Patent ID: 6458009
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: A63F,A63H

Abstract:
A fishing toy comprising:a fishing rod including a line winding mechanism, a fishing line with one end of said fishing line wound on said line winding mechanism, a fishing target and an opposite end of said fishing line attached to said fishing target, and said fishing target comprising a toy frog with a body, a movable mouth, four pivot posts and four movable limbs each of said limbs including a first end and a first hole passing therethrough and pivotally connected to said body by one of said pivot posts extending through said first hole; a motor capable of being emersed in water, a battery and a bait biting actuating means for moving said movable mouth, swinging means for moving said movable limbs and a movable switch triggered by absorption connecting said battery and said motor to activate said bait biting actuating means and said swinging means; said swinging means including a reduction gear driven by said motor, an eccentric wheel including an upwardly extending pin, said eccentric wheel being driven by said reduction gear; and wherein said swinging means includes an H-shaped push plate disposed in a middle portion of said body and said H-shaped push plate including a laterally extending transverse hole formed in a middle portion thereof with said pin on said eccentric wheel extending into said transverse hole, and said push plate including four perpendicular pins with one of said pins disposed in each corner of said H-shaped push plate; and, each of said limbs including a second hole in said first end thereof inwardly of said first hole with one of said perpendicular pins extending into said second hole whereby movement of said push plate in response to the rotation of said eccentric wheel causes each of said four limbs to move with a swimming action.