Patent ID: 7543751

Claim:
A play toy equipped with a barcode reader, which reads a barcode indicated on an article including a seal, card or book using a barcode reader provided with a barcode sensor, and develops play based on a barcode readout result, the barcode reader comprising: a reader body; a movable member formed with an opening for guiding light beams reflected from the barcode to the barcode sensor and movably held by the reader body so as to be relatively moved with respect to the reader body between a farther forward position and a closer forward position as viewed from the reader body; and a barcode sensor moving mechanism for moving the barcode sensor within a movable range corresponding to the opening without using electrical power, wherein the movable member is held by the reader body so as to be relatively moved with respect to the reader body from the farther forward position to the closer forward position while being pressed onto the article, and to be relatively moved with respect to the reader body from the closer forward position to the farther forward position when pressing of the movable member onto the article is released; and wherein the barcode sensor moving mechanism includes energy storage means which is energized while the movable member is being pressed onto the article, and is arranged so as to move the barcode sensor from one end to the other end of the opening using the energy released from the energy storage means.