US 8,827,762 B2Granted

Gripper for a toy and toy with a gripper

AssigneeBruder Spielwaren GmbH + Co. KG

InventorRainer Klenk

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Abstract

A gripper for a toy has a base body, and two gripping bodies. Each gripping body is connected by a respective gripping body connecting joint to the base body is movable between a release position with an opened gripper and a gripping position with a closed gripper. At least one gripping body is formed as a lever body and has a jaw portion and a lever portion. The associated gripping body connecting joint is arranged between the jaw portion and the lever portion. A control rod is connected to the gripping bodies by a respective control rod connecting joint and, when the gripper is open, is arranged between the gripping bodies in a freely accessible jaw encompassing region. By contact with an item to be gripped, the control rod can be moved between a release position with an opened gripper and a gripping position with a closed gripper.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A gripper (1) for a toy,

with a base body (2),
with a first gripping body (3) and a second gripping body (4), which are both connected by means of a respective gripping body connecting joint (5, 7) to the base body (2) and can be moved between a release position with an opened gripper (1) and a gripping position with a closed gripper (1),
wherein at least one of the gripping bodies (3, 4) is formed as a lever body (4) and has:
a jaw portion (9), and
a lever portion (10),
wherein the associated gripping body connecting joint (7) is arranged between the jaw portion (9) and the lever portion (10),
with a control rod (11), which is connected to the two gripping bodies (3, 4) by means of a respective control rod connecting joint (12, 13) and, when the gripper (1) is open, is arranged between the two gripping bodies (3, 4) in a freely accessible jaw encompassing region (16) and can be moved by contact with an item (9a) to be gripped between
a control rod release position with an opened gripper (1), and
a control rod gripping position with a closed gripper (1).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/749,132Filed 24 Jan 2013
Priority: DE 10 2012 201 11526 Jan 2012
Published: US 2013/0193701 A11 Aug 2013
Granted: 9 Sep 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A63H 17/26
Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor: details; Accessories
A63H 17/12
Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor: with cranes, winches or the like
A63H 33/3044
Imitations of miscellaneous apparatus not otherwise provided for, e.g. telephones, weighing-machines, cash-registers: loading stations, e.g. with…
A63H
Toys