EP0362061A1 - Soft-bodied dolls - Google Patents

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EP0362061A1
EP0362061A1 EP89402655A EP89402655A EP0362061A1 EP 0362061 A1 EP0362061 A1 EP 0362061A1 EP 89402655 A EP89402655 A EP 89402655A EP 89402655 A EP89402655 A EP 89402655A EP 0362061 A1 EP0362061 A1 EP 0362061A1
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  • the invention relates to dolls or similar toys, such as stuffed animals representing living beings and comprising a flexible body, generally consisting of a fabric envelope stuffed with fibers and rigid or semi-rigid members generally made of a material. molded plastic.
  • the members are generally connected to the flexible body by a simple seam or gluing line which assumes a role of attachment, but no role of relative maintenance: these members then hang along the body, except in the case of a tight assembly for which they occupy with respect to the body a practically invariable position.
  • the object of the invention is, above all, to remedy this drawback by proposing for the frames a very economical construction and very easy to adapt to dolls of different dimensions.
  • the reinforcements in question are essentially characterized according to the invention in that they are in the form of at least one rod constituted by a metal wire having a section of between 3 and 13 mm2, coated or not with a plastic sheath, rod capped at at least one of its ends by a ball.
  • the rod extends along a winding path comprising a U
  • - the course of the stem has the general shape of a capital omega
  • the armature comprises two rods of the above kind each serving as an articulation support for two members, one of the two rods being assigned to the articulation of the two arms and the other to the articulation of the two legs
  • - the two above rods are rigidly assembled one on the other
  • - the body of the doll contains an additional rigid rod of the above kind, one end of which carries a ball serving as a gentle friction articulation for the head of the doll, said rod being rigidly assembled with at least one rod assigned to the joint of limbs.
  • the invention includes, apart from these main provisions, certain other provisions which are preferably used at the same time and which will be more explicitly discussed below.
  • the doll comprises: a flexible body 1 composed of an envelope 2, in particular made of fabric, filled with a stuffing mass or bench 3 made in particular of synthetic fibers or of cotton wool, a head 4 linked to this body 1, in particular by sewing or gluing, - And four rigid or semi-rigid members, in particular in molded plastic, namely two arms 5 and two legs 6.
  • a frame or frame having the shape of a small dumbbell that is to say composed of a rigid but slightly deformable rod 7, the two ends of which carry two rigid balls 8, - And two rigid shells 2 suitable for covering the balls 8 with a slight tightening so as to be able to slide against them with friction, said shells being attached respectively to the ends to be articulated of the two members 5 or 6 concerned.
  • the rod 7 is advantageously constituted by a metal wire having a cross section between 3 and 13 mm2: if it is a circular section, as is the preferred case, its diameter is therefore between 2 and 4 mm, limits included, preferably being of the order of 3 mm.
  • Said wire is in particular steel, but it could also be an insulated electric wire, that is to say comprising a metallic core 7 quo (FIG. 2) and a plastic sheath 72: by way of example , the core is made of copper, with a polyvinyl chloride sheath.
  • the rod 7 is long enough so that the two balls 8 which terminate it can be placed at the locations of the articulations of the arms or legs of the doll, even after deformation of the said rod along a sinuous path allowing it to be properly held in place inside bench top 3.
  • This length is generally between 10 and 20 cm.
  • the balls 8 are advantageously obtained by injection of a hard plastic material such as a polyamide and their diameter is generally between 10 and 15 mm.
  • the shells 9 are made of a plastic material which is more flexible than the balls, in particular of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • each shell 9 has the shape of a partial sphere whose diameter is equal to or very slightly less than that of the balls 8.
  • This cavity opens outwards at the level of a circular lip 9 adjuvant forming a slightly constricted opening: in this way, each shell 9 can be force-fitted onto a ball 8 by means of a momentary expansion of the lip 91 followed immediately by its return elastic to normal shape.
  • the position of the shell 9 relative to the overlapped ball 8 is stable, but it can be easily modified, the relative movements shell-ball being braked by friction soft of the two spherical surfaces mutually juxtaposed of these two elements.
  • Each shell 9 is connected to a rigid base 10 which may have come from molding with it and against which a member (5 or 6) of the headstock is attached, in particular by tight interlocking and / or gluing.
  • Each ball is then capped by the shell 9 associated with said member 5, 6, which involves the above-mentioned snap effect with momentary elastic expansion of the corresponding lip.
  • each ball frame that is to say the mass of fibers or the like constituting its bench 3 as well as the envelope 2 containing and delimiting this bench, preferably at the tight state.
  • the envelope 2 is hollowed out of the openings necessary to let the members 5,6 pass: the days remaining between these members and these openings are then filled in any desirable way, for example by seam or gluing lines.
  • the doll is then finished.
  • Each ball 8 of a given frame is then exactly positioned in relation to the other ball of the same frame, and the member articulated on this ball can occupy a plurality of distinct stable positions angularly offset relative to each other around the center of said ball.
  • the doll obtained then has both the advantages of softness, flexibility and lightness of dolls with flexible bodies and that of rigid dolls, residing in the possibility of conferring on their different members stable relative positions and easy to modify.
  • a given ball frame of the kind described above can be used both for the articulation of the arms and for that of the legs of the same doll and can be adapted to dolls of very different dimensions.
  • the invention is in no way limited to those of its modes of application and embodiments which have been more especially envisaged; on the contrary, it embraces all variants, in particular: - those where only one of the two ball frameworks described above would be used, being assigned to the articulation of the two arms only or to that of the two legs only, - those where the two balls of the same frame would be assigned respectively to the articulation of an arm and that of a leg, - those where at least one of the two ball frameworks would be deformed according to a sinuous course different from those described above, extending for example along a V or along a three-dimensional line, - those where, the doll considered comprising two frameworks with balls of the kind described above, these would be rigidly assembled one on the other, by example by common twisting of their central portions then juxtaposed side by side, or using a strand of wire or other intermediate solid body, - And those where the body of the doll would contain, in addition to at least a ball frame

