Patent ID: 6500043
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
An animated toy, comprising:a toy body comprising: at least one shoulder member; a pair of waist members having upper and lower ends, the upper ends of the waist members being pivotally connected to the shoulder member, with each of the waist members including a cam portion which defines the upper end thereof and has a slot formed therein; a pair of leg members having upper and lower ends, the lower ends of the waist members being pivotally connected to the upper ends of respective ones of the leg members; a pair of foot members pivotally connected to the lower ends of respective ones of the leg members; and a pair of arm members rotatably connected to the shoulder member, each of the arm members including an arm pin which protrudes therefrom and is received into the slot of a respective one of the cam portions so as to be alternately movable in different directions thereby; a drive unit mounted to the toy body and including a reversible motor which is mechanically coupled to the leg members and operative to reciprocally tilt the leg members in first and second directions; the toy body being configured such that the tilting of the leg members in the first direction causes the waist members to be tilted in the second direction and the tilting of the leg members in the second direction causes the waist members to be tilted in the first direction, with the tilting of the waist members in the first and second directions causing the cam portions to act against the arm pins in a manner facilitating the alternate rotation of the arm members in opposite directions.