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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Tara Mcgrath, Playa Vista, CA (US);
Kevin W. Gray, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ok-soo Choi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sam Tsui, Shau Kei Wang, CN;
Jon Marine, Fullerton, CA (US);
Tara McGrath, Playa Vista, CA (US);
Kevin W. Gray, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ok-Soo Choi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sam Tsui, Shau Kei Wang, CN;
Jon Marine, Fullerton, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A toy animal having a rigid body with movable legs, head and tail, is operated by internal gear mechanisms powered by a single, reversible, battery-powered motor operated in different directions. A hand controller is attached to the body to actuate the single motor in a selected direction to either move a plurality of legs to cause movement of the body while wagging the animal's tail, and to then cause the toy animal to urinate, or to move the head and actuate a tongue held in the head to lick a person holding the toy animal, or ingest fluid. The toy animal may also include a speaker and related circuitry that is actuated to cause the toy animal to make sounds, such as a bark, panting, a whimper and/or a tinkling sound at appropriate times.