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Il s'agit d'une poupée ou jouet analogue comportant un corps souple (1) et des membres rigides ou semi-rigides (5,6). Cette poupée comporte, noyée dans son corps (1), au moins une tige métallique (7) dont chaque extrémité porte une boule rigide (8), chaque boule étant coiffée avec un léger serrage par une coquille rigide (9) solidarisée avec l'un des membres (5,6) de façon à former une articulation à frottement doux pour ce membre.It is a doll or similar toy 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 a slight tightening by a rigid shell (9) secured to the one of the members (5,6) so as to form a soft friction joint for this member.

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L'invention est relative aux poupées ou jouets analogues, tels qu'animaux en peluche représentant des êtres vivants et comportant un corps souple, générale­ment constitué par une enveloppe de tissu bourrée de fibres et des membres rigides ou semi-rigides générale­ment constitués en une matière plastique moulée.The invention relates to dolls or similar toys, such as stuffed animals representing living beings and comprising a flexible body, generally consisting of a fabric envelope stuffed with fibers and rigid or semi-rigid members generally made of a material. molded plastic.

Ces jouets seront désignés dans la suite par le vocable "poupées" dans un souci de simplification et à titre bien entendu non limitatif.These toys will be designated in the following by the term "dolls" for the sake of simplification and, of course, without limitation.

Dans les poupées connues du genre en question, les membres sont généralement reliés au corps souple par une simple ligne de couture ou de collage qui assume un rôle d'accrochage, mais aucun rôle de maintien relatif : ces membres pendent alors le long du corps, sauf dans le cas d'un montage serré pour lequel ils occupent par rapport au corps une position pratiquement invariable.In known dolls of the genus in question, the members are generally connected to the flexible body by a simple seam or gluing line which assumes a role of attachment, but no role of relative maintenance: these members then hang along the body, except in the case of a tight assembly for which they occupy with respect to the body a practically invariable position.

Pour rendre les poupées du genre en question telles qu'au moins deux de leurs membres soient articu­lés à frottement doux par rapport au corps, c'est-à-dire occupent par rapport à ce corps des positions stables facilement modifiables, il a déjà été proposé (brevet Luxembourg n° 55 186) de noyer dans ledit corps une armature présentant des portions saillantes en forme de boules au moins partielles destinées à être coiffées à frottement doux par des coquilles solidaires des mem­bres.To make dolls of the genus in question such that at least two of their members are articulated with gentle friction with respect to the body, that is to say occupy with respect to this body stable positions which can easily be modified, it has already been proposed (Luxembourg patent No. 55,186) to drown in said body a frame having protruding portions in the form of at least partial balls intended to be capped with gentle friction by shells secured to the members.

