Toy apparatus which is constructed to travel from place to place and which provides an optical illusion for a viewer
OwnerPhilippa Claire Barbara Hancockinventor
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Abstract
Toy apparatus (1) which is constructed to travel from place to place and which provides an optical illusion for a viewer, and wherein the toy apparatus (1) comprises: i) a device (17) having a plurality of separate images (18); ii) the separate images (18) are displayed on panels (19); iii) the panels (19) are rotatable; iv) the panels (19) are such that when they are rotating and when the separate images (18) are viewed by the viewer, they provide an optical illusion due to the viewer's persistence of vision; and v) the toy apparatus (1) is movable from place to place.
Claims19
Toy apparatus which is constructed to travel from place to place and which provides an optical illusion for a viewer, and wherein the toy apparatus comprises:
- i) at least one wheel configured to be rotatable around a first axis by friction between the at least one wheel and a surface as the at least one wheel moves along the surface;
- ii) a plurality of panels extending radially from a second axis and displaying respective separate images;
- wherein the plurality of panels is directly or indirectly linked to the at least one wheel to rotate around the second axis of the at least one wheel due to a rotation of the at least one wheel around the first axis, such that when they are rotating and when the separate images are viewed by the viewer, the separate images provide an optical illusion due to the viewer's persistence of vision;
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- wherein the first axis and the second axis are different axes or form a single axis;
- and wherein the toy apparatus is free from viewing apertures.
Toy apparatus which is constructed to travel from place to place and which provides an optical illusion for a viewer, and wherein the toy apparatus comprises:
- i) at least one wheel configured to be rotatable around a first axis by friction between the at least one wheel and a surface as the at least one wheel moves along the surface;
- ii) a panel having two surfaces and extending radially from both sides of a second axis of the at least one wheel, each surface displaying a respective separate image;
- wherein the panel is directly or indirectly linked to the at least one wheel to rotate around the second axis due to a rotation of the at least one wheel around the first axis, such that when the separate images are viewed by the viewer, the separate images provide an optical illusion due to the viewer's persistence of vision;
- wherein the first axis and the second axis are different axes or form a single axis;
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- wherein the toy apparatus is free from viewing apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.