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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1997
Christopher Charles Wiggs, London, GB;
Christopher Joseph Taylor, London, GB;
Origin Products Ltd., London, GB;
Abstract
The toy and movable article which are the subject of this application provide for the article to be moved along a playbase by mechanical assembly and/or variable magnetic field which are remote from and not in physical contact with the article thereby giving the article the effect of being independently movable. The exertion of the movement is via a magnetic arrangement between the mechanical assembly and/or variable magnetic field and article and which, if the article is a scale model of a human character can be arranged in conjunction with the shape of the article, to impart a walking effect on the article as it moves thereby adding to the realism of the toy and article.