Assembly with toy character in housing
AssigneeSpin Master Ltd.
InventorsAmy Pruzansky, David McDonald
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Abstract
In an aspect, a toy character assembly is provided, and includes a housing, a toy character, at least one sensor and a controller. The toy character is positioned inside the housing and includes a breakout mechanism that is operable to break the housing to expose the toy character. The at least one sensor detects interaction with a user. The controller is configured to determine whether a selected condition has been met based on at least one interaction with the user, and to operate the breakout mechanism to break the housing to expose the toy character if the condition is met. Optionally, the condition is met based upon having a selected number of interactions with the user.
Claims19
A toy character assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a toy character inside the housing, wherein the toy character includes a breakout mechanism that is operable to break the housing to expose the toy character;
- at least one sensor that detects interaction with a user;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether a selected condition has been met based on at least one interaction with the user, and to operate the breakout mechanism to break the housing to expose the toy character if the condition is met,
- wherein the toy character includes a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the toy character in the housing and wherein the controller is configured to operate the rotation mechanism when operating the breakout mechanism in order to break the housing in a plurality of places.
A toy character assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a toy character inside the housing, wherein the toy character includes a breakout mechanism that is operable to break the housing to expose the toy character;
- at least one sensor that detects interaction with a user;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether a selected condition has been met based on at least one interaction with the user, and to operate the breakout mechanism to break the housing to expose the toy character if the condition is met,
- wherein the breakout mechanism includes a hammer and a breakout mechanism power source, wherein the toy character includes at least one release member that can be moved from a pre-breakout position in which the breakout mechanism power source is operatively connected to the hammer to drive the hammer to break the housing, to a post-breakout position in which the breakout mechanism power source is operatively disconnected from the hammer, wherein the at least one release member is in the pre-breakout position prior to breaking of the housing to expose the toy character.
A toy character assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a toy character inside the housing, wherein the toy character includes a breakout mechanism that is operable to break the housing to expose the toy character;
- at least one sensor that detects interaction with a user;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether a selected condition has been met based on at least one interaction with the user, and to operate the breakout mechanism to break the housing to expose the toy character if the condition is met,
- wherein the toy character further includes at least one limb and a limb power source, wherein, when the toy character is in the pre-breakout position, the limb power source is operatively disconnected from the at least one limb, and wherein, when the toy character is in the post-breakout position the limb power source is operatively connected to the at least one limb.
A toy character assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a toy character inside the housing;
- and
- a breakout mechanism that is associated with the housing and that is operable to break the housing to expose the toy character, wherein the breakout mechanism is powered by a breakout mechanism power source that is associated with the housing,
- wherein the breakout mechanism includes a hammer, positioned in association with the toy character, wherein the breakout mechanism power source is operatively connected to the hammer to drive the hammer to break the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.