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Wind and Walk Eeyore – A Mechanism Description

 

Introduction

The Walk and Wind Eeyore (figure 1) is a plush walking toy. The Walk and Wind Eeyore is approximately 5 1/2 inches long, 2 1/2 inches wide, and 3 inches tall. The Walk and Wind Eeyore consists of a variety of different materials such as plastic, yarn, and a polyester fabric. The Walk and Wind Eeyore consists of two visible parts:  body and butterfly wind up.

 

Figure 1

Butterfly Wind up

 

 

Body

 

 

 

 

Source:  Fisher Price.  2003.  Fisher Price Plush:  Soft Wind Ups.  16 April.  Internet:  http://www.fisher-price.com/us/pooh/products/product.asp?cat=plush&catcode=Pooh_Plush&pg=1&prod=17454

 

 

Body

The body, made of molded plastic in the Eeyore shape, covered in blue, pink, and purple dyed-polyester fabric, made of a molded plastic in the Eeyore shape contains the mechanism feature that creates the walking movement.

 

 

Butterfly Wind Up

The butterfly wind up, made of molded plastic, in a small, round butterfly shape, protrudes from the right side of the body between the front and rear legs. The butterfly wind up turns in a clockwise motion to activate the walking mechanism that creates the walking movement.

 

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Kenneth Kurkowski

English 200

Technical Writing

Spring 2003