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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2003
Timmothy Allen Boettcher, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Jeremiah R. Bauer, Mondovi, WI (US);
Shane Edward Mooney, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Joel Brian Roberts, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Michael John Zaborowski, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Timmothy Allen Boettcher, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Jeremiah R. Bauer, Mondovi, WI (US);
Shane Edward Mooney, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Joel Brian Roberts, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Michael John Zaborowski, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Realityworks, Inc., Eau Claire, WI (US);
Abstract
An infant simulator with a neck linkage connecting the head to the torso which includes at least (a) a longitudinally extending central shaft fixedly attached to the torso proximate the lower end of the central shaft, (b) a socket fixedly attached to the head, (c) a ball fixedly attached to the central shaft and pivotally captured within the socket for permitting pivoting of the socket relative to the central shaft as between a longitudinally aligned central rest position and a longitudinally angled position, and (d) preferably a spring coaxially positioned around the central shaft and captured between the socket and the upper end of the central shaft, whereby the spring biases the socket into the longitudinally aligned central rest position.