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Skip to comments.Driver who ran over cat 11 times spared prison
Posted on 12/22/2005 10:49:03 AM PST by aculeus
A man who was caught on CCTV repeatedly driving his car over a cat has been spared jail.
Barry Haggerty, a 58-year-old chartered surveyor from Buckinghamshire, claimed he ran over the cat 11 times because he wanted to put it out of its misery.
Haggerty was heading for work when he ran over Mixey the cat on April 12. He returned to the scene and drove forwards and backwards over the animals as it thrashed around in pain, eventually killing it.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of animal cruelty and was sentenced by Milton Keynes Magistrates to a period of imprisonment of six weeks, suspended for 52 weeks. He was also ordered to do 60 hours' community service and to pay the prosecution costs of £4,182.
Dean Price, the defence solicitor, said Haggerty was "an animal lover" who was trying to put the cat out of its misery and had reacted with "horror and remorse" when he was shown CCTV footage of what he had done.
He told police he thought he had killed the cat outright when he first hit it but he returned and ran it over a further 10 times just to be sure.
The four-minute CCTV footage showed Haggerty's silver Renault Clio drive forwards and backwards over the one-year-old tortoiseshell female 10 times over a two-and-a-half-minute period.
The cat could clearly be seen thrashing its legs and tail in agony. Haggerty is seen to get out of his car at one stage to assess the state of the cat.
"I feel really awful," Haggerty said. "My only thoughts were how can I stop this animal suffering. The only thing I had was the car. I thought I was acting in the best interests of the cat."
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Drowned it, or wrung it's neck?
Twice is usually enough. At least that's what I've heard.
My guess is that you're working from a different definition of "pain" than I am.
I do not understand statements like that.
Exactly. They can give the impression that they feel pain, but so do characters in video games when you "smack 'em" or shoot 'em. But they don't really.
I believe the animals brain is quite aware of what is stimulating his nervous system and responds with a pre-programmed response. I also believe animals can "learn". But I do not believe they "feel" in the way we apply the word to humans. They "feel" like you car "feels" when the check engine light comes on. It is a pre-programmed response originating from the brain (cpu) in response to an electrical impulse from a sensor (nerve ending), and that is all.
It would be unnerving if every time your check engine light came on, part of the programming cased a digitally stored recording of a womans blood curdling scream to come over the stereo speaker system. But it wouldn't really mean your car felt anything.
"Here's a little experiment to try to test your hypothesis. Light a cigarette and tape it onto a 6' stick. Sneak up behind a pitbull and hold the lit cigarette against his rump until it starts to burn into the flesh.
Get back to us and let us know if it showed any indication of feeling pain."
See my post 105.
"Wow....I hope you're a rare breed."
Like you, I'm one of a kind! 8^>
That's how we used to make sail cats. Poor man's frisby.
You just don't understand! This man HAD to run over the cat AT LEAST 11 times....How else do you get the meat tenderized enough for the stew?
I hope you get all clothes for Christmas.
Are you saying by your post that animals don't feel pain?
Their distress is not analytical - oh my I have a broken leg and I may have trouble walking in the future - but animals do feel pain just as we do. Did you believe otherwise?
Your understanding of animals' minds is not based on facts.
Gee.The last cat I ran over only needed one pass. Not ten more.
Ouch! ROTFL!!
My wife was taught to use a plastic gallon milk jug at 4H.
Cut off the bottom and enough of the top to fit a chicken's neck. Tie it to a clothes line. Thread the chicken's neck through the opening in the milk jug. Slit the throat with a razor.
They even gave her a chicken to practice on. I think she was 12. I wonder if 4H clubs do that sort of practical training today....
Er, I don't think he'd be getting back to us after that :-)
See post #105......it is quite...ummm...interesting (for the lack of a better word).
That's about the funniest thing I've seen in a long time.
I'd like to see you try!
If that is how you'd define the mechanism whereby an animal senses and can respond to the stimulation, how is it different in a human?
"...and had reacted with "horror and remorse" when he was shown CCTV footage of what he had done."
Like Tookie Williams?"
The ONLY thing I said was "Like Tookie Williams"
Immediately you assumed that I was equating killing a human being with killing a cat.
I was making a sarcastic remark about this guy's apparent "horror and remorse" when he saw a picture of himself running over a cat 11 TIMES, with Tookie Williams for his feigned "conversion".
That's all.
Imediately you assumed I was equating killing a cat with killing a human being.
I don't even wish to address that analogy as it is irrelevant to the point I was making.
