Walking animal toy with controlling tether
CA 2388744 A1 · Owner: Mattel, Inc. · Inventors: Smith-Viohl, Evelyn; Chan, Felix
Overview
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This walking toy (10) includes a battery-powered motor (90) driven apparatus for moving the animal legs (63-66) to produce a walking action. An independent motor (155) and drive is operative to provide tail (70) wagging of the animal toy. A collar (20) is rotatably secured to the neck portion of the animal toy (10) and receives one end of an elongated tether (21). The remaining end of the flexible tether is secured to a hand controller (30) including a user handle (32) and a control thumb switch (30) also operable by the user. A plurality of batteries (34) are supported within the hand controller and together with the thumb switch are coupled to the operative mechanism within the …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 25, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 25, 2021.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 25, 2023.
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