Toy walking dog

Claim 1

A TOY ANIMAL COMPRISING, A BODY INCLUDING, A HOLLOW TORSO HAVING FRONT AND REAR ENDS, A HEAD MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRONT END, A PAIR OF RELATIVLEY RIGID FRONT LEGS AND A PAIR OF RELATIVELY RIGID REAR LEGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND REAR TORSO ENDS, RESPECTIVELY, ONE LEG OF EACH PAIR AT EACH SAID OF SAID TORSO, EACH OF THE LEGS HAVING A HIGH FRICTION PAD FOR ENGAGING A SUPPORTING SURFACE, LEG MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A RELATIVLEY RESILIENT MOUNTING MEMBER OPERATIVELY ATTACHED SAID LEGS TO SID TORSO FOR WALKING ARTICULATION OF SAID LEGS ON SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE AS SAID BODY IS MOVED ACROSS SAID SURFACE, SAID MOUNTING MEMBER INCLUDING, A FIRST FLAT LEAF SPRING DISPOSED IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE WITHIN SAID TORSO AND HAVING FRONT AND REAR END ADJACENT SAID FRONT AND REAR TORSO ENDS, RESPECTIVELY, FRONT AND REAR FLAT LEAF SPRINGS DISPOSED IN GENERALLY VERTICAL PLANES AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID TORSO, SAID FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS BEING FIXED TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID FIRST FLAT SPRING AND EACH HAVING LEG MOUNTING PORTION ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIRST SPRING ONE OF SAID MOUNTING PORTIONS BEING ADJACENT EACH OF SAID LEGS, AND EACH OF SAID MOUNTING PORTINS BEING RIGIDLY SECURED TO AN UPPER END OF THE ADJACENT ONE OF SAID LEGS, MEAND FIRMLY SECURING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID FIRST SPRING TO SAID TORSO IN A MANNER AFFORDING TWISTING AND VERTICAL FLEXING MOVEMENT OF SAID FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF SAID FIRST SPRING, NOISEMAKER MEANS OPERABLE FOR SIMULATING AN APPROPRIATE ANIMAL SOUND, AND OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING A LINE HAVING AN END CONNECTED TO SAID BODY AT SAID HEAD FOR MOVING SAID HEAD RELATIVE TO SAID TORSO AND PULLING SAID BODY ACROSS SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE WITH SAID LEGS MOVING IN A WALKING MANNER AND SAID PADS ENGAGING SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, AND A GRIPACTUATOR CONNECTED TO AN OPPOSITE END OF SAID LINE FOR TENSIONING THE LINE WHEN PULLING SAID BODY AND FOR SELECTIVELY OPERATING SAID NOISEMAKER MEANS.