Patent ID: 9050541
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a body; a rotational motor coupled to the body; an eccentric load, wherein the rotational motor is adapted to rotate the eccentric load; a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base and wherein at least one leg, of the plurality of legs, has an average axial cross-section of at least five percent of a length of the at least one leg between the leg base and the leg tip, and wherein the legs are coupled to the body and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load; a frame adapted to releasably attach to a portion of the body; and an appendage rotatably coupled to the frame about an axis of rotation, the appendage configured to freely rotate about the ands when the frame is attached to the body as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load to induce a vibrational motion of the apparatus.