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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128453 | Weighted stuffed animal A figure toy has a body, characterized by a head and torso, with a fabric covering that is at least partially filled with a stuffing material. A plurality of appendages with a fabric covering, which may include contact pads, are substantially unfilled except that th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7364489 | Electromechanical toy A toy includes a body, a motor within the body, an appendage coupled to the body of the toy, a tail device coupled to the body of the toy, and a neck device coupled to the body of the toy. The appendage is actuated by the motor to move along a first path. The tail d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356889 | Child-safe fastening device A child-safe fastening device comprises a clip, one or more than one padded layer covering one or more surfaces of the clip, and one or more than one cover layer secured to the padded layer. The clip, the padded layer, and the cover layer form a plush device. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7300328 | Mountable interactive toy animal The present invention is directed to an interactive toy generally including a body having a body section and a head section. Generally, the body resembles an animal, such as a horse, or popular fictional characters. The body section includes a preformed engagement s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7147537 | Historic wooden adventure system and figures Action toys and methods of assembling and using the toys. A first aspect the invention includes assembleable sectioned portions of background play scenes that are easily assembleable and rearrangeable into virtually endless diorama-like arrangements using a speciali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6929527 | Doll and infrastructure therein A joint for use in toys, such as dolls, includes a first member including at least a portion of a ball and a second member including a socket which receives the at least a portion of the ball. A protrusion is formed on the first member adjacent to the ball such that... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910940 | Collectible and method of making the same A collectible with a core, a filler material, a fabric surface layer, and a fabric attachment. The core is situated inside the fabric surface layer and the fabric surface layer is stuffed with the filler material to form a body. The fabric attachment is attached to ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6783424 | Posable plush toy figure A toy figure body formed as a four legged animal includes an outer skin and interior padding to assume an animal-like form. Within the front legs and feet of the animal body a front leg armature passed upwardly from the animal's feet through the front legs and acros... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6699100 | Stuffed toy for holding greeting card or gift items A stuffed toy, such as an animal or doll, incorporates a display mechanism. The display mechanism permits the stuffed toy to hold opposing edges of an object, for example, a card, and to hold the object securely. The display mechanism permits the stuffed ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6612896 | Posable plush toy figure A toy figure body formed as a four legged animal includes an outer skin and interior padding to assume an animal-like form. Within the front legs and feet of the animal body a front leg armature passed upwardly from the animal's feet through the front leg... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6361395 | Coil features for toys and dolls A new toy for young children incorporating a coil feature is disclosed. A coil preferably an expansion spring, is covered with a sleeve. A head is then affixed to the coil, either directly or to the sleeve as an intermediary, forming the toy. The sleeve m... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6217406 | Wire skeleton for soft sculptured dolls A wire skeleton for a soft sculptured doll comprised of a wire backbone member that extends into the head of the doll and secures within an upward extending sleeve of an inverted t-shaped connector and a unshaped wire that extends through the two sleeves ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6155904 | Wrestling doll A wrestling doll which functions as an exerciser for a boy playing with the doll and as a surrogate for a wrestling opponent. The doll is composed of a head joined by its neck to a torso from whose shoulder region extend a pair of articulated arm appendag... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6126509 | Toy figure with sound-generating mechanism A toy figure having an arm or leg incorporates an internal clicking sound-generating mechanism. For toy figures molded from deformable plastic material, the sound-generating mechanism is within an arm or leg of the toy, and includes first and second membe... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6074270 | Support system and flexible integument for dolls A doll having a natural appearance, a natural feel, and natural motion has an internal support system covered by a flexible integument. The support system has a forward section corresponding to a shoulder girdle and a rearward section corresponding to a p... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5833509 | Bendable figurine book A children's book joined with a bendable figurine to form a figurine book assembly which functions not only as a book but also as an object for play so that the child's interest is sustained in the book. The figurine is a three dimensional character or ob... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5762531 | Posable toy animal A stuffed toy animal using hand-bendable 3/8 inch flat bands to internally support bulk material about the body location of the toy animal and within an outer fabric cover, and using only the bands in depending appendages, such as legs, of the toy animal ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5613317 | Movable decoy head and neck A wildfowl decoy is adapted for spontaneous and continuous movement in response to the wind and other external stimuli, thereby providing a realistic simulation of a wildfowl for hunting and the like. The apparatus is adapted to be utilized with a three-d... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5503583 | Toy with thermochromic material A toy painted with paint containing thermochromic material which changes color as the temperature of the toy varies. Selected portions of the toy may be painted with the thermochromic material to provide a variety of patterns, designs, numbers, letters or... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5432991 | Method of making a display A display and seat cushion for use at arenas, stadiums, and the like, has a generally hand-shaped foam polymer member having a plurality of finger portions thereon and a ductile frame extending through the foam polymer member plurality of finger portions ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5385500 | Flashlight toy The present invention features a snake toy having an illumination apparatus in its mouth. The body of the snake toy has an inner, flexible, corrugated tube of metal or plastic. The flexible corrugation is easily twisted in order to provide different shape... