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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1980
Gorden W Spring, Norwalk, CA (US);
Tomy Corporation, Carson, CA (US);
Abstract
A toy has a first body section and a second body section which are preferedly each shaped as one unit of a matched pair; for example, a pair of shoes. A crank extends transversely between the bodies and is rotatably connected to each. The crank includes a first crank section and a second crank section connected together by a connecting section such that the first and second crank sections are parallel but non axial. One of the bodies, because they are connected together by the crank, can be located longitudinally in front of the other body. Upon rotation of the crank the second body moves through an arcuate pathway until it is located in front of the first body. Then the first body moves through an arcuate pathway to once again located it in front of a second body. Each of the first and second bodies includes a surface engagement member which is capable of engaging the support surface such that when the first body moves through its arcuate pathway and a portion of its weight is lifted above the support surface, it is not capable of tilting the second body with respect to the support surface and vice versa for the surface engagement member associated with an other body.