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US 7,255,625 B2Granted
Omnidirectional toy manipulator
OwnerMichael Lee Belloninventor
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Abstract
A hand held omnidirectional toy figure manipulator allowing an operator to manipulate a puppet like toy figure concurrently with a variety of miniature toy replica devices such as a skateboard, a surfboard, a bicycle or a motorcycle or animals such as bull, in a wide variety of associated and disassociated trick style movements. The device works with a one or a plurality of actuators and communicating control rods operating in attachment to the toy replica and using a tubular member attached to the torso of a toy figure.
Claims20
A toy manipulator comprising:
- an elongated actuator handle having a handle center axis running therethrough;
- a central control rod attached at a first end to said actuator handle;
- said central control rod having a distal end having an engagement point adapted for rotational engagement with a toy;
- said central control rod defining a vertical axis, said vertical axis substantially normal to said handle center axis;
- a second actuator;
- at least one tipping rod attached to said second actuator at a first end and having an attachment end opposite said first end;
- said attachment end adapted for rotational engagement with said toy;
- a toy rider;
- said toy rider having a body defined by a head attached to a torso and limbs attached to said torso, said limbs having arms terminating at hands and legs terminating at feet;
- means for engagement of a portion of said body of said toy rider to said toy;
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- whereby a toy engaged with said central control rod and said tipping rod is tiltable around said engagement point by lateral translation of said second actuator and rotatable around said vertical axis by rotation of said actuator handle.
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