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US 8,784,154 B2Granted
Toy figure with reciprocally movable limb
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorPeter Chuang
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Abstract
A toy figure includes a body, an arm movably coupled to the body, and a drive mechanism coupled to the arm. The drive mechanism moves the arm along a first path of motion between a first position and a second position during a first segment of a movement cycle, and the drive mechanism moves the arm along a second path of motion between the second position and a third position during a second segment of the movement cycle.
Claims13
A toy figure comprising:
- a body;
- an arm movably coupled to the body;
- and
- a drive mechanism coupled to the arm, the drive mechanism reciprocally moving the arm along a first path of motion during a first movement cycle back and forth between a first arm position and a second arm position, and the drive mechanism including a resilient member that biases the arm toward a third position, such that the arm moves along a second path of motion between the second arm position and the third arm position during a second movement cycle following the first movement cycle, the second path of motion differing from the first path of motion, and the third arm position being located outside of the first path of motion.
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A toy figure, comprising:
- a body;
- an arm movably coupled to the body;
- and
- a drive mechanism coupled to the arm, the drive mechanism moving the arm reciprocally along a first path of motion between a first position and a second position during a first segment of a movement cycle, the arm moving back and forth between the first position and the second position at least twice during the first segment, and the drive mechanism including a resilient member that biases the arm towards a third position, such that the drive mechanism moves the arm along a second path of motion between the second position and the third position during a second segment of the movement cycle, wherein the third position is not in the first segment of the movement cycle.
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