US 12,311,277 B2
Toy assembly with inner object in housing that performs function
Lee Gamble, Etobicoke (CA); and Matthew Lentini, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to Spin Master Ltd., Toronto (CA)
Filed by Spin Master Ltd., Toronto (CA)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/628,147.
Application 17/653,001 is a division of application No. 17/249,144, filed on Feb. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,260,313, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Application 18/628,147 is a continuation of application No. 18/331,275, filed on Jun. 8, 2023, granted, now 11,975,273.
Application 18/331,275 is a continuation of application No. 17/653,001, filed on Mar. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,684,865, issued on Jun. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,140, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246002 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A63H 13/16 (2006.01); A63H 17/26 (2006.01); A63H 29/22 (2006.01); A63H 29/24 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 13/16 (2013.01) [A63H 17/262 (2013.01); A63H 29/22 (2013.01); A63H 29/24 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toy assembly, comprising:
a housing having a wall having an outside surface, wherein the housing defines an interior space, wherein the wall has a plurality of eyelet pass-through apertures;
a plurality of eyelets having a base and a loop structure connected to the base, wherein, for each of the plurality of eyelets and each of the eyelet pass-through apertures, the loop structure is resiliently compressible so as to fit through the eyelet pass-through aperture and to re-expand once through the eyelet pass-through aperture, and the base is larger than the eyelet pass-through aperture so as to prevent the base from being pulled through the eyelet pass-through aperture,
an inner object in the interior space of the housing;
a tether that passes through the loop structures of the plurality of eyelets; and
a breakout motor that is operatively connected to a rotating member that is inside the housing, and wherein an end of the tether is connected to the rotating member, thereby operatively connecting the breakout motor to the tether, such that operation of the breakout motor rotates the rotating member, which pulls the tether, which in turn pulls a portion of the outside surface of the housing through into the interior space of the housing, thereby ripping a hole in the housing,
wherein the inner object is sized to be removable from the housing through the hole.