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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Don Cameron, Riverside, RI (US);
Richard J. Maddocks, Barrington, RI (US);
Jeffrey Olson, West Warwick, RI (US);
Linas Peckus, Evanston, IL (US);
Brian S. Kujawski, Crown Point, IN (US);
Lc Yang, Guang Dong Province, CN;
Zhi Xin Sun, Guang Dong Province, CN;
Don Cameron, Riverside, RI (US);
Richard J. Maddocks, Barrington, RI (US);
Jeffrey Olson, West Warwick, RI (US);
Linas Peckus, Evanston, IL (US);
Brian S. Kujawski, Crown Point, IN (US);
Lc Yang, Guang Dong Province, CN;
Zhi Xin Sun, Guang Dong Province, CN;
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Abstract
A toy employing a simple yet unique pivoting mechanism to provide back and forth and side to side pivoting movements and operable to wiggle, twist back and forth, and roll the toy over numerous times imitating a playing, cuddling and rolling over puppy or the like. The toy includes a body portion, a first pivoting portion, and a first linkage coupling the body portion to the first pivoting portion at an angled pivot point offset from a vertical axis intersecting the point at which the body and the first pivoting portions are coupled. An angled surface is included at the first pivoting portion and a gear mechanism is coupled to the body portion and operable to pivot the first pivoting portion with respect to the body portion driving the pivoting action at the angled surface of the first pivoting portion providing back and forth and side to side pivoting movements.