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Animated sitting and standing santa character

  • US 5,735,726 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1996
  • Issued: 04/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An animated character capable of moving repeatably from a sitting position to a standing position, comprising:

  • (a) a body including a torso casing member, said casing containing an electric motor rotatably connected to multiple intermeshed gears, and also having a first rotatable curved rod extending upwardly from the casing upper end, and having a second shaft extending outwardly from two opposite sides of the casing;

    (b) a head core member attached to the first upper rotatable curved rod and capable of making side-to-side motions;

    (c) dual rotors each attached to each end of said second side output shaft;

    (d) dual first levers, each being pivotally attached at one end to said casing and pivotally attached at its other end to a corresponding one of said dual rotors;

    (e) dual elongated second lever members each pivotably attached at its upper end to a corresponding one of said rotors, and each pivotally attached at its lower end to a vertical leg member; and

    (f) dual third lever members, each being pivotably attached at its upper end to said casing, pivotably attached at its midpoint to the midpoint of said second lever member, and pivotally attached at its lower end to the vertical leg member, whereby when said electric motor and said dual rotors are rotated, second lever member and each third lever member can be moved from a near horizontal to a vertical position so that the body of the animated character is movable from a sitting to a standing position.

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