Patent ID: 7175440
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A63B,G09B

Abstract:
1. A life sized model horse assembly with moveable head and neck sections comprising: a hollow body section with four upstanding leg portions attached thereto and a neck opening with internal brace member there across; a hollow neck section with first and second open ends and internal brace members adjacent each open end thereof, a hollow head section with a nose end and an open neck end having internal brace member adjacent thereto; a first hinge mechanism secured between the internal brace member of the body section's neck opening and the internal brace member adjacent the neck section's first open end, the first hinge mechanism connecting the neck section to the body section and providing vertical movement of the neck section relative to the body section; a second hinge mechanism secured between the internal brace member of the head section's open neck end and the internal brace member adjacent the neck section's second open end, the second hinge mechanism connecting the head section to the neck section and providing horizontal movement of the head section relative to the neck section; and a linear counterweight mechanism secured at one end interior the hollow neck section and extending through the first open end of the hollow neck section and into the hollow body section through the neck opening therein, the counterweight mechanism counter balancing the neck section and attached head section, thereby maintaining the head section and neck section in a natural orientation relative to the body section of the model horse assembly.