Patent ID: 8535111

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising; an action figure including a body having a cavity, a motor disposed within said cavity, and a plurality of flexible limbs coupled to said body that may be articulated, and held, into a desired pose wherein said motor is responsive to an actuation to power a rotation of a drive; an elongate drive element, having a proximal end coupled to said drive and a longitudinal axis extending along a length of said drive element, said drive element configured to rotate around said longitudinal axis in response to said rotation of said drive wherein said drive element is configured as an appendage of said action figure, said appendage including one of an arm, a leg, a hand, a foot, a head, a tail, or portions thereof; and one of a type 1 coupler or a type 2 coupler as a drive element coupler, said type 1 coupler and said type 2 coupler complementary to each other, said drive element coupler disposed at a distal end of said drive element with one of said type 1 coupler or said type 2 coupler as an engagement coupler, said engagement coupler complementary to said drive element coupler and disposed on said action figure; wherein said drive element coupler is configured for inhibiting rotational slippage relative to said engagement coupler when said drive element rotates longitudinally; and wherein said drive element coupler includes a type 1 male coupler having a plurality of spaced apart longitudinally extending prongs.