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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7021989 | Frictional joint for toys Joints for movable toys, such as action figures, that use friction to maintain a fixed position. The toys include several body part members interconnected by a joint that includes a plug portion and a socket portion that receives the plug portion. The socket portion... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6932668 | Method for a customer-controlled stuffed toy A customer-controlled method of stuffing a toy which provides a multi-media interactive experience for a customer that enhances the overall pleasure of purchasing a stuffed toy. A tangible embodiment of a personality is chosen by a purchaser. The tangible embodiment... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6843703 | Electromechanical toy A toy includes a body and an appendage system at a side of the body. The appendage system includes an arm and a linkage. The arm includes a first end fixed to rotate in a circular path and a second unfixed end. The arm defines a slot extending between the first and ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6220922 | Molded soft-skinned figures with articulating members An inanimate figure having soft, resiliently deformable skin defining a body and limbs, at least one of the limbs housing an articulating limb structure comprising at least two substantially rigid limb frame members joined by at least one articulating joi... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6139328 | Grappling dummy and production thereof Disclosed is a grappling dummy is useful as a mock opponent for exercise or practice for athletes training for competitive martial art or wrestling purposes, as well as for practicing self-defense moves. The dummy is given a life size stature (for example... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6132821 | Sculpted wall adornment A three-dimensional soft sculpture wall adornment is made of a pliable and lightweight material. The wall adornment has a raised relief front surface and a back that is at least partially flat. The raised relief has a minimum total relief contrast that as... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6053799 | Doll joint The invention relates to a joint for fastening movable members to a doll's torus, in particular dolls' arms to an upper section. A rotating insert is put into the movable member, in particular the doll's arm, and both rotating sections are connected to ea... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5944577 | Plush toy with concealed message Plush toy that includes a concealed message therein is comprised of first and second halves or portions. The first half of the plush toy has a plush-like surface and a flat, printable surface on which a message is written, and the second half has a plush-... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5788554 | Plush puzzle toy A plush toy is provided having a body and plurality of detachable appendages in the form of arms, legs, tail and a head. The appendages are provided with a male member having hook-and-latch material which fits into mating alignment with recesses provided ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5516314 | Self-supporting figure A self-supporting, two-legged figure includes an armature with leg wires of stiffly bendable material, extending a substantial distance into the torso preferably at least 3/4 of the way to the head end of the torso a body supported by the leg wires and fe... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5378190 | Articulated soft sculpture and method of manufacture A soft sculpture product and method of manufacturing the soft sculpture whereby a simplified and strong joint comprising a single mechanical fastener is used to joint a head, a body and arms. The head, body and arms are all independently rotatable.... | 01/03/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5162012 | Musical pull string toy A musical pull string toy having a pull string extending from the head through the body that is displaceable under tension between a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position. The music box emits sound when the string is recoiled fr... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5112265 | Toy animal having oscillating parts A toy animal having a main body part and an oscillating body part movably mounted upon the main body part by a mounting mechanism which will permit the oscillating body part to have relative rotary and oscillating movement relative to the main body part w... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5083966 | Poseable soft doll A poseable, soft doll has a head which is constructed of a generally circular front portion and a generally circular back portion which are sewn together. The head is attached to an inner body by a flat tubular neck which is attached at its upper end to t... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4884991 | Poseable soft doll A readily and realistically poseable baby doll has shells made of double layers of stretch fabric for the torso, arms and legs. For the most part, each of the shells is filled with a very fine, freely flowable particulate filler. However, a less freely fl... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4878871 | Toy for conveying personalized message A method of preparing and conveying a personalized message from a sender to a recipient utilizes a toy having a cavity containing a cassette player, a battery holder, a switch and circuit elements interconnecting the player, the holder and the switch. The... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4824410 | Joint for toy figures, especially stuffed bears A device for articulating the limbs and head to the body of toy figures. The device consists essentially of plastic disks that grip the covering material and of a plastic bolt that extends through the disks and has barbed sections. The object is to facili... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4816000 | Stuffed toy with enclosed fluid container A stuffed toy animal including an enclosed flexible fluid container and a soft furry exterior having a head portion and a plurality of extremities stuffed with a non-flammable material and a body portion accessible via a zipper for accommodating the flexi... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4776823 | Convertible toy figure A convertible toy figure provided with a head having a face with interchangeable expressive mouths is disclosed. The face includes a first panel with an expressive mouth and nose thereon. The first panel is hingedly attached to the head along a border por... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4758200 | Doll assembly and method therefor A doll assembly and method therefor having structures for attaching a head to a torso. The head includes an opening traversing through the neck and an enlarged cavity. A flexible sleeve stands from the torso into the neck opening and the enlarged head cav... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4687459 | Baby toy An imaginary humanoid toy is disclosed including a body portion and a shell portion. The shell portion includes a plurality of arcuate shell segments, each of which is pivoted about a pair of ears on the body portion. In a first position the humanoid figu... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4662857 | Articulated soft doll construction assembly An articulated soft doll construction in which a soft skin covers a soft doll head and a soft skin covers a soft torso in which the head is universally moveable relative to the torso. The torso has a first skin cover covering a fiber filler material. The ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4575351 | Training doll An improved training doll for prospective mothers, sisters, child attendants and the like is provided which includes a life-like torso having the approximate weight, size and appearance of a baby, preferably a newborn infant. The torso has arms and legs a... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4568298 | Doll with liquid-filled torso and removable liquid fill port seal A doll figure representing a baby or other human figure having a torso enclosing rubber-like liquid reservoir substantially filled with water, has removable reservoir liquid fill port, permitting addition and removal of liquid from reservoir after doll's ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4516951 | Movable toy animal A movable toy animal wherein an electric motor is set on a frame in a head and electrically connected to a battery in a trunk, gearing is operatively connected to the electric motor, an axially-movable change-over gear is meshed with a first output gear i... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4206568 | Joined dolls A plurality of dolls are joined together in face to face relationship by attaching the extremities thereof together. The extremities are bendable to permit relative movement between each of the joined dolls. In one embodiment of the invention, the dolls a... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4094093 | Doll having self-supporting sitting and standing positions A rag doll which is capable of being selectively manipulated or adjusted to assume either a standing or a sitting posture. The doll includes a combined head and torso portion formed of flexible covering material filled with soft, supporting stuffing mater... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4062144 | Flexible doll having arm members pivotable to plural stable positions A doll construction having a relatively flexible body to which leg members and arms are joined, an arm assembly being located in the body adjacent to the upper end thereof and extending outwardly of the body into the arms to define therewith arm members, ... | 12/13/1977 |
