Toy creature having a tongue for capturing prey

Details Toy creature having a tongue for capturing prey Toy creature having a tongue for capturing prey

1987-03-12

1988-10-18

Yu, Mickey

Amusement devices: toys

Figure toy or accessory therefor

Nursing, eating, or drinking

446339, A63H 336

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047784334

ABSTRACT:
The disclosed toy creature defines a mouth, a tongue, and means for manipulating the tongue between a substantially extended straight orientation projecting from the mouth, and a coiled orientation totally within the mouth. As so manipulated, the tongue may be coiled around and entrap some toy prey, and draw the prey back toward and into the mouth, as if to eat the prey. The mouth may be opened and closed, correlated to the movement of the tongue, particularly in opening the mouth wide only upon the tongue being recoiled, to carry the captured prey into the opened mouth. The tongue may be formed of links, pivoted together end-to-end; and a push-pull member, extended substantially the full length of the tongue links, but offset laterally from the pivot connections, may be used for manipulating the tongue. The push-pull member may be connected to only the outboard end link, may slide freely through guide holes in the intermediate links, and may be pulled or pushed, via an operating member, at the inboard end of the push-pull member. The operating member may be connected to the tongue, and mounted to be rotated also, to change the direction the tongue will be coiled. A handle connected to the operating member may be manually manipulated by someone using the toy.

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patent: 366441 (1887-07-01), Wetzell
patent: 4257610 (1981-03-01), Ptaszek et al.
patent: 4469327 (1984-09-01), Ulrich et al.
patent: 4575350 (1986-03-01), Hippely et al.
patent: 4669997 (1987-06-01), Kulesza et al.

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