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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1985
Michael T McKittrick, Jr, Torrance, CA (US);
Nicholas DeAnda, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Abstract
An animated toy having a housing in the form of a body of a spider like insect with leg coupling members rotatably coupled thereto through ball and socket arrangements, with extensions thereof engaging cam follower members. The drive mechanism includes dual sided cam members with each cam having first and second cam portions for coaction with predetermined portions of the opening in a cam follower member to provide a modified 'D' shape movement to the leg extensions, with the opposite cam portions on a given cam, and the position from cam to cam being mechanically phased to realistically simulate the walking movement of a spider like insect.