Patent ID: 8500512
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A method of inducing a motorized doll to walk on a support surface, the doll including a torso, a pelvis rotatably coupled to the torso at a pivot axis, first and second legs extending from the pelvis, first and second feet rotatably coupled to the respective first and second legs, and a torso motor, the method comprising: driving the torso motor to rotate the torso about the pivot axis and over the first leg thereby transferring substantially all of the weight of the doll onto the first foot and lifting the second foot off the support surface; rotating the doll relative to the first foot such that the second foot swings forward and lands on the support surface ahead of the first foot; driving the torso motor to rotate the torso about the pivot axis and over the second leg thereby transferring substantially all of the weight of the doll onto the second foot and lifting the first foot off the support surface; and rotating the doll relative to the second foot such that the first foot swings forward and lands on the support surface ahead of the second foot.