Shaking toy
AssigneeT. L. Products' Promoting Co., Ltd. A Corporation of Taiwan
InventorCharles Ting
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Abstract
The present invention is a plush toy figurine (12) incorporating a motion-generating apparatus (14) activated by a sound sensing transducer (22) for shaking the figurine (12). The figurine (12) is fastened to and encased in a cage (70) having a curved base (72) such that the cage (70) rocks back and forth whenever the figurine (12) shakes. In another embodiment the figurine (12) hangs from a rod (74) whereupon the figurine swings back and forth whenever the motion generating apparatus (14) is activated. In both embodiments, shaking of the figurine (12) is accompanied by sound generated through a speaker (20) incorporated in the figurine (12).
Claims12
A toy comprising:
- a support member comprising a cage-like structure having a non-planar bottom surface;
- a figurine dispose within said cage-like structure, said figurine having at least one flexible extremity incorporating means for securing said flexible extremity to said structure;
- a vibrating mechanism incorporated in said figurine for vibrating said figurine;
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- means for activating and deactivating said vibrating mechanism, said figurine vibrating when said vibrating mechanism is activated and, via said at least one flexible extremity, rocking said cage on said non-planar bottom surface, said at least one flexible extremity further effecting relative movement between said figurine and said structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.