Simulated flying creature with flappable wings

In a toy winged creature having manually actuated flappable wings, the combination comprising:

• a one-piece, semirigid, generally planar wing member having a central portion and outer wing portions extending in generally opposite directions therefrom, said outer portions being resiliently deflectable relative to one another by manual force applied to said central portion, said wing member also having elements lying in laterally contiguous relationship to said central portion which are of lesser transverse dimension than said central portion, and said outer portions of said wing member having rigidifying projections extending longitudinally therealong, said contiguous wing elements being substantially free from such rigidifying projections elements to maintain inherent flexibility for deflection of said outer wing portions;
• and a creature body having an upwardly opening cavity formed therein, with lateral upper edges defined by elements of said body, said wing member being mounted upon said body with said outer portions extending laterally therefrom and with said central portion positioned over said cavity, said body also having laterally spaced elements thereon for retaining said wing member and extending transversely thereover in general registration with said lateral edge-defining elements of said body, whereby an operator can insert his finger between said retaining elements to depress said central portion of said wing member into said cavity, thereby causing said edge-defining elements of said body to deflect said outer wing portions upwardly about said retaining elements, with alternate application and release of such force being effective to simulate flapping motion of said wing member.

In a toy winged creature having manually actuated flappable wings, the combination comprising:

• a one-piece, semirigid, generally planar wing member having a central portion and outer wing portions extending in generally opposite directions therefrom, said outer portions being resiliently deflectable relative to one another by manual force applied to said central portion, said wing member being integrally formed from a single sheet of synthetic resinous material and comprising a laminate of at least two components, at least one of said components providing iridescence to said wing member;
• and a creature body having an upwardly opening cavity formed therein with lateral upper edges defined by elements of said body, said wing member being mounted upon said body with said outer portions extending laterally therefrom and with said central portion positioned over said cavity, said body also having laterally spaced elements thereon for retaining said wing member and extending transversely thereover in general registration with said lateral edge-defining elements of said body, whereby an operator can insert his finger between said retaining elements to depress said central portion of said wing member into said cavity, thereby causing said edge-defining elements of said body to deflect said outer wing portions upwardly about said retaining elements, with alternate application and release of such force being effective to simulate flapping motion of said wing member.

In a toy winged creature having manually actuated flappable wings, the combination comprising:

• a one-piece, semirigid, generally planar wing member having a central portion and outer wing portions extending in generally opposite directions therefrom, said outer portions being resiliently deflectable relative to one another by manual force applied to said central portion;
• and a creature body having an upwardly opening cavity formed therein with lateral upper edges defined by elements of said body, said wing member being mounted upon said body with said outer portions extending laterally therefrom and with said central portion positioned over said cavity, said body also having laterally spaced elements thereon for retaining said wing member and extending transversely thereover in general registration with said lateral edge-defining elements of said body, said retaining elements being provided by a separate retaining piece comprising an upper frame-like portion with an opening shaped to correspond to that of said body cavity, said upper portion having side elements thereon providing said retaining elements for said wing member, whereby an operator can insert his finger through said opening of said retaining piece to depress said central portion of said wing member into said cavity, thereby causing said edge elements of said body to deflect said outer wing portions upwardly about said retaining elements, with alternate application and release of such force being effective to simulate flapping motion of said wing member.

In a toy winged creature having manually actuated flappable wings, the combination comprising:

• a one-piece, semirigid, generally planar wing member having a central portion and outer wing portions extending in generally opposite directions therefrom, said outer portions being resiliently deflectable relative to one another by manual force applied to said central portion, a creature body having an upwardly opening cavity formed therein, with lateral upper edges defined by elements of said body, said wing member being mounted upon said body with said outer portions extending laterally therefrom and with said central portion positioned over said cavity, said body also having laterally spaced elements thereon for retaining said wing member and extending transversely thereover in general registration with said lateral edge-defining elements of said body, whereby an operator can insert his finger between said retaining elements to depress said central portion of said wing member into said cavity, thereby causing said edge-defining elements of said body to deflect said outer wing portions upwardly about said retaining elements, with alternate application and release of such force being effective to simulate flapping motion of said wing member;
• and leg structure provided by at least one separate leg piece assembled with said body and including a multiplicity of limb-simulating legs extending generally downwardly therefrom, each of said legs being outwardly bowed to adapt said leg structure for gripping an object inserted within the space between said legs.