Steerable walking rocking horse
AssigneeJoseph B. Taphorn
InventorRobert Cadwallader
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Abstract
A rocking horse has two arcuate members or rockers which can held in spaced relation to a supporting surface during a portion of the rocking cycle by stirrups. During this portion, the rockers can move with respect to the stirrups and hence with respect to the supporting surface to take a step forward and/or turn. The horse moves using inertial forces inherent in the rocking motion and/or riding activity.
Claims20
In a device for having a rocking motion on a supporting surface, an arcuate member for normally resting on the supporting surface during rocking motion, and an element on said arcuate member movable relative to it to an operative position and for resting on the supporting surface instead of the arcuate member in the operative position.
In a device for having a rocking motion on a supporting surface, a right-side arcuate member for normally resting on the supporting surface during rocking motion, a left-side arcuate member for normally resting on the supporting surface during rocking motion, and an element on one of said arcuate members and movable relative to it and for resting on the supporting surface instead of the arcuate member when moved to an operative position.
A method for causing a rocking horse having a rocker to step forward on a supporting surface, comprising the steps of rocking the horse, displacing an element capable of supporting the rocker on the supporting surface and having a normal position on the rocker midway of the rocker forward during a back portion of the rocking cycle, and moving the rocker forward on the element during a front portion of the rocking cycle when the rocker is supported by the element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.