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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:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph F Truchsess, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pragmatic Designs Inc., Port Chester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ; A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446301 ; 446343 ;
Abstract
An animated character having a face unit provided in a support structure upper body portion so as to resemble a singing tree. The face unit includes a face member and mechanism which consists of two pivotable eye elements and a lower lip element each separately driven by an electric motor through a gear and linkage system. A control circuit unit and a speaker are provided in the support structure, so that the eyes and mouth elements of the face unit are moved by the face mechanism in synchronism with singing and/or speaking sounds produced by the control circuit system and speaker mounted in the support structure.