Bird toy

Claim 1

AN ANIMATED TOY BIRD COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, MEANS FORMING A GENERALLY HOLLOW BODY; A PAIR OF SUPERPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR UPPER AND LOWER PLATES MOUNTING A GENERALLY HOLLOW HEAD ON SAID BODY FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID BODY ABOUT A GENERALLY UPWARDLY EXTENDING AXIS, THE LOWER PLATE BEING SECURED TO SAID BODY AND THE UPPER PLATE BEING SECURED TO SAID HEAD AND SAID PLATES BEING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID GENERALLY UPWARDLY EXTENDING AXIS; THE LOWER PLATE HAVING A RELATIVELY LARGE APERTURE FORMED THERETHROUGH AND THE UPPER PLATE HAVING A RADIAL SLOT THEREIN; A BEAK PART PROJECTING FROM AND SWINGABLY MOUNTED ABOUT A PIVOT IN SAID HEAD; A TAIL SWINGABLY CONNECTED TO SAID BODY, AND INCLUDING A TAIL OPERATING MEMBER HAVING A PIVOTAL MOUNTING IN SAID BODY; A MOTOR MOUNTED IN SAID BODY; A FIRST CRANK ROTATABLE IN SAID BODY; GEARING INTERCONNECTING SAID MOTOR AND SAID FIRST CRANK WHEREBY, UPON OPERATION OF SAID MOTOR, SAID FIRST CRANK WILL BE ROTATED; A FRAME MOUNTED IN SAID BODY AND SUPPORTING SAID MOTOR, SAID GEARING AND SAID FIRST CRANK; A FIRST LINK CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID FIRST CRANK AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH ALIGNED APERTURES IN SAID PLATES, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID FIRST LINK BEING CONNECTED TO A PORTION OF SAID BEAK PART SPACED FROM THE PIVOT THEREOF; A SECOND LINK CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID FIRST CRANK AND EXTENDING OPPOSITELY TO SAID FIRST LINK, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SECOND LINK BEING CONNECTED TO A PORTION OF SAID TAIL OPERATING MEMBER SPACED FROM THE PIVOTAL MOUNTING THEREOF; A BENT ROD SWINGABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING A FREE END PROJECTING THROUGH SAID RELATIVELY LARGE APERTURE AND ENGAGED IN SAID RADIAL SLOT; A SECOND CRANK SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME AND ROTATED BY SAID GEARING; AND A THIRD LINK CONNECTING SAID SECOND CRANK TO AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID BENT ROD WHEREBY TO OSCILLATE SAID BENT ROD TO, IN TURN, OSCILLATE SAID HEAD RELATIVE TO SAID BODY; SAID BEAK, UPON OPERATION OF SAID MOTOR, BEING OPENED AND CLOSED BY SAID FIRST LINK AND SAID TAIL BEING OSCILLATED BY SAID SECOND LINK, IN TIMED RELATION WITH EACH OTHER.