Mais les armatures en question, généralement constituées en matière plastique moulée, étaient coû­teuses, ce qui grevait de façon inadmissible le prix global des poupées considérées, généralement très bas.But the frames in question, generally made of molded plastic, were expensive, which unacceptably burdened the overall price of the dolls considered, generally very low.

L'invention a pour but, surtout, de remédier à cet inconvénient en proposant pour les armatures une construction très économique et très facile à adapter à des poupées de cotes différentes.The object of the invention is, above all, to remedy this drawback by proposing for the frames a very economical construction and very easy to adapt to dolls of different dimensions.

A cet effet, les armatures en question sont essentiellement caractérisées selon l'invention en ce qu'elles se présentent sous la forme d'au moins une tige constituée par un fil métallique présentant une section comprise entre 3 et 13 mm², enrobé ou non par une gaine en matière plastique, tige coiffée à l'une au moins de ses extrémités par une boule.To this end, the reinforcements in question are essentially characterized according to the invention in that they are in the form of at least one rod constituted by a metal wire having a section of between 3 and 13 mm², coated or not with a plastic sheath, rod capped at at least one of its ends by a ball.

Dans des modes de réalisation préférés, on a re­cours en outre à l'une et/ou à l'autre des dispositions suivantes :
- la tige s'étend selon un parcours sinueux comprenant un U,
- le parcours de la tige présente la forme générale d'un oméga majuscule,
- l'armature comprend deux tiges du genre ci-dessus ser­vant chacune de support d'articulation à deux membres, l'une des deux tiges étant affectée à l'articulation des deux bras et l'autre à l'articulation des deux jambes,
- les deux tiges ci-dessus sont assemblées rigidement l'une sur l'autre,
- le corps de la poupée contient une tige rigide supplé­mentaire du genre ci-dessus dont une extrémité porte une boule servant d'articulation à frottement doux pour la tête de la poupée, ladite tige étant assemblée rigidement à au moins une tige affectée à l'articula­tion de membres.In preferred embodiments, use is also made of one and / or the other of the following arrangements:
the rod extends along a winding path comprising a U,
- the course of the stem has the general shape of a capital omega,
the armature comprises two rods of the above kind each serving as an articulation support for two members, one of the two rods being assigned to the articulation of the two arms and the other to the articulation of the two legs,
- the two above rods are rigidly assembled one on the other,
- the body of the doll contains an additional rigid rod of the above kind, one end of which carries a ball serving as a gentle friction articulation for the head of the doll, said rod being rigidly assembled with at least one rod assigned to the joint of limbs.

L'invention comprend, mises à part ces disposi­tions principales, certaines autres dispositions qui s'utilisent de préférence en même temps et dont il sera plus explicitement question ci-après.The invention includes, apart from these main provisions, certain other provisions which are preferably used at the same time and which will be more explicitly discussed below.

Dans ce qui suit, l'on va décrire un mode de réalisation préféré de l'invention en se référant au dessin ci-annexé d'une manière bien entendu non limita­tive.

  • La figure 1, de ce dessin, montre schématique­ment une poupée à corps souple et membres articulés établie selon l'invention.
  • La figure 2 montre à plus grande échelle, por­tions coupées, un composant de cette poupée.
In what follows, a preferred embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the attached drawing, of course, in a non-limiting manner.
  • Figure 1 of this drawing schematically shows a doll with flexible body and articulated members established according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows on a larger scale, cut portions, a component of this doll.

D'une façon connue en soi, la poupée comprend :
- un corps souple 1 composé d'une enveloppe 2, notamment en tissu, remplie par une masse ou paillasse de bour­rage 3 constituée notamment en fibres synthétiques ou en ouate,
- une tête 4 liée à ce corps 1, notamment par couture ou collage,
- et quatre membres rigides ou semi-rigides, notamment en matière plastique moulée, savoir deux bras 5 et deux jambes 6.In a manner known per se, the doll comprises:
a flexible body 1 composed of an envelope 2, in particular made of fabric, filled with a stuffing mass or bench 3 made in particular of synthetic fibers or of cotton wool,
a head 4 linked to this body 1, in particular by sewing or gluing,
- And four rigid or semi-rigid members, in particular in molded plastic, namely two arms 5 and two legs 6.

