Vibration powered toy
AssigneeInnovation First, Inc.
InventorsDavid Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a vibration drive situated within the housing, wherein the vibration drive includes an eccentric load and a rotational motor adapted to rotate the eccentric load;
- a plurality of legs arranged in two rows and adapted to contact a supporting surface, each of the legs having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base, including at least one driving leg;
- wherein the vibration drive generates a force directed downward suitable to vibrate the at least one driving leg and to cause the apparatus to move in a substantially forward direction;
- wherein the at least one driving leg includes a width of at least five percent of a length of the at least one driving leg between the leg base and the leg tip;
- and
- wherein at least a portion of the housing is situated between the two rows of legs and extends below the leg base of the plurality of legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.