Publication number: 20040099450
Abstract: A toy horse (100, 200) is disclosed as including a body (102, 202) for carrying a user, four legs (104a, 104b, 104c, 104d, 204a, 204b, 204c, 204d) mounted for movement relative to the body (102, 202), and motors (106a, 106b, 206) operatively associated with a number of gears (108a, 108b, 108c, 108d, 208a, 208b, 208c, 208d) each associated with a respective leg (104a, 104b, 104c, 104d, 204a, 204b, 204c, 204d) which is movable by the respective gears (108a, 108b, 108c, 108d, 208a, 208b, 208c, 208d) to exhibit walking movement. Each leg (204a, 204b, 204c, 204d) is provided with a respective wheel (230a, 230b, 230c, 230d), drivenable by a respective motor (232a, 232b, 232c, 2332d), and the motors (232a, 232b) driving the wheels (230a, 230b) of the right legs (204a, 204b) are operable independently from the motors (232c, 232d) driving wheels (230c, 230d) of the left legs (204c, 204d).
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 25, 2002
Publication date:
May 27, 2004
Inventors:
Kee-Man Kwok, Zhixin Zeng, Weiguang Li