Hugging mechanism

A hugging mechanism having a body,

• the body comprising a rear body and a front body supported, in articulated relation, a distance in front of and on the rear body, and
• two arms, each arm comprising,
• an inner arm member supported in articulated relation on the body, and
• an outer arm member supported in articulated relation on the outer end of the inner arm member, and
• an outer arm actuator supported, on one end, in articulated relation, on the outer arm member an offset distance from the inner arm member and supported, on a second end, on the front body,
• an arm controlling means for each arm supported between the body and the outer arm member to provide a predetermined resistance to rotation of the outer arm member on the inner arm member which is greater than the resistance to rotation of the inner arm member on the body,
• the inner arm member is adapted to rotate forward on the body before the outer arm member rotates on the inner arm member to provide a hugging motion when the front body moves toward the rear body.

A hugging mechanism in combination with a toy comprising

• a body,
• the body comprising a rear body and a front body supported in articulated relation on the front body,
• a portion of the front body is supported a distance from the rear body,
• two arm hinges supported on the rear body,
• two arms, each arm supported on one of the arm hinges,
• each arm hinge adapted to allow its supported arm to articulate in both the vertical axis and horizontal axis with respect to the rear body,
• for each arm an arm actuator supported on a first end, in articulated relation, on the arm and on a second end, in articulated relation, on the front body,
• the arms adapted to move in a hugging motion when a portion of the front body is moved toward the rear body.

A hugging mechanism comprising a body and arms,

• the body comprising a rear body, and
• a front body supported, in articulated relation, by the rear body a spaced distance in front of the rear body,
• two arms extending outwardly from the rear body member, for each arm an arm actuator supported at its outer end, in articulated relation, on the arm and supported on its inner end, in articulated relation, on the front body,
• each arm actuator having a length shorter than the length of each arm from the outer arm actuator to the rear body, each arm is adapted to move forward in a hugging motion when the front body is moved toward the rear body.

A hugging mechanism comprising,

• a rear body, and
• two arms extending outwardly from the rear body, each arm comprising,
• an upper arm supported, in articulated relation, on the rear body,
• a forearm supported in articulated relation on the outer end of the upper arm, and
• a forearm actuator supported on its outer end, in articulated relation, on the forearm a distance from the upper arm, extends a distance in front of the rear body, and is supported on its inner end, in articulated relation, on the forearm actuator of the opposite arm of the hugging mechanism,
• the lengths of the forearm actuators between their forearm supports on each arm is less than the combined lengths of the arms inward from each of their forearm actuator supports and the length between the arm supports on the rear body,
• the forearm actuator is adapted to move the arms forward in a hugging motion when it is moved toward the rear body.

A hugging mechanism for a toy comprising, a body, the body comprising a front body and a rear body supported a spaced distance from the front body,

• two arm supports, each arm support supported on the body, two arms, each arm supported in articulated relation to the body by an arm support,
• each arm support adapted to allow the arm to articulate in both the horizontal axis and the vertical axis,
• two arm actuators, each arm actuator supported on a first end, in articulated relation, on the front body and on a second end, in articulated relation, on the arms,
• the arms adapted to move towards each other in a hugging motion when the front body and the rear body are moved together, further including for each arm an arm support spring supported on a first end on the body and on a second end on the arm,
• the arm support spring adapted to vertically rotate the arm on the arm support to a predetermined vertical position, and further including, for each arm, an arm stop supported on the body,
• the arm stop is adapted to engage and support the arm rotated to a downward position to allow the arm to rotate directly to a substantially horizontal position when the arm is released from the stop.

A toy hugging mechanism comprising,

• a body,
• two arm supports supported by the body,
• two arms located a horizontal distance apart,
• each arm is supported, in articulated relation, by an arm support,
• the body comprises an articulating offset portion located between the two arms supports and a distance offset from a projected horizontal line between where the arms are supported on the body,
• the body including a vertically oriented body hinge,
• the body hinge extends vertically and separates the body into a right portion and a left portion, arm supports are located on the right portion and the left portion, the body is adapted to push apart and increase the horizontal distance between the arm supports via the body hinge when the body is squeezed from the front and from the rear.

A body in combination with a toy hugging mechanism comprising,

• a front body,
• a rear body, and
• a body hinge supported between the front body and the rear body,
• the body hinge adapted to bend in two axes to allow relative movement between the front body and the rear body in the horizontal, vertical and rotational axes further comprising two arms,
• each arm comprising an upper arm supported, in articulated relation, on the body,
• a forearm supported, in articulated relation, on the outer end of the upper arm,
• a forearm actuator supported on one end, in articulated relation, on the forearm a distance from the upper arm and on a second end, in articulated relation, on the body a distance from the support of the upper arm,
• the rear body portion is adapted to twist allowing the distance between the upper arm support on the body and the forearm actuator support on the body to be different distances for each arm and allow the arm to move foreword different distances at the same time.