Toy having a seemingly random movement
First Claim
1. A toy which comprises:
- a base,a plurality of movable extensions independently movably mounted on said base such that each of said extensions is movable on said base between a retracted position and an extended position,a plurality of holding means operatively associated with said plurality of said movable extensions, each of said holding means operatively connected to one of said extensions and reversibly holding said extension in said retracted position on said base,releasing means mounted on said base and having a plurality of operational modes wherein in each of said operational modes one or more of said holding means is activated allowing said movable extension associated with said activated holding means to move from said retracted position to said extended position.
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Abstract
A mechanical toy which has a seemingly random movement of both its extendable parts and its motion is described. The toy has a base to which is attached several extendable members which can be pushed into the toy by the child to a retractable position. The extendable members are held in the retractable position by a series of independently acting holding members. The toy includes a button which is positioned so that a child may easily push it. On depression of the button one, several or all of the extendable members may be released from the retracted position allowing them to extend out of the toy into an extended position. Concurrently the propulsion mechanism of the toy may or may not also be activated causing the toy to move along the surface on which it is set. The propulsion mechanism is energized by the child mechanically depressing one of the extensions into its retracted position.
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12 Claims
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1. A toy which comprises:
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a base, a plurality of movable extensions independently movably mounted on said base such that each of said extensions is movable on said base between a retracted position and an extended position, a plurality of holding means operatively associated with said plurality of said movable extensions, each of said holding means operatively connected to one of said extensions and reversibly holding said extension in said retracted position on said base, releasing means mounted on said base and having a plurality of operational modes wherein in each of said operational modes one or more of said holding means is activated allowing said movable extension associated with said activated holding means to move from said retracted position to said extended position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A toy which comprises a base, said base including a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to said base, said wheels capable of supporting said toy on a surface,
one major movable extension movably mounted on said base between an extended position wherein said major extension extends away from said base and a retracted position wherein at least a part of said major extension retracts into said base, a plurality of minor extensions, each independently movable between an extended position wherein each of said minor extensions extends away from said base and a retracted position wherein at least a part of said minor extension retracts into said base, a plurality of holding members equal in number to the total of said major extension and said minor extensions, one of said holding members associated with said major extension, one of said holding members associated with each of said minor extensions, said holding members each independently capable of holding the movable extension it is associated with in said retracted position, biasing means for biasing said major extension toward said extended position, motion transfer means mounted on said major extension and operatively connected to at least one of said wheels, said motion transfer means transferring the motion of said major extension when said major extension moves from said retracted position to said extended position to said wheel such that said wheel propels said toy on said supporting surface, a shaft mounted on said base, a mode disk rotatably mounted on said shaft, said mode disk including a plurality of holding member activating projections spaced around said disk, said activating projections spaced on said mode disk such that when said mode disk rotates on said shaft each of said activating projections are independently capable of assuming a plurality of placements, some of said placements placing said activating projections in a position wherein said activating projection interacts with one of said holding means and the remainder of said placements placing said activating projection in a position wherein said activating projections do not interact with any of said holding means.
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