Actuated toy device of santa character sleeping in bed
AssigneeTelco Creations, Inc.
InventorStephen Lee
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Abstract
An actuated toy device including a recognizable character such as a Santa Claus doll reclining in a bed. The doll character chest portion is moved up and down vertically by a battery-powered gear unit through a first linkage mechanism provided in a housing attached below the bed, so as to simulate breathing action by the doll. The toy device includes an audio unit mounted in the housing. Also a second linkage mechanism is provided and arranged to periodically raise the doll head and torso portions upward from a reclining position to a near sitting position and then fall back to the reclining position in the bed.
Claims9
An actuated toy device having a recognizable doll character which is reclining and vertically moveable on a bed, the device comprising:
- (a) an elongated bed structure having dual end parts connected together by a center support part;
- (b) a doll character having head, chest and torso portions reclining in said bed structure and being partially covered by a covering sheet;
- (c) a rectangular-shaped housing removably attached to the lower side of said bed structure, said housing containing a gear box unit and a battery enclosure, said gear box unit containing an electric motor rotatably connected to multiple meshing gears and dual driving discs;
- (d) a first linkage member provided along one side of said gear box unit and connected to a first said driving disc, and being arranged to provide vertical reciprocating movements to simulate breathing action by said doll character chest portion;
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- (e) a second linkage member provided along the side opposite said one side of said gear box unit and connected to a second said driving disc, and being arranged to provide angular movement for a second linkage to cause said doll character head and torso portions to raise periodically upwardly and fall back to a reclining position in said bed.
An actuated toy device having a recognizable doll character which is reclining and vertically moveable on a bed, the device comprising:
- (a) an elongated bed structure having dual end parts connected together by a center support part;
- (b) a Santa Claus character having head chest and torso portions reclining in said bed structure and being partially covered by a covering sheet, said character having head and feet portions each extending beyond the covering sheet;
- (c) a rectangular-shaped housing removably attached to the lower side of said bed structure, said housing containing a gear box unit and a battery enclosure, said gear box unit containing an electric motor rotatably connected to multiple meshing gears and dual driving discs;
- (d) a first linkage member provided along one side of said gear box unit and connected to a first said driving disc and being arranged to provide regular vertical reciprocating movements to simulate breathing action by said character chest portion;
- (e) a second linkage member provided along the side opposite said one side of said gear box unit and connected to a second said driving disc, and being arranged to provide angular movement for a second linkage to cause said doll character head and torso portions to raise periodically upwardly and fall back to a reclining position in said bed;
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- (f) an audio unit included in said housing and adapted for emitting periodic simulated snoring sounds which are synchronized with the simulated breathing actions of the character.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.