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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Christopher Charles Wiggs, London, GB;
Christopher Joseph Crabtree Taylor, London, GB;
Origin Products Ltd., London, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a toy having a play base and an article typically depicting a human or animal character which is movable along said play base by manipulation of magnetic or mechanical mechanism which, preferably, are not in direct contact with said article and hidden from view, and said play base includes one or a number of sets which depict an environment such as a shop, park etc and which include objects which are movable by separate magnetic movable or mechanical mechanism contacted by the magnetic or mechanical mechanism to give the effect that the object is moved by the article when it is moved into proximity with the same thereby adding to the impression to a child of the article being independently animated.