Abstract: An animated toy figurine includes a simulated head and torso portion and the latter portion contains arms which carry a simulated broom. A hollow support member extends through the interior of the torso portion. The head is mounted to one end of the support member and the torso is rotatably mounted to the support member beneath the head. A plunger is carried within the support member for reciprocative movement therein. Mechanism is included which, responsive to reciprocative movement of the plunger, revolves the torso about the axis of the support member, clockwise and then counterclockwise, a predetermined arcuate extent, whereby the broom is moved simulating a sweeping action.

Abstract: An improvement is disclosed in those types of animated devices containing at least one animated toy figurine actuated by a plunger extending from the bottom of the figurine and a simulated structure, having a floor, such as a house, fire house, railroad station and the like, adapted to receive the figurine, and crank means associated with said structure for manually and remotely driving said figurine in which at least two crank means are associated with each simulated structure located at opposite ends of the structure and are operatively coupled together for joint movement, whereby operation of one of said crank means drives the other of said crank means as well as animating any figure properly placed within the structure, and in which each of the crank means includes means for coupling the crank means to a crank means of another structure of similar construction and purpose, whereby a plurality of crank means of a plurality of such structures may be coupled together for joint rotation and be driven through