Bumble Ball Buddy – A Mechanism
Description
Introduction
The bumble ball
buddy (Figure 1) is a battery operated, bouncing, vibrating, children’s
toy. The bumble ball buddy is round and
approximately 6 inches in diameter. The
bumble ball buddy is made of a hard plastic with attaching parts made of a soft
rubber. The bumble ball buddy consist of
three visible parts: soft rubber bouncers, bear face and body, and activation
switch.
Figure 1
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Soft Rubber Bouncers
The soft rubber
bouncers, made of soft rubber, are colored orange, pink, and green, assist the toy in bouncing and rolling.
Bear Face and Body
The bear face and
body, made of a soft rubber, has the appearance of a bear with black paws, a
white face with black ears, and eyeballs that move up and down inside clear
plastic covers. Bear face and body has
the same function as the soft rubber bouncers.
Activation Switch
The activation
switch, made of hard plastic, turns the toy on by pulling the switch away from
the toy, and turns the toy off by pushing the switch into the toy.
Frederick M. Carpenter
English 200 Technical Communications
Summer 2003
