Spring-animated toy figure
AssigneeJames Industries Limited
InventorSimon K. H. Cheng
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Abstract
An articulated spring toy comprising fore and aft body sections connected together by a helical spring. The spring is fastened at opposite ends to the body sections in a manner that conceals the spring ends and provides a permanent connection that resists disconnection in normal usage. Other desirable structural features are also disclosed.
Claims14
In an articulated toy figure having fore and aft body sections connected together by a helical spring forming an intermediate section affording relative movement of the body sections when the fore body section is advanced along a surface, the helical spring having fore and aft terminal coil portions and means for attaching said coil portions to the fore and aft body sections respectively, the improvement wherein at least one of the body sections includes a recess, and said attaching means comprises a first fastening member designed as a plate which is secured across said recess forming a closure across said recess and a second fastening member within said closure secured to said first fastening member and telescopically matingly engaged to one of said coil portions to effect a concealed connection of said spring to said body section.
In an articulated toy having body sections connected to opposite ends of a walking-type helical spring, the improvement wherein each of said body sections has a recess with an opening for receiving an end portion of said helical spring, and including means for permanently fastening said end portion in said recess, said permanent fastening means including a plate disposed transverse to said coil spring among coils thereof adjacent one end thereof, said plate having a peripheral portion extending outwardly beyond a peripheral portion of said coil spring and having a notch for enabling at least one full end coil to be positioned against a side of said plate confronting said recess, and said plate extending across said recess forming a closure within said body section, whereby opposite end -most coils of said spring are concealed within said closure and permanently connected to said body sections.
In an articulated animal figure toy having fore and aft body sections connected together by a helical spring to form a longitudinally expandable and contractable intermediate body section and wheeled legs depending from said body sections affording translation across a surface, the improvement wherein each of said body sections has a recess with an opening sized to receive an end most coil of said helical spring, a plate extending transverse to said spring adjacent end coils thereof, at least one of said end coils being disposed against said plate on the side thereof facing said recess, and complementary fasteners on said plate and in said body section recess for permanently connecting said plate to said body section with said plate forming a closure for said recess opening and confining said spring end therewithin.
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