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5350333 | Toy doll A toy doll which can be draped over an exterior structure and remain on that exterior structure during its period of usage. The toy doll can use the appendages of the doll as a further securing arrangement on the exterior structure. The head section of th... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5310378 | Transformable toy The toy is transformable into two distinct open and closed conditions (O, C) through a body and appendages each of a fixed geometric shape mentioned to collectively present the image of an identifiable animate object in the open condition (O) and an image... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5310380 | Adjustable height play toy with movable body portion The toy figure includes a plurality of telescoping sections mounting a head portion and base portion for extension and retraction relative to one another. A body portion is mounted on the telescopic sections between the head and base portions and is movea... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5288257 | Toy figure door stop having door adhering/suction cups An elongate flexible body, having a central body rod, is arranged with the body having forward and rear pairs of appendages directed from the body, with each of the appendages including an appendage rod, and each appendage rod free distal end mounts a piv... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5094645 | Apparatus for suspending a hard object within a soft bodied toy A soft bodied toy including an outer layer of material, an inner layer of material, a relatively dense object positioned within the inner and outer layers, apparatus fixing the outer and inner layers together to provide a space therebetween, stuffing mate... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5061188 | Pneumothorax diagnostic and treatment manikin A manikin can be used to demonstrate the diagnosis and treatment of pneumothorax. A doll in the form of an infant has a ribcage placed in the thoracic cavity, and a balloon is received on one side and a dark filler is on the other. The balloon side will t... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5021020 | Flat toy doll and flat toy doll and folio system An improved flat doll, a combination flat doll and folio system and a method of constructing a flat doll. The flat doll comprises a figure in silhouette form of disproportionate thickness to width having a head, arms, legs and torso, and consisting of a w... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5017173 | Torsional joint skeleton for poseable figure A torsional joint armature for poseable figure is formed of a one-piece molded plastic material fabricated from a malleable nonelastic deformable material. The armature is articulated by a plurality of molded joints each of which includes one or more tors... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5006089 | Life-like toy animal A stuffed animal has a closed fluid containing liner filled with a viscous silicon or silicon/water material. The weight of the silicon/water material gives the animal a life-like weight. The liner is covered by a fur-like plush. The viscous material may ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4964836 | Poseable toy animal A poseable toy animal including at least a pair of flexible limbs formed in part by skeletal-like structure including a pair of flexible members extending downwardly from a generally inverted U-shaped frame including a pair of downwardly extending support... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4954118 | Flexible bodied dolls A doll or similar toy is divulged comprising a flexible body (1) and rigid or semi-rigid members (5, 6). This doll comprises, embedded in its body (1), at least one metal rod (7) each end of which carries a rigid ball (8), each ball being capped with slig... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4932919 | Posable figure with continuous skin A posable figure includes a one-piece integrally molded armature defining a plurality of integrally molded joint members which provide articulation of the elements of the armature. A one-piece molded skin, preferably formed of a plastic or rubber material... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4925423 | Fabric paper doll A fabric doll constructed in the shape of a "cut-out" paper doll and having certain resemblances to aesthetic features thereof. The doll is assembled in a laminate configuration having outer layers of bonded fabric and an interior pad of a polyester fiber... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4832648 | Stuffed figure toy useable as a book cover An aminated toy figurine which may be used as a cover for a book having a head and a body including a trunk and at least a pair of protruding appendages such as a pair of arms. Extending between the head and the trunk is a pivot member. One end of the piv... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4816001 | Toy figure A toy figure having a body consisting of a plurality of fabric discs simulating ruffles superposed one upon the other and centrally mounted on an elastic strip, the elastic having abutments at its ends, to prevent the discs from escaping, the discs acting... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4770123 | Resiliently compressible mouse toy A toy is formed of an elongated, resilient tube with an elongated leather thong-like strip passing through the tube and extending outwardly of the ends of the tube. A knot is formed at one end of the strip to abut the adjacent tube end and to form a stop.... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4725257 | Doll with gripping hand construction and clip therefor A plastic clip is integrally formed to provide a flexible finger portion intermediate two relatively rigid finger portions. It is configured to be assembled within a hand-simulating portion of a doll appendage, with the flexible finger of the clip dispose... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4650701 | Ornamental device and method of constructing same An ornamental device is disclosed having main frame members of braided wire, support members, and spanning members for forming the outline of the device. The device is normally formed in two halves which are mated before a screen is laid over the superstr... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4610640 | Glove puppet figure assembly with articulated head components A glove puppet assembly, in the form of a spider-like creature, has a tail or abdomen portion which can be articulated by wrist action. It may also have an articulated, finger-operated head component, and utilizes a gripping ring holder and a glove member... | 09/09/1986 |
