Patent ID: 6017261
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
An animated mechanized figure, comprising:(a) a rigid vertical extending support post which is attached at its lower end to a base member, said support post including a gear box casing and a first electric motor rotatably connected to a driven rotor;(b) a body member movably supported on said post, said body member including a front and a rear shell part with the rear shell part including a horizontal slot engaged with said driven rotor; and(c) a head member pivotably attached both to an upper end of the support post and to the body member rear shell part upper end, said head member containing a second electric motor and having a pivotable flapper lip element which is adapted to be intermittently pivotably movable upward and downward by the second electric motor; whereby the first electric motor can operate the driven rotor so as to move the body member upward and downward and tilt the head member forward and backward, and the second electric motor can operate the pivotable flapper lip element to pivot it upward and downward.