Either YOU have a serious problem in that YOU view any sympathic expression about somebody killing an animal with a PETA-like evaluation of human life, OR you totally misinterpreted what I was saying.
The latter is very possible as a written format for expressing ideas is inferior to a face to face conversation.
If you were misled by my original remark, I apologize. And I think you owe me an apology for making insinuations about me which were totally inappropriate.
No they don't.
While domesticated cats certainly retain much of the predatory nature of their wild "cousins", enough of the killer instinct has been bred out that a quick and certain kill is not assured. What YOU describe as "playing" is actually the cat fluctuating between two instinctive impulses: to kill OR to ignore. If the prey remains motionless, the cat will likely ignore it. But if the prey moves, the cat will reflexively attack (albeit with much less competence than wild felines).
That's why cats sometimes chase their own tails or like to "play" with string or yarn. They're instinctively programmed to attack something that shape that is moving: snakes!
That's probably about how a large predator assesses the responses of a human as it rips out the first big bite. "I bite food, it makes a loud noise, so what?" Most humans, excepting you apparently, are better able to comprehend what another sentient creature is feeling. Animals, like very young humans, don't appear to be able to "put themselves in another's shoes", and consider what it must feel like to be that other creature in the given circumstances. But, also like very young humans, this does not mean they aren't feeling anything themselves. A 2 year old human which hits or bites its newborn sibling out of instinctive jealousy, doesn't grasp that it is causing the little creature pain, but torture the same 2 year old and s/he he will definitely experience agony.
The punishment for running over Tabby or Fido is greater than drowning a baby in a toilet.
Some people never develope empathy....I think it's from inbreeding.
There is no punishment for accidentally running over Tabby or Fido, nor for humanely euthanizing Tabby or Fido (either at the vet, or with a clean close-range shot to the head). Quick killing of newborns is generally viewed as a panic reaction, especially when, as usual, it's by a very young mother who has good reason to fear abuse from a parent if the baby is discovered. Such cases virtually always draw at least a short prison term or a psych hospital term. The girl who drowned her newborn in a toilet at a high school prom a few years back, and then went right back to dancing, spent at least a couple of years in prison, as I recals, with several years of parole/probation afterwards. Repeated infliction of severe pain on a newborn, whether or not resulting in its death, or serious neglect of a newborn (such as not feeding it), will result in a signficantly longer prison term. Sadly, what those deliberate heinous acts do NOT result in, is sterilization of the perpetrator before release. As a result, most of the severe child abuse cases we hear about are "not the first time" cases.
The horror!
He should have used his cell phone to call the China Dragon restaurant.
Problem solved.
"Your understanding of animals' minds is not based on facts."
"Are you saying by your post that animals don't feel pain?"
Correct. "Pain" is a subjective word and has no context outside of humans. We only know that other humans feel pain because we are one ourselves and WE feel pain. It is a thing that cannot be measured.That is the only basis we have.
We don't have that basis in animals, so my post 105 applies.
If your question was inadvertently addressed to a Santaria member, you should have added the option of "Bit the head off".
That is ludicrous. Absurd.
*You* automatically cry out in pain if you're slashed; so somehow, that's *just* an "autoMATED" response that has nothing to do w/feelings?
This makes no sense whatsoever. Why cry out? What's the purpose? If the animal feels nothing, there's no point in crying out! For crying out loud....
A cat is most definitely a living being; a car is not. I love both, but I'm well aware it's my CAT that experiences pain, whereas my inANIMate car does not.
"If that is how you'd define the mechanism whereby an animal senses and can respond to the stimulation, how is it different in a human?"
It isnt different in a human machine. It is the same. But the human machine is merely what we occupy. You and I are not the body we occupy any more than we are the car we occupy when we drive. Our feelings of pain are merely via our connection to this body, and our interpretation of the stimulus originating at our nerve endings. And this does not even get into our feelings when shunned by a group, etc. when nothing has been physically done to us. Animals do not contain a human spirit. They are basically automatons.
I think of the human machine as a fighter plane with a pilot, and animals as drone aircraft. What makes the fighter more important to protect is not really the fact that it is more expensive to produce. What makes it more valuable is that it contains a human pilot. What makes a human body more valuable is that it contains a human soul. Once the soul leaves, the body is just so much meat, like a car at a junk yard.
Yeah. You can never perfectly trust them to keep themselves from mauling small children...
...oh wait, that's dogs! ;-)
I "put myself in the shoes" of humans, not animals.
Well, having read most of the posts; people are upset. Okay then, how would you have dealt with the cat having been run over once and it was still alive?
