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US 4,068,403 AGranted
Finger operated magician simulating animated toy
AssigneeDurham Industries, Inc.
InventorHal Weiser
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AssigneeDurham Industries, Inc.
InventorHal Weiser
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An animated toy includes a hollow base which supports a hollow upright animal figure communicating with the base and having a pair of swingable arms. A housing communicates with and is located on the base in front of the figure and has a top slot through which housing located panels are vertically slidable and on which a compartment member carrying receptacle is separably coupled. A plurality of levers are housed in the base and have exposed buttons. A lever is coupled to each arm and a lever is coupled to each panel to individually swing the arms and raise and lower the panels. One of the arms carries a magnet for lifting magnetic pieces from the compartment member as well as retaining a cover cloth by a metal bar secured within a fold of the cloth to hide from view the movement of the panels. A water reservoir and lever operated pump are housed in the base, the pump outlet being connected to a nozzle on the figure. A retractable wand is carried by one of the figure arms.
An animated toy device comprising an animal figure simulating upright body member including a first arm member supported proximate its inner end for swinging between a raised position and a lowered forwardly downwardly extending position, manually operable first actuating means for swinging said arm member between its raised and lowered positions, a permanent magnet carried by said arm member proximate its outer end, an article at least partially formed of a magnetic material and means for removably supporting said article proximate said magnet when said arm is in its lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.