, as well as figures that walk and crawl. However, there are always a continual need for improvements and new and novel features.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
There is herein described and illustrated a unique animated figure that is hinged at the waist. The hinged waist permits the figure to pivot or move the top half of the body relative to the bottom half. A control mechanism controls the movement in such a manner that the figure will move from a standing and upright position through a forward somersault ending back in a standing and upright position. In other embodiments the control mechanism can stop the movement or pose the figure in a position, such as a “headstand” or a position prior to a headstand. When the figure stops the movement prior to a headstand, the figure can prompt a user to assist the figure in completing the headstand. When the user helps the figure in completing the headstand, the figure could continue to perform a somersault or flip over.
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Lund Bruce D.
Moothedath Sunil
Srirangam Krishnan
Starrick Michael
Banks Derris H.
Cegielnik Urszula M
Lund & Company
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