The driver's statement was that ""I feel really awful," Haggerty said. "My only thoughts were how can I stop this animal suffering. The only thing I had was the car. I thought I was acting in the best interests of the cat." From that, I derive the thought that he tried his best to put out the cat. Yes,the cat suffered pain, but did his actions result in less duration of suffering for the cat? If so, then the cat was treated humanely just as if it went to the vet.
He most likely did not have a gun. The UK is a gun control society where even airguns are restricted. I think he may have been panic stricken. Have you ever been in that state? That is why he could have done that multiple times.
Using any other instrument such as a shovel,boot, or a tire iron just looks to some people as unnecessary cruelty.
Taking him to the vet sounds like a good idea, but the cat would have been suffering longer and it would have cost him some money that he may have needed. Who knows. I was not there so I cannot say the state of his finances. Call animal control? Wait how long while kitty is expiring horribly? I don't want the creature to suffer long.
There was another poster who admitted hitting a bird and he kept driving although he felt bad. Some other poster called him a Heartless B*****D.
D*MN*d i fyou do, d*MN*d if you don't.
"Some people never develope empathy....I think it's from inbreeding."
You're not showing me much empathy. ;)
I think maybe this was perfect. I'm not big into animal "abuse" jailing (mainly cuz the term "abuse" is ABUSED just as much as "torture"), but I do think there should be exceptions.
I'm betting this man had "good" intentions; he was just stupid. So, maybe he shouldn't have gotten 6 weeks, but at least a week or so should drive home the point to him and others that such abuses are just too much.
Some1 intentional - go ahead and give'em 6 weeks.
If he was just run over or struck once, I wouldn't make it worse than the couple weeks.
What scares me is that a) people might think they can go around abusing OTHER PEOPLE'S animal property w/impugnity and b) it might illicitly condone rage and abuse and such people could be very unstable around ANY living being. We should send the message that out-of-control behavior is BAD.
The crying out comes WITH the feelings. It is merely a response of your human machine. You do not make a conscious decision to do it. It is part of your human machines defensive mechanism. And, unlike animals, we can make a conscious decision to suppress it, if need be. Animals dont.
This makes no sense whatsoever. Why cry out? What's the purpose? If the animal feels nothing, there's no point in crying out! For crying out loud....
There are several beneficial reasons for quickly crying out, actually. Heck, watch March of the Penguins.
A cat is most definitely a living being; a car is not. I love both, but I'm well aware it's my CAT that experiences pain, whereas my inANIMate car does not.
You believe your cat experiences pain, but being a human and not a cat, you cannot know, and both the cat and the car can be programmed to scream. You lower the bar too much. The bar is not being alive. Plants are alive.
Surely you don`t really believe animals are incapable of feeling pain? If that was true, why will a dog cower in fear from someone who beats it?
My grandfather use to do that to snakes in the road, not to put them out of their misery but, to make sure they were dead.
A few years ago, I saw a duck and a bunch of ducklings in the cement median of a highway during rush hour. There was no way they were getting out of there alive. I gavem brief consideration to sliding over and performing a quick mercy killing. I didn't but there were a bunch of dead ducks on the median the next day.
I'd come back with a line about children but I'd get in trouble,
"Surely you don`t really believe animals are incapable of feeling pain? If that was true, why will a dog cower in fear from someone who beats it?"
Is it fear, or self preservation and anticipation from what it has learned.
I believe an animals brain receives the same sort of impulses that a human brain does if you step on it's toe. I believe it is the conscious interpretation of that signal that is different. In humans, it is called pain. In animals, it is pure stimulus, response. And it is often what keeps them alive - which is the whole point.
Animals are around for various purposes on this world. Meat, companionship as pets, workers as draft animals or protection as guard dogs etc, or just fitting in as parts of God's grand plan.
Animals don't have souls, but they DO experience physical pain and suffering just as we do. To cause an animal to suffer needlessly is cruel. Recognition of that cruelty is what makes us different from animals. A cat will toy with a mouse and torture it without any thought of how the mouse feels about the situation or implications of "right and wrong".
Many animals DO also show some evidence of limited emotions. A dog will show all the signs of being lonely or sad when he's left alone, joy when you return, fearfulness, remorse when he knows he's been misbehaving, and even a sense of humor at times.
If your experience with the animal world is limited to chickens, you just might have an incomplete view of the world from which to base your opinions on what animals are capable or incapable of experiencing.
Heartless bast**d!
