Animated talking figures

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A SOURCE OF SUCCESSIVE ELECTRIC SIGNALS OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES AND DURATIONS, AN ANIMATED FIGURE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW BODY IN THE FORM OF AN ANIMATE FIGURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATING MEANS WITHIN SAID BODY AND INCLUDING A STATIONARY MAGNETIZABLE CORE HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED POLE FACES, SAID MEANS BEING ENERGIZABLE BY SAID SOURCE OF SIGNALS TO DEVELOP A MAGNETIC FIELD ADJACENT SAID POLE FACES, THE STRENGTH AND DURATION OF SAID FIELD VARYING IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE MAGNITUDES AND DURATIONS OF THE SIGNALS FROM SAID SOURCE; A PAIR OF MEMBERS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED TO SAID BODY AND EACH INCLUDING AN EXTERIOR PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID BODY, AND AN INTERIOR PORTION WITHIN SAID BODY AND MADE OF MAGNETICALLY RESPONSIVE MATERIAL, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS BEING PIVOTED ON AN AXIS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PORTIONS, SAID INTERIOR PORTION BEING UNBALANCED RELATIVE TO THE EXTERIOR PORTION AND HAVING A PIVOTAL ARC OF TRAVEL ADJACENT BUT SPACED FROM ITS CORRESPONDING POLE FACE AND SWEEPING THROUGH THE MAGNETIC FIELD, SAID INTERIOR PORTION BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN A POSITION ALONG SAID ARC OF TRAVEL OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH ITS CORRESPONDING SAID POLE FACE AND PIVOTABLE TO A POSITION CLOSER TO SAID POLE FACE UPON DEVELOPMENT OF SAID MAGNETIC FIELD, THE DURATION AND DEGREE OF PROXIMITY BETWEEN SAID INTERIOR PORTION AND SAID POLE FACE CORRESPONDING TO THE DURATION AND STRENGTH OF SAID FIELD AND THE PERIOD OF OSCILLATION OF SAID INTERIOR PORTION AS IT SEEKS A POSITION OF MAGNETIC EQUILIBRIUM; AND SAID ELECTRICAL SIGNALS BEING DERIVED FROM A CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED ON A RECORDING APPARATUS.