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US 5,181,877 AGranted
Apparatus for simulating a licking motion
AssigneeThose Characters From Cleveland, Inc.
InventorJerzy Perkitny
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Abstract
An apparatus for simulating a licking motion comprises a tongue disposed within a housing. The tongue is pivotally connected along one end to a main gear wheel and partially extends through an aperture formed in the housing. A motor and gear mechanism engage and rotate the main gear wheel in response to a control assembly. As the main gear wheel rotates, the tongue moves within the aperture at varying angles to simulate a licking motion.
Claims13
An apparatus for simulating the licking motion of a tongue comprising:
- a housing having a wall with an opening formed therein,
- a rotatable member disposed within the housing,
- means for rotating the rotatable member in a single direction,
- a tongue-shaped member pivotally connected at a pivot axis toward the periphery of said rotatable member and extending partially through the opening in the wall,
- the rotatable member moving said tongue-shaped member relative to the opening in the wall as said rotatable member rotates,
- said tongue-shaped member adapted to engage an edge of the opening in the wall as the rotatable member rotates to cause predetermined pivotal movement of said tongue-shaped member and predetermined movement of said tongue-shaped member relative to the opening in the wall to simulate a licking motion such that at one point during the rotation of said rotatable member, the pivot axis is substantially vertically aligned with respect to the opening in said wall, while at another point during the rotation of said rotatable member, the pivot axis is substantially horizontally aligned with respect to the opening in said wall.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a body having a head with an internal cavity, said head having external facial components and an opening through which a tongue-shaped member at least partially extends,
- a rotatable member disposed within the cavity,
- means for rotating the rotatable member in a single direction,
- said tongue-shaped member being pivotally connected at a pivot axis toward the periphery of the rotatable member,
- the rotatable member moving said tongue-shaped member relative to the opening in the head as the rotatable member rotates,
- said tongue-shaped member adapted to engage an edge of the opening in the head as the rotatable member rotates to cause predetermined pivotal movement of said tongue-shaped member and predetermined movement of said tongue-shaped member relative to the opening in the head to simulate a licking motion such that at one point during the rotation of said rotatable member, the pivot axis is substantially vertically aligned with respect to the opening in said head, while at another point during the rotation of said rotatable member, the pivot axis is substantially horizontally aligned with respect to the opening in said head.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a toy animal body having a head with an internal cavity, said head having a simulated mouth with an opening,
- a housing disposed within said internal cavity of said body, said housing also having an opening,
- a rotatable member disposed within and enclosed by said housing,
- a tongue-shaped member pivotally attached at a pivot axis to said rotatable member and at least partially extending through the opening in said housing and the opening in said head,
- a device for rotating the rotatable member,
- the rotatable member moving the pivot axis of said tongue-shaped member relative to the opening in the head and the opening in the housing as the rotatable member rotates to simulate a licking motion such that at one point during the rotation of said rotatable member, the pivot axis is substantially vertically aligned with respect to the opening in said housing, while at another point during the rotation of said rotatable member, the pivot axis is substantially horizontally aligned with respect to the opening in said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.