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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446146 ; 33 181 ; 33 2701 ; 401195 ;
Abstract
The invention disclosed is directed to a line-drawing toy including a base, a wheel rotatably joined to the base that rotates under friction with a contact surface, a leading support joined to the base and spaced apart from the wheel, a pen part operatively joined to the base between the leading support and the wheel, the pen part including at least one pen tip for drawing a line on a contact surface, and a gear mechanism operatively joined to the pen part and the wheel, the gear mechanism having means for converting the rotary motion of the wheel into a predetermined pattern of movement for the pen tips.