(Giggle) Stupid damn robins all fly low over the roadways. They're at the bottom of the bird gene pool for intelligence.
Even a small animal is sensitive to its owner's emotions and pain. Our family dog would sit by my bedside (when I was a child) when I was sick, and wail. There is definite psychic interaction between animals and humans. I believe animals have some genetic, God-given capacity to understand human emotional needs so that they can interact well with humans, which helps guarantee their survival.
Actually, I think animals "appear" to suffer as humans do, but they don't have the consciousness to experience it as pain as we do.
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"I want to be on Alcatraz like I want poison oak on my private parts. But apparently nobody cares, because now I m Moose Flanagan, Alcatraz Island Boy all so my sister can go to the Esther P. Marinoff School, where kids wear their clothes inside out and there isn t a book in sight. Obedient Moose. I always do what I m supposed to do. "
When Moose's family moves to Alcatraz Island so his father can work as a guard and his sister can attend a special school in San Francisco, he has to leave his friends behind. But it's worth it, right? If his sister, Natalie, can get help, maybe his family will finally be normal.
But on Alcatraz his dad is so busy, he's never around. His mom's preoccupation with Natalie's condition (today, it would be called autism) is even worse now that there's no extended family to help. And of course, there's never enough money.
When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the warden, he knows right off she's trouble. But she's also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents expectations and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away.
About the Author
GENNIFER CHOLDENKO is the author of Newbery Honor book Al Capone Does My Shirts, which was on the New York Times Bestseller list for six months, an ALA BBYA, an ALA Notable book, and received the Sid Fleischman Humor, in addition to other kudos. She graduated from Brandeis University and attended the Rhode Island School of Design. She previously worked at an advertising agency, and has written picture books as well. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and two children. www.choldenko.com
Kirby Heyborne is an accomplished actor, musician, and comedian who has received a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards for his audiobook narrations. He has had starring roles in over a dozen features and many short films. Kirby is also a cofounder and director of the Los Angeles-based improv comedy group The Society.


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Acorn Squash With Maple Glaze
|Acorn squash
|1 Medium
|Pure maple syrup
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|2 Tablespoon
|Ground ginger
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
Cut ends off the squash and cut into 4 equal thick slices.
Cut out the seeds.
Rotate in the Flat Standard Basket for 30 minutes or until tender.
Meanwhile, heat the maple syrup, butter, and ginger in a small saucepan.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 930 Calories from Fat 223
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 25 g39.2%
Saturated Fat 15.6 g78.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 64.5 mg21.5%
Sodium 40.4 mg1.7%
Total Carbohydrates 185 g61.6%
Dietary Fiber 11.4 g45.6%
Sugars 93.8 g
Protein 6 g12.7%
Vitamin A 70.1% Vitamin C 137.7%
Calcium 36.2% Iron 40.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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During my time at Weir Farm, I wish to focus on creating storyboards, editing video interviews, and creating design elements for a video project about the experiences of second-generation Cuban-Americans. With the recent changes in U.S. and Cuba relations, this project is timely and would show a different point of view, that of the child of the immigrant. I hope to complete storyboards, visual elements, and a short video that will show the visual direction and flow of the narrative.I would also like to take advntage of the natural beauty of Connecticut and use that inspiration to create some small works to augment my video work. I lived in New Fairfield, CT in the late 90's, therefore it would be appropriate to include in my story. Artwork about nature and the environment are part of my visual language, both hand and digital work.I am new to academia and it has been difficult to find time to focus and make art, edit video, or create new designs. I hope this residency will give me the focus and jump start I need to develop a clear vision for the project and ultimately complete it sometime this year. ~ Myda Iamiceli
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Bean Pie
This substantial pie is delicious served hot or cold. You can also make it with mashed black beans and smoked cheddar cheese.
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- 1-1/4 cups boiling water
- 2 cups cornmeal
Instructions:Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Pour the boiling water over the cornmeal to moisten it thoroughly. When cool, press the mixture into a 9-inch pie pan to form a crust about 1/4 inch thick. Build up the crust to prevent the filling from cooking over. Bake for 45 minutes or until the crust is dry and cracked and lightly browned.
- 3 cups soft-cooked pinto beans, mashed
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon hot sauce (optional)
- 1-1/2 cups tomato salsa, canned or homemade
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1 can (4 ounces) green chilies, chopped
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese, grated
Instructions:Turn the oven to 350 degrees F. Season the pinto beans with cumin, oregano, salt, garlic, and hot sauce (or not) to your taste. Spoon the beans into the crust and spoon the salsa on top. Add a thick layer of sliced onions, green pepper, and chopped green chilies. Top with cheese. Bake for about 45 minutes, or until the cheese bubbles. Allow to set a few minutes before cutting.
