Claims
- 1. A toy walking animal comprising a filled unitary fabric body section, a head assembly and two front legs, each front leg being separately hinged to said body by a hinge along an elongated hinge line, each said hinge line extending, when viewed in top plan view, from adjacent the front center of said body and rearwardly outwardly along said body, thereby separately swingably securing each front leg to said body and so that each front leg swings about an axis which is at a substantial angle to the longitudinal axis of the animal, and characterized by the absence of any flexible springlike member connecting the body and the front legs, each said front leg having a foot at its base, each said foot comprising a skid-resistant gripping surface for providing a high degree of friction between said foot and a support surface, and leash means secured to said body between said front legs and between said front leg hinges for pulling said animal along a support surface, whereby when the animal is pulled it will appear to be walking.
- 2. A toy walking animal as set forth in claim 1, and wherein said means for individually hinging each of said front legs to said unitary body section consists of end fabric portions of each leg disposed through an opening defined by flaps of said body fabric, and means for connecting the leg end portions and body flap portions to hingedly secure the front legs in position.
- 3. A toy walking animal as set forth in claim 1 in which the means for pulling the toy animal includes a harness disposed about the lower part of the unitary body section, and said leash means includes a semi-rigid section.
- 4. A toy walking animal as set forth in claim 1 in which the head assembly is affixed to the upper part of the body portion, the major portion of the body being disposed to the rear of the ends of the front legs to aid in the walking motion of the animal.
- 5. A toy walking animal as set forth in claim 4 in which the head assembly includes depending ears.
- 6. A toy walking animal as set forth in claim 1 in which the gripping surfaces consist of a series of skid resistant bumps.
- 7. A toy walking animal as set forth in claim 1 including a tail portion and means for hinging the tail to the body portion.
- 8. A toy walking animal in accordance with claim 1, further comprising at least one rear leg hinged to said body and having a foot at its base, said foot comprising a skid-resistant gripping surface for providing a high degree of friction between said foot and a support surface.
- 9. A toy walking animal in accordance with claim 1, and further comprising two rear legs, each rear leg being separately hinged to said body by a hinge along an elongate hinge line, each said hinge line separately swingably securing each rear leg to said body, and characterized by the absence of any flexible springlike member connecting the body and the rear legs, and each said rear leg having a foot at its base, each said foot comprising a skid-resistant gripping surface for providing a high degree of friction between said foot and a support surface.
PRIOR APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/559,628 filed on Nov. 20, 1995, abandoned.
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