Toy mechanical hand

US5286228A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• CJ CORPORATION · CN

Inventors

• James S. W. Lee · New York, US
• Chiu Keung Kwan · Kowloon, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 1992
• Grant date: Feb 15, 1994
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63H33/00
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A child's toy is a mechanical hand having at least articulated fingers, and perhaps an articulated thumb, associated with a palm section. A control compartment attached to and extending from the palm section includes fingertip controls which selectively move the articulated fingers. A clip-on special effects box, also operated by fingertip control, may be added to the mechanical hand in order to provide a weapon, sound effect, laser beam, or the like. In the embodiment described herein, the weapon is a set of four claws which may extend from or retract into the box.