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Dec 26, 1995
|Filing date
|Feb 9, 1995
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|Feb 9, 1995
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|David G. Wolfram
|Original Assignee
|Mattel, Inc.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (17), Referenced by (12), Classifications (8), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates generally to toys figures and particularly to those having articulating appendages or the like.
Toy figures are extremely pervasive through the toy art and have been provided in a virtually endless variety of appearances, shapes and sizes. These various toy figures have included human-like replicas, monsters, fanciful creatures, and cartoon figures as well as other types of figures. While the variety of such toy figures is virtually endless, most share the common play pattern of providing a handheld figure which the child user is able to manipulate and move about while imagining all sorts of play scenarios. To add further interest to such toy figures, practitioners in the art have improved toy figures to include appendages and limbs which are movable upon the figure's torso as well as other articulated features such as closing jaws or the like. In still other variants, toy figures have been provided which include various types of miniature weapons such as projectile launchers or the like.
In a related art, practitioners have provided a variety of puppets which function with much the same play value as toy figures. While puppets generally describe both handheld "glove-like" hand puppets as well as string-controlled marionettes, those most similar to the present invention are generally referred to as hand puppets. Such hand puppets include a glove-like body within which the user places a hand and through finger and thumb manipulation provides animation for the puppet.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,561,854 issued to Amici, et al. sets forth a CREATURE WITH SNAP-ACTION JAW having a pair of body members defining a body cavity together with a plurality of supporting appendages. The lower body portion supports a fixed jaw while a pivotally supported head portion is secured to the body and supports a movable upper jaw. A spring-driven trigger mechanism provides snap-action closure of the jaw.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,654,018 issued to Farrington, et al. sets forth a FIGURE TOY WITH LAUNCHING MECHANISM FOR CONCEALED FLYING ELEMENT having an insect-like body defining a rear cavity within which a rotatable winged projectile is secured. A launching apparatus within the figure's abdomen provides rotational motion of the winged projectile causing it to be lifted from the main body.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,579,541 issued to Kulesza, et al. sets forth MECHANICAL ACTION MONSTER ROCK TOYS having one or more elements pivotally coupled to a generally planar base for movement to various positions. The elements are configured to provide a rock-like appearance to the figure.
U.S. Pat. Des. Nos. 333,854; 334,782; 334,955; and 330,575 all issued to Kupperman set forth similar designs for a shark toy figure.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,080,626 issued to Maddi, sets forth an ANIMAL PUPPET having an appearance resembling a dinosaur and defining a hand receiving cavity therein. The figure includes articulated upper and lower jaws which are manipulated by the user's hand in a hand puppet action.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,710 issued to Sommers set forth a PUPPET MOUTH CONSTRUCTION having a hand puppet body defining a fanciful dog-like face and supporting articulated upper and lower jaw portions. A cavity within the puppet receives the user's hands to facilitate manipulation of the upper and lower jaws.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,687,457 issued to Milner sets forth a HAND-HELD PUPPET WITH PSEUDO-VOICE GENERATION having a puppet including a hand controllable upper and lower beak together with a sound circuit controlled in response to beak motions induced by the user's hand within the puppet.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,622,020 issued to Amici, et al. sets forth a GLOVE PUPPET FIGURE ASSEMBLY AND POWERED WING DRIVE MECHANISM having a glove puppet having a body which generally resembles a winged insect supporting a riding human-like figure together with a plurality of articulated wings.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,608,025 issued to Amici, et al. sets forth a GLOVE PUPPET FIGURE ASSEMBLY WITH ARTICULATED HEAD COMPONENTS having a hand puppet having a body generally resembling a winged insect and supporting a plurality of extending wings, a movable jaw and a toy figure riding the puppet. The insect's jaws are movable in response to hand manipulation of the user.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,585,425 issued to Amici, et al. sets forth a GLOVE PUPPET ASSEMBLY WITH FINGER ACTUATED CLAWS having an insect-like body supporting a rider and having a plurality of extending claws which are movable in response to the manipulation by the user.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,762,163 issued to Stein sets forth a PUPPET DOLL having a puppet body for receiving a user's hand to articulate the head and facial expressions of the puppet.
U.S. Pat. Des. No. 268,222 issued to Chen sets forth a GLOVE having a general appearance resembling a shark or the like.