Pour articuler à frottement doux les deux bras 5 et/ou les deux jambes 6 par rapport au corps 1, on a re­cours selon l'invention :
- à une armature ou ossature présentant la forme d'un petit haltère, c'est-à-dire composée d'une tige 7 ri­gide mais légèrement déformable, dont les deux extré­mités portent deux boules rigides 8,
- et à deux coquilles rigides 2 propres à coiffer les boules 8 avec un léger serrage de façon à pouvoir glisser contre celles-ci avec frottement, lesdites co­quilles étant rapportées respectivement sur les extré­mités à articuler des deux membres 5 ou 6 concernés.To articulate the two arms 5 and / or the two legs 6 with gentle friction relative to the body 1, recourse is had to according to the invention:
- a frame or frame having the shape of a small dumbbell, that is to say composed of a rigid but slightly deformable rod 7, the two ends of which carry two rigid balls 8,
- And two rigid shells 2 suitable for covering the balls 8 with a slight tightening so as to be able to slide against them with friction, said shells being attached respectively to the ends to be articulated of the two members 5 or 6 concerned.

La tige 7 est avantageusement constituée par un fil métallique présentant une section transversale com­prise entre 3 et 13 mm² : s'il s'agit d'une section cir­culaire, comme c'est le cas préféré, son diamètre est donc compris entre 2 et 4 mm, limites comprises, étant de préférence de l'ordre de 3 mm.The rod 7 is advantageously constituted by a metal wire having a cross section between 3 and 13 mm²: if it is a circular section, as is the preferred case, its diameter is therefore between 2 and 4 mm, limits included, preferably being of the order of 3 mm.

Ledit fil est notamment en acier, mais il pour­rait également s'agir d'un fil électrique isolé, c'est-­à-dire comprenant une âme métallique 7₁ (figure 2) et une gaine en matière plastique 7₂ : à titre d'exemple, l'âme est constituée en cuivre, avec une gaine en poly­chlorure de vinyle.Said wire is in particular steel, but it could also be an insulated electric wire, that is to say comprising a metallic core 7 âme (FIG. 2) and a plastic sheath 7₂: by way of example , the core is made of copper, with a polyvinyl chloride sheath.

La tige 7 est assez longue pour que les deux boules 8 qui la terminent puissent être disposées aux emplacements des articulations des bras ou jambes de la poupée, même après déformation de ladite tige selon un parcours sinueux permettant son bon maintien en place à l'intérieur de la paillasse 3.The rod 7 is long enough so that the two balls 8 which terminate it can be placed at the locations of the articulations of the arms or legs of the doll, even after deformation of the said rod along a sinuous path allowing it to be properly held in place inside bench top 3.

Cette longueur est généralement comprise entre 10 et 20 cm.This length is generally between 10 and 20 cm.

Les boules 8 sont avantageusement obtenues par injection d'une matière plastique dure telle qu'une polyamide et leur diamètre est généralement compris entre 10 et 15 mm.The balls 8 are advantageously obtained by injection of a hard plastic material such as a polyamide and their diameter is generally between 10 and 15 mm.

Elles sont montées sur les extrémités de la tige 7 de toute manière désirable, notamment par surmoulage ou par introduction partielle desdites extrémités dans des évidements complémentaires des boules, avec notam­ment interposition d'une couche de colle.They are mounted on the ends of the rod 7 in any desirable manner, in particular by overmolding or by partial introduction of said ends into complementary recesses of the balls, with in particular the interposition of a layer of adhesive.

Les coquilles 9 sont constituées en une matière plastique plus souple que les boules, notamment en poly­chlorure de vinyle, polyéthylène ou polypropylène.The shells 9 are made of a plastic material which is more flexible than the balls, in particular of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene or polypropylene.

La surface intérieure de la cavité de chaque co­quille 9 présente la forme d'une sphère partielle dont le diamètre est égal ou très légèrement inférieur à ce­lui des boules 8.The inner surface of the cavity of each shell 9 has the shape of a partial sphere whose diameter is equal to or very slightly less than that of the balls 8.

