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US 10,717,016 B2Granted
Assembly with inner object in housing that breaks out of housing
AssigneeSpin Master Ltd.
InventorsDavid McDonald, Amy Pruzansky
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Abstract
In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a housing, an inner object (which may, in some embodiments, be a toy character) inside the housing, a tether, and a breakout motor. The tether connects the inner object to the housing. The breakout motor is operatively connected to a portion of the inner object to drive the inner object to carry out movement inside the housing. The movement of the inner object inside the housing drives the tether to open a hole in the housing.
Claims10
A toy assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- an inner object inside the housing;
- a tether connecting the inner object to the housing;
- and
- a breakout motor that is operatively connected to a portion of the inner object to drive the inner object to carry out movement inside the housing,
- wherein said movement of the inner object inside the housing drives the tether to open a hole in the housing,
- wherein the tether extends along a tether path in the housing, such that said movement of the toy in the housing pulls the tether, thereby tearing a portion of the housing from a remainder of the housing to generate the hole,
- wherein the inner object is removable from the housing and is in the form of a toy character, wherein the breakout motor is inside the inner object and is configured to move a portion of the toy character relative to another portion of the toy character.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.