U.S. Pat. No. 961,812 issued to Siegel sets forth a FIGURE TOY having a hand puppet body resembling a dog or the like and having a finger movable jaw mechanism within the head thereof.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,034,255 issued to Bacon; 2,795,896 issued to Snyder; and 1,028,068 issued to Hamley set forth examples of typical hand actuated puppets.
While the foregoing described prior art devices have provided improvement in the art and have in some instances enjoyed commercial success, there remains nonetheless a continuing need in the art for evermore improved, interesting and exciting toy figures.
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide an improved toy figure. It is a more particular object of the present invention to provide an improved toy figure having a grasping claw which is operative in a variety of appendage positions.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a toy figure comprising: a body having an interior cavity formed therein; a plurality of appendages coupled to the body; first means for pivotally supporting a first one of the appendages upon the body for first and second directions of motion; second means for pivotally supporting a second one of the appendages upon the body; a fixed jaw rotatably coupled to the second one of the appendages; a movable jaw pivotally coupled to the fixed jaw movable between open and closed positions; first spring means coupled to the fixed jaw and the movable jaw urging the movable jaw toward the open position; an arm pivotally supported within the interior cavity having a first end coupled to the first one of the appendages and a second end; a flexible member connected to the movable jaw and the second end of the arm; and second spring means coupled to the arm urging the arm and the first one of the appendages in the first pivotal direction of motion, whereby the movable jaw is moved from the open position toward the closed position as the first one of the appendages is pivoted in the second pivotal direction of motion.
The features of the present invention, which are believed to be novel, are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like reference numerals identify like elements and in which:
FIG. 1 sets forth a side elevation view of a toy figure constructed in accordance with the present invention; and
FIG. 2 sets forth a partially section front view of a toy figure constructed in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 1 sets forth a side elevation view of a toy figure constructed in accordance with the present invention and generally referenced by numeral 10. FIG. 10 includes a body 11 formed of a torso 12 having a lower torso 13 extending downwardly therefrom. Body 11 further includes a pair of legs 14 and 15 (the latter seen in FIG. 2) secured to lower torso 13 in the manner described below. Legs 14 and 15 terminate in supporting feet 16 and 17 (the latter seen in FIG. 2). Body 11 further supports a head 20 having a monster-like face depicted thereon. In accordance with the present invention and as is described below in greater detail, body 11 further includes an upper left arm 31 pivotally secured to torso 12 at a left shoulder joint 30. Upper left arm 31 supports a left claw 40 pivotally secured at a left claw joint 32, the structure of which is set forth below in greater detail. However, suffice it note here that left claw 40 is pivotably movable or rotatable about left claw joint 32 with respect to upper arm 31 in the manner indicated by arrows 26 and 27 in either direction.
As is better seen with temporary reference to FIG. 2, left claw 40 includes a fixed jaw 41 and a movable jaw 42 pivotally secured thereto. As is also better seen with temporary reference to FIG. 2, body 11 includes a right arm 51 pivotally secured to torso 12 at a shoulder joint 50 and supporting a right claw 52.
Returning to FIG. 1, left shoulder joint 30 comprises a pivotal joint permitting upper left arm 31 and claw 40 to be pivotally moved up and down in the directions indicated by arrows 25. For example, FIG. 1 shows left claw 40 and upper arm 31 in solid-line depiction at a lowered pivotal position and in dashed-line position at a raised pivotal position. It will be apparent to those skilled in art from the descriptions set forth below in greater detail that the pivotal motion of left upper arm 31 and claw 40 about shoulder joint 30 may, if desired, be virtually unlimited in its extent. In further accordance with the present invention and, as is described below in greater detail, left claw 40 is pivotable or rotatable with respect to upper arm 31 as indicated by arrows 26 and 27 to be position able in virtually any angular relationship. For example, in the solid-line depiction, claw 40 is positioned in a generally horizontal position while in the dashed-line representation shown in FIG. 1, left claw 40 is positioned in a vertical orientation. In accordance with the present invention, it will be understood that in its preferred form, left claw 40 is fully rotatable and is not limited to the vertical or horizontal planes for its position.
