Patent ID: 8414350

Claim:
An interactive figure comprising: a chassis having a front portion and a rear portion with a front pair of legs and a rear pair of legs rotatably attached to their respective portions; a chassis mechanism secured to the figure and meshed to a chassis motor such that the chassis motor is configured to rotate the chassis about an upper portion of the rear legs; the chassis mechanism further includes a reciprocating mechanism to repeat a sequence of movements; a center of gravity defined by the figure; a control system with an integrated circuit in communication with the chassis motor, the control system having preprogrammed responses stored therein; a means for activating the preprogrammed responses, said preprogrammed responses being configured to control the chassis motor to move the figure through a plurality of positions, and wherein the plurality of positions include: (a) a sitting position defined as a position where the front legs and rear legs are in communication with a surface and substantially perpendicular thereto; (b) an angled position defined as a position above horizontal such that the center of gravity of the figure specifically causes the figure to lean forward on the rear legs and begin to fall forward; at least one sensor in communication with the integrated circuit, the sensor being in a predetermined position to detect and send a signal to the integrated circuit when the chassis mechanism rotates the front portion of the chassis to the angled position; and said preprogrammed responses configured to activate the chassis motor in a first direction to rotate the chassis mechanism in accordance with the reciprocating mechanism through the sequence of movements including a pouncing movement, wherein the pouncing movement is further defined by the preprogrammed responses: (i) being configured to move the figure to the angled position from the sitting position, (ii) being further configured to pause rotation of the chassis for a first time period defined when the integrated circuit receives the signal from the sensor identifying the angled position where the figure's center of gravity position causes the figure to begin falling forward, (iii) being further configured to activate the chassis motor in the first direction to continue rotating the front portion upward relative to the upper portion of the rear legs, (iv) and yet further configured to continue rotating the front portion of the chassis as the reciprocating mechanism directs the chassis mechanism to return the figure to the sitting position, thereby completing the pouncing movement.