Patent ID: 6371826
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A plush toy comprising:a plush animal body having a head, a pair of ears, a nose, a torso and a plurality of legs; a pair of elongated ear paddles within said ears, each of said ear paddle having an interior ear paddle end; an elongated nose paddle extending through said head and into said nose, said nose paddle defining a nose paddle interior end; a pair of ear paddle supports coupled to said interior ear paddle ends pivotably supporting said pair of ears for movement between raised and lowered ear positons; a nose paddle support coupled to said nose paddle interior end pivotably supporting said nose paddle between a raised position and a lowered position; a housing supported within said torso supporting said pair of ear paddle supports and said nose paddle support; a battery supply and reversible motor supported within said housing and a gear drive operatively coupling said reversible motor to said nose paddle support and said pair of ear paddle supports moving said ear paddles and said nose paddle between said respective raised and lowered ear positions and said raised and lowered nose position; a pair of reversing switches supported within said housing operative in response to movement of said pair of ear supports to reverse said motor at said raised and lowered ear positions; and a switch within said plush animal body actuated in response pressure to energize said motor.