Animated pull toy
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsRaymond M. Saint-Pierre, Berne E. Danielsen
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Abstract
An animated pull toy representing an animal and having legs which move as it is pulled. When released, the animal may be made to sit up and beg. When fed, the animal's tail wags rapidly.
Claims10
A pull toy comprising a hollow body representing an animal, a pair of legs suspended by the body, means for causing the legs to emulate the movement of the legs of an animal as the toy is pulled, means for winding a spring motor as the toy is pulled, a tail mounted to the body, and means for causing the tail to wag in response to the operation of the spring motor.
A pull toy comprising a hollow body representing an animal;
- a pair of legs suspended by the body;
- means for causing the legs to emulate the movement of the legs of an animal as the toy is pulled;
- means for winding a spring motor as the toy is pulled, including a disk mounted to rotate about its axis, a gear mounted coaxially with the disk, a spring wound about the axis of the disk, the spring being affixed at one end to the disk and at the other end to the gear, and means for releasing the tension on the spring so that it will not overload;
- a tail mounted to the body, and means for causing the tail to wag in response to the operation of the spring motor.
An animated pull toy representing an animal comprising a body, a head having a mouth, a pair of legs connected to the body, means for moving the legs when the toy is pulled to emulate a walking animal, means for causing the toy to emulate a sitting animal when the toy is released, a tail, and means responsive to placing an object in the mouth for causing the tail to wag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.