Animated toy with Geneva mechanism
US6623327B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 18, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/19884
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An animated children's toy including a gear system for providing intermittent and reciprocal motion. The gear system includes a drive gear and a driven gear. The gear system is adapted to have a non-rotating configuration and an engaged configuration. In the non-rotating configuration the driven gear is prevented from rotating, and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy is not moving. In the engaged configuration the driven gear rotates and a corresponding portion of the animated children's toy moves.
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