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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Whitehead, London, GB;
Assignee:
Origin Products Ltd., London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 3/326 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 3/326 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the provision of a toy which comprises at least one article which is movable with respect to a play base and objects on the playbase. The article can have at least one part which is movable with respect to the remainder of the article and the movement is achieved via a magnetic arrangement which involves at least one magnet in the movable part of the article and at least one magnet in a movement means such that as the movement means and/or article move in sufficient proximity, the magnetic forces and field created cause movement of the said part of the article to provide an animated feature to the article.