In further accordance with the present invention, movable jaw 42 is, by means set forth below in greater detail, pivotable with respect to fixed jaw 41 from the open position shown in FIG. 1 to a closed position as movable jaw 42 pivots in the direction indicated by arrow 28. In further accordance with the present invention, the claw operating mechanism of toy FIG. 10 is operative regardless of the positions of left upper arm 31 with respect to torso 12 and the pivoting positions of claw 40 with respect to left upper arm 31. Thus, regardless of the position of upper arm 31 and claw 40, the claw control mechanism set forth below operates with equal facility to close movable jaw 42 against fixed jaw 41. Thus, the mechanism is described below in greater detail in conjunction with FIG. 2. However, suffice it to note here with temporary reference to FIG. 2, that the closure mechanism is operated as leg 15 is pivoted inwardly in the direction indicated by arrow 24. Thus, the present invention toy figure provides an entertaining and amusing figure which utilizes a closable claw operative in virtually any position of the claw or supporting arm giving the user a freedom of use heretofore unrealized in articulated limb toy figures. It should be noted that while toy FIG. 10 is shown for purposes of illustration in FIGS. 1 and 2 to replicate a fanciful "lobster-like" monster, the present invention is applicable to virtually any toy figure regardless of its appearance or aesthetic characteristics. The essential feature of the present invention is the provision of an operative claw closure mechanism which is virtually uneffected by the angular position and rotational position of the claw and its supporting arm. It is a further advantage of the present invention that the claw operating structure is extremely simple and is nonetheless durable and effective.
FIG. 2 sets forth a partially sectioned view of toy FIG. 10 showing the articulated claw in the raised position. The depiction in FIG. 2 is a front view of the present invention toy figure which has been partially sectioned to reveal the operative mechanism used in articulating the closable claw.
More specifically, toy FIG. 10 includes a body 11 having a torso 12 which in turn defines an interior cavity 65. Body 11 further includes a downwardly extending torso 13 having an interior cavity 60 formed therein. A head 20 is formed on the upper portion of torso 12. An interior wall 63 having an aperture 64 formed therein separates interior cavities 60 and 65. Torso 12 defines an aperture 36 at shoulder joint 30 and an aperture 80 at shoulder joint 50. A right arm 51 includes an attachment post 81 extending through aperture 80 and terminating in an inwardly extending spring post 82. Right arm 51 further includes a right claw 52 which is not articulated.
Left upper arm 31 extends through aperture 36 of torso 12 and defines a groove 37 which receives the interior portion of torso 12 forming aperture 36. A pair of guides 38 and 39 are formed within interior cavity 65 to further secure the position of left arm 31. Thus, left arm 31 is rotatably secured to torso 12 at shoulder joint 30. As described above, left arm 31 is rotatably secured to claw 40 at left claw joint 32. More specifically, left upper arm 31 defines an inwardly extending lip 45 which is received within a groove 46 formed at the lower end of fixed jaw 41 of claw 40. Left upper arm 31 further includes a post 55 and an aperture 58.
Claw 40 includes a fixed jaw 41 having an aperture 44 formed therein. Fixed jaw 41 further defines an aperture 43 at the lower end thereof and supports a plurality of attachment posts such as post 85. In addition, fixed jaw 41 includes a post 48. Claw 40 further includes a movable jaw 42 having a lower end extending through aperture 44 and defining an aperture (not shown) which receives post 48 to pivotally secure movable jaw 42 to fixed jaw 41. Movable jaw 42 further defines an aperture 49 and a cable attachment 57. A coil spring 86 defines an end 88 positioned against post 85 and an end 87 received within aperture 49. Spring 46 provides a spring force urging movable jaw 42 to the open position shown in solid-line representation in FIG. 2. Thus, under the urging of spring 86, the interior end of movable jaw 42 is urged against post 85.
Lower torso 13 defines an aperture 61 on the left side thereof and an aperture 62 on the right side thereof. Leg 14 includes a supporting foot 16 and an inwardly extending post 21 which extends through aperture 61. Post 21 terminates in an enlarged head 22 which secures leg 14 to lower torso 13 in a pivotal attachment. Leg 15 includes a supporting foot 17 and an inwardly extending post 33. Post 33 extends through aperture 62 and is substantially smaller in diameter than aperture 62. Post 33 terminates in an enlarged head 34 which defines a diameter greater than aperture 62.
An arm 70 includes an end 72 pivotally coupled to post 33 of leg 15, an aperture 71, and an end 73. End 73 terminates in a post 74. A coil spring 76 is received upon and captivated between post 74 of arm 70 and post 82 of right arm 51. Arm 70 is pivotally secured to lower torso 13 by the extension of post 35 through aperture 71. The larger diameter of aperture 62 permits the pivotal motion of arm 70. End 73 of arm 70 extends through an aperture 64 formed in wall 63. Thus, the angular motion of arm 70 about post 35 is limited by the size of aperture 64 together with the relationship between the size of aperture 62 in lower torso 13 and the diameter of post 33 of leg 15. A flexible cable 56 has one end secured to end 73 of arm 70 through attachment 75 and the remaining end secured to movable jaw 42 at attachment 57. Cable 56 passes through aperture 58 in left arm 31 and bends about post 55. Thereafter, cable 56 passes through aperture 43 in fixed jaw 41 and extends to attachment 57.
