Patent ID: 9233313
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: A63H

Claim Text:
1. An ambulatory toy comprising: a body having a top portion and a bottom portion; a motor in communication with a drive mechanism coupled to the body; a plurality of leg members coupled to the drive mechanism, each of the leg members having a distal end disposed downwardly below the bottom portion, wherein at least two of the plurality of leg members each include an extension member disposed upwardly, the extension members terminating at a terminal end in or above a plane passing through the uppermost point of the top portion of the body when one or more of the distal ends of the leg members are in contact with the support surface, and wherein at least one of the extension members is longer than the other extension member, and wherein each leg member, of the plurality of leg members, have a leg base extending laterally between the distal end and the terminal end and extending to couple to a gear, each gear being rotatably coupled to the drive mechanism such that the drive mechanism is configured to rotate the distal ends and the terminal ends of the leg members, and wherein each gear is positioned substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation defined by the motor, such that the rotation of the distal ends and the terminal ends of the leg members is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation; said ambulatory toy having a first position defined when one or more of said distal ends are in contact with a support surface and further having a second position defined when the top portion of the body is oriented below the bottom portion and at least one terminal end of the extension member in contact with said surface; and wherein when said drive mechanism rotates the plurality of legs members, the distal ends of the leg members are configured to cause the ambulatory toy to move laterally, across the surface when in the first position, and when in the second position, the terminal ends are configured to cause the ambulatory toy to rock from one end to another end such that the ambulatory toy flips from the second position to the first portion.