Structure of motion toy

• US 5,911,617 A
• Filed: 01/27/1998
• Issued: 06/15/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Blue Ridge Designs Inc.
• Original Assignee: Blue Ridge Designs Inc.
• Inventors: Chou, Jin-Long
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kien T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUIR, DAVID N
• Application Number:
  US09/014,102
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 446/353, 446/354, 446/356, 446/358, 446/352, 446/330, 40/411, 40/415, 40/417, 40/418, 40/419, 40/420
• US Class Current: 446/353
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/00 Toy figures with self-moving parts, with or without movement of the toy as a whole

Abstract

A motion toy includes a toy body having an upper part and a lower part pivotally connected together, and a power drive coupled between the upper part and the lower part of the toy body. The power drive is controlled to tilt the upper part and the lower part of the toy body alternatively inward and outward in reversed directions.

Claims

1. A movable toy comprising a toy body, and a power drive mounted inside said toy body and controlled to move said toy body, causing said toy body to twist, wherein said toy body includes two symmetrical shoulder cover shells connected together;

two foot plates;

two trunk cover shells respectively connected to said shoulder cover shells, said trunk cover shells each having a pair of racks bilaterally disposed at a bottom side;

two symmetrical waist cover shells respectively each having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the top end is respectively pivoted to said shoulder cover shells between said trunk cover shells;

a bottom bracket coupled between the bottom ends of said waist cover shells and pivotable about a pivot between said trunk cover shells; and

two symmetrical pairs of foot cover shells bilaterally connected between said foot plates and said waist cover shells, said foot cover shells each having a top end respectively pivoted to the bottom ends of said waist cover shells, a bottom end respectively pivoted to said foot plate, a main rack coupled to said power drive, and an auxiliary rack respectively meshed with the racks on said trunk cover shells; and

wherein said power drive includes a motor mount pivotably connected between said shoulder cover shells and said trunk cover shells by pivot means;

a reversible motor mounted on said motor mount;

a belt transmission mechanism; and

a transmission gear meshed between the main racks on said foot cover shells and coupled to said reversible motor through said belt transmission mechanism, said transmission gear moving said main racks alternatively up and down when said reversible motor is turned clockwise and counter-clockwise alternatively, causing said foot cover shells and an upper part of said toy body to be alternatively tilted inward and outward in reversed directions.

2. The movable toy of claim 1, wherein said bottom bracket has two arched sliding slots;

and wherein each pair of said foot cover shells has a respective locating rod respectively inserted through the arched sliding slots on said bottom brackets and connected to each other by spring means to limit a tilting angle of said foot cover shells.

3. A movable toy, comprising:

a toy body, wherein the toy body includes;

a first shoulder cover shell;

a second shoulder cover shell connected to the first shoulder cover shell;

a first trunk cover shell connected to the first shoulder cover shell;

a second trunk cover shell connected to the second shoulder cover shell;

a first waist cover shell pivotally connected to the first and second shoulder cover shells;

a second waist cover shell pivotally connected to the first and second shoulder cover shells;

a bottom bracket coupled between the first and second waist cover shells;

a first foot plate;

a second foot plate,

a first foot cover shell connected between the first foot plate and the first waist cover shell, the first foot cover shell having a top end pivotally connected to the first waist cover shell and a bottom end pivotally connected to the first foot plate; and

a second foot cover shell connected between the second foot plate and the second waist cover shell, the second foot cover shell having a top end pivotally connected to the second waist cover shell and a bottom end pivotally connected to the second foot plate; and

a power drive mounted inside the toy body, wherein the power drive includes a reversible motor that moves the toy body by causing the first and second foot cover shells to alternatively tilt in a different direction from the first and second waist cover shells.

4. A movable toy according to claim 3, wherein the first foot cover shell includes a first main rack operatively coupled to the power drive, and the second foot cover shell includes a second main rack operatively coupled to the power drive.

5. A movable toy according to claim 4, wherein the first foot cover shell includes a first auxiliary rack that movably engages with a first rack provided on one of the trunk cover shells, and the second foot cover shell includes a second auxiliary rack that movably engages with a second rack provided on one of the trunk cover shells.

6. A movable toy according to claim 3, wherein the first foot cover shell includes a first auxiliary rack that movably engages with a first rack provided on one of the trunk cover shells, and the second foot cover shell includes a second auxiliary rack that movably engages with a second rack provided on one of the trunk cover shells.

7. A movable toy according to claim 3, wherein the power drive includes a motor mount pivotally connected between the shoulder cover shells and the trunk cover shells, wherein the reversible motor is mounted on the motor mount.

8. A movable toy according to claim 3, wherein the power drive includes a motor mount pivotally connected between the shoulder cover shells and the trunk cover shells, wherein the reversible motor is mounted on the motor mount, wherein the first foot cover shell includes a first main rack operatively coupled to the power drive, and wherein the second foot cover shell includes a second main rack operatively coupled to the power drive.

9. A movable toy according to claim 8, wherein the first foot cover shell includes a first auxiliary rack that movably engages with a first rack provided on one of the trunk cover shells, and the second foot cover shell includes a second auxiliary rack that movably engages with a second rack provided on one of the trunk cover shells.

10. A movable toy according to claim 9, wherein the power drive includes a belt transmission mechanism and a transmission gear, wherein the transmission gear operatively engages with the first and second main racks on the foot cover shells and operatively couples to the reversible motor through the belt transmission mechanism, and wherein the transmission gear moves the first and second main racks alternatively up and down when the reversible motor is turned clockwise and counter-clockwise alternatively, causing the foot cover shells to tilt in a different direction from the first and second waist cover shells.