In the embodiment in the present invention shown in FIG. 2, leg 14 is pivotable with respect to lower torso 13 as it pivots about post 21 while leg 15 is pivotable with respect to lower torso 13 as it pivots about end 72 of arm 70. In addition, leg 15 is pivotable with respect to lower torso 13 in the direction indicated by arrow 24 due to the larger diameter of aperture 62. This pivotal motion of leg 15 causes a corresponding pivotal motion of arm 70 about post 35. Spring 76 provides a compressive spring force which urges arm 70 in a pivoting direction away from post 82 in a clockwise rotation until end 73 contacts one side of aperture 64 in the position shown in solid-line representation in FIG. 2. Correspondingly, spring 86 provides a spring force which urges the interior end of movable jaw 42 toward post 85 thereby urging movable jaw 42 toward the open position shown in FIG. 2 and slightly tensioning cable 56.
Thus, with movable jaw 42 maintained in the open position, left arm 31 may be pivoted about shoulder joint 30 without altering the position of movable jaw 42. Similarly, the entire claw assembly 40 may be rotated about claw joint 32 without significantly effecting the open position of movable jaw 42. Thus, as described above, the user is able to position upper arm 31 and claw 40 as desired without altering the open position of movable jaw 42.
The closure of movable jaw 42 is accomplished by the application of an inwardly directed force upon leg 15 and foot 17 in the direction indicated by arrow 24. This inwardly directed force causes a corresponding pivotal motion of arm 70 in the direction indicated by arrow 83 which overcomes spring 76. As end 73 of arm 70 is moved inwardly due to pivotal motion of leg 15, cable 56 is drawn inwardly about post 55 which in turn overcomes the force of spring 86 and pivots movable jaw 42 toward closure against fixed jaw 41 in the direction indicated by arrow 54. As leg 15 continues to pivot inwardly, cable 56 is drawn fully and movable jaw 42 is pivoted in the direction of arrow 54 to the closed position shown in dashed-line representation. This closed position is maintained so long as leg 15 is held in the inwardly pivoted direction with respect to lower torso 13. Once leg 15 is released, however, spring 76 produces a spring force against end 73 of arm 70 pivoting arm 70 in a clockwise direction about post 35 producing a return of leg 15 to its normal position. Correspondingly, the pivotal motion of end 73 of arm 70 removes the tension applied to cable 56 allowing spring 86 to again pivot movable jaw 42 to the open position shown in solid-line representation. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the motion of movable jaw 42 in response to pivotal movement of leg 15 is continuous and intermediate positions may be attained by movable jaw 42 through movement of leg 15.
In accordance with an important aspect of the present invention, the operative mechanism provided by arm 70 and cable 56 together with springs 86 and 76 allows the pivotal motion of upper arm 31 and the rotational motion of claw 40 to be carried forward without effecting the open or closed position of movable jaw 42 with respect to fixed jaw 41. Thus, as upper arm 31 pivots about shoulder joint 30, the force upon cable 56 is virtually uneffected. Similarly, the rotation of fixed jaw 41 upon claw joint 32 similarly avoids effecting the tension applied to cable 56 in any significant extent. As a result, the user is able to position both upper arm 31 and claw 40 as desired through their entire ranges of motion and is nonetheless to independently actuate the closure of claw 40 solely through manipulation of leg 15. This has been found to provide substantial advantage in increased play value and excitement for the child user and provides substantial improvement in the toy figure.
What has been shown is a toy figure having a grasping claw which is operated in response to pivotal motion of one leg of the toy figure. The claw is rotatably supported upon an upper arm which in turn is pivotally coupled to the torso of the toy figure. The opening and closing action of the grasping claw is independent of the pivotal position of the upper arm and rotational position of the entire claw assembly. The toy figure is largely fabricated in its preferred form of molded plastic components and is relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture. The mechanism provided is extremely durable and has great resistance to abuse and stressful use by the child user.
While particular embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes and modifications may be made without departing from the invention in its broader aspects. Therefore, the aim in the appended claims is to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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|Mar 4, 1996
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|Mar 7, 2000
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