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US 5,334,069 AGranted
Action character figure with sparking mechanism
AssigneeLiu Concept Design & Associates
InventorLiu, Dexter C.
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Abstract
An action character figure comprises a character figure body including a torso portion having a window therein and a sparking mechanism in the torso portion. The sparking mechanism is operable for producing sparks which are visible through the window by pivoting an arm on the torso portion forwardly and downwardly from an upwardly extending first position to a downwardly extending second position.
Claims7
An action character figure comprising;
- (a) a character figure body portion including a torso portion having an aperture therein and a limb on said torso portion moveable between first and second positions thereon;
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- (b) sparking means in said torso portion for producing sparks therein, said sparking means being positioned in said torso portion so that said sparks are visible through said aperture, said sparking means including a flint, a flint wheel engaging said flint, and means for rotating said flint wheel at a sufficiently rapid rate to produce sparks therefrom, said means for rotating said flint wheel being operable by rotating said limb at a first rate to cause rotation of said flint wheel at an increased second rate which is sufficiently rapid to produce sparks from said flint.
An action character figure comprising;
- (a) a character figure body portion including a torso portion having an aperture therein and a limb on said torso portion moveable between first and second positions thereon;
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- (b) sparking means in said torso portion including a flint, a flint wheel engaging said flint, a spring and means operatively connecting said flint wheel to said limb so that rotation of said limb in a first direction of rotation from the first position thereof to the second position thereof causes said spring to be loaded and then automatically released to cause said flint wheel to be rotated by said spring in an opposite second direction of rotation at a rate which is sufficiently rapid to produce sparks from said flint, said sparking means being positioned in said torso portion so that said sparks are visible through said aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.