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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2008
Sunil William Moothedath, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Russell G. Rasmussen, Petaluma, CA (US);
Paul S. Rago, Danville, CA (US);
David B. Small, San Jose, CA (US);
Sunil William Moothedath, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Russell G. Rasmussen, Petaluma, CA (US);
Paul S. Rago, Danville, CA (US);
David B. Small, San Jose, CA (US);
Shoot the Moon Products II, LLC, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
Pose and play dolls that will stand on a platform by magnetic attraction and dance with lifelike animation, but which may be removed from the stand for ordinary play. The dolls include animation powered from the platform through the legs of the doll. A motor in the doll animates the doll body, arms and head, with proportional feedback allowing control by a controller in coordination with music being played. The doll head may rotate or gyrate, and the arms swing as a unit or with the lower arms bending as the arms swing. In one form of platform simply rotates through controlled angles, again in coordination with the music being played. In another form of doll, the hips are configured to swing back and forth, and another form of platform controls the hip movement, again in coordination with the music being played. Various other features and capabilities are disclosed.