Remotely controlled skateboard having motion-responsive doll riding thereon
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorToshio Yamasaki
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Abstract
A skateboard and remote control unit cooperate to provide remotely controlled movement of a skateboard in response to user commands. A doll is secured upon the upper surface of the skateboard in a standing position characteristic of typical skateboarders. The doll includes an upper torso freely pivotable upon a lower torso by a pivotal attachment therebetween. The upper torso further supports a pair of freely pivotable arms. An offset weight is secured within the doll upper torso to cause response to momentum changes by the skateboarding doll as the skateboard moves about. The doll upper torso and the doll arms freely move in response to momentum changes of the skateboard to provide a realistic appearing skateboarding doll.
Claims13
A skateboard and skateboarding doll in combination, said combination comprising:
- a remotely controlled skateboard having a board, a plurality of wheels and chassis supporting said board, and means for moving and steering said skateboard;
- a skateboarding doll having a lower torso, a pair of legs, a pair of feet, an upper torso, a pair of arms, said upper and lower torsos having freely pivotable coupling means therebetween;
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- attachment means for removably securing said pair of feet to said board supporting said skateboarding doll in a generally upright posture upon said skateboard,
- said upper torso having an offset weight distribution relative to said coupling means causing said upper torso to move with respect to said lower torso in response to acceleration and momentum changes of said skateboard.
A skateboard and skateboarding doll in combination, said combination comprising:
- a toy skateboard having an upper surface;
- a skateboarding doll having a pair of feet, a lower torso, an upper torso and a freely pivoting coupler coupling said lower torso to said upper torso, said upper torso having an non-symmetric weight distribution relative to said pivotable coupling allowing said upper torso to move with respect to said lower torso in response to changes of acceleration and momentum of said toy skateboard;
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- attachment means for removably securing said feet to said upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.