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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Elliot Rudell, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
George T. Foster, Long Beach, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A timer activated toy that has a “run time” which correlates to the time interval of a user input. The toy may include both a button which can be depressed for a time interval and a switch that can be switched to an on position. The toy may have a motor or electronic sound circuit that is activated when the switch is turned on and a counter that counts to a count value after the button is depressed. The motor is deactivated when the counter reaches the count value. The toy will thus be activated for an interval that corresponds to the time the button is depressed. This correlation simulates filling a “gas tank” of the toy.