Cette cavité débouche vers l'extérieur au niveau d'une lèvre circulaire 9₁ formant une ouverture légère­ment étranglée : de la sorte, chaque coquille 9 peut être emmanchée à force sur une boule 8 moyennant une di­latation momentanée de la lèvre 9₁ suivie immédiatement par son retour élastique à la forme normale.This cavity opens outwards at the level of a circular lip 9 légèrement forming a slightly constricted opening: in this way, each shell 9 can be force-fitted onto a ball 8 by means of a momentary expansion of the lip 9₁ followed immediately by its return elastic to normal shape.

Après un tel montage, la position de la coquille 9 par rapport à la boule 8 chevauchée est stable, mais elle peut être facilement modifiée, les déplacements relatifs coquille-boule étant freinés par frottement doux des deux surfaces sphériques mutuellement juxtapo­sées de ces deux éléments.After such an assembly, the position of the shell 9 relative to the overlapped ball 8 is stable, but it can be easily modified, the relative movements shell-ball being braked by friction soft of the two spherical surfaces mutually juxtaposed of these two elements.

Chaque coquille 9 est raccordée à un socle ri­gide 10 qui peut être venu de moulage avec elle et contre lequel est rapporté un membre (5 ou 6) de la poupée, notamment par emboîtement serré et/ou collage.Each shell 9 is connected to a rigid base 10 which may have come from molding with it and against which a member (5 or 6) of the headstock is attached, in particular by tight interlocking and / or gluing.

Pour fabriquer une poupée munie des composants ci-dessus décrits, on procède comme suit.To make a doll fitted with the components described above, the procedure is as follows.

On commence par replier chaque ossature à boules selon un chemin sinueux tel qu'un U ou qu'un oméga ma­juscule de façon telle que les centres des deux boules de chaque ossature soient écartés mutuellement de la distance désirée et que l'extrémité de tige terminée par chaque boule débouche, sur la face, de cette boule, la plus éloignée du membre à articuler.We start by folding each ball frame along a winding path such as a U or a capital omega so that the centers of the two balls of each frame are spaced apart from the desired distance and the end of the rod finished by each ball emerges, on the face, of this ball, the furthest from the member to be articulated.

On coiffe ensuite chaque boule par la coquille 9 associée audit membre 5,6, ce qui fait intervenir l'ef­fet d'encliquetage ci-dessus évoqué avec dilatation élastique momentanée de la lèvre correspondante.Each ball is then capped by the shell 9 associated with said member 5, 6, which involves the above-mentioned snap effect with momentary elastic expansion of the corresponding lip.

Puis on met en place autour de chaque ossature à boules le corps même de la poupée, c'est-à-dire la masse de fibres ou analogues constituant sa paillasse 3 ainsi que l'enveloppe 2 contenant et délimitant cette paillas­se, de préférence à l'état serré.Then the doll's very body is placed around each ball frame, that is to say the mass of fibers or the like constituting its bench 3 as well as the envelope 2 containing and delimiting this bench, preferably at the tight state.

Bien entendu, l'enveloppe 2 est évidée des ou­vertures nécessaires pour laisser passer les membres 5,6 : les jours subsistant entre ces membres et ces ou­vertures sont ensuite comblés de toute façon désirable, par exemple par des lignes de couture ou de collage.Of course, the envelope 2 is hollowed out of the openings necessary to let the members 5,6 pass: the days remaining between these members and these openings are then filled in any desirable way, for example by seam or gluing lines.

La poupée est alors terminée.The doll is then finished.

Chaque boule 8 d'une ossature donnée y est alors exactement positionnée par rapport à l'autre boule de la même ossature, et le membre articulé sur cette boule peut occuper une pluralité de positions stables distinc­tes décalées angulairement les unes par rapport aux au­tres autour du centre de ladite boule.Each ball 8 of a given frame is then exactly positioned in relation to the other ball of the same frame, and the member articulated on this ball can occupy a plurality of distinct stable positions angularly offset relative to each other around the center of said ball.

La poupée obtenue présente alors à la fois les avantages de douceur, souplesse et légèreté des poupées à corps souple et celui, des poupées rigides, résidant dans la possibilité de conférer à leurs différents mem­bres des positions relatives stables et faciles à modifier.The doll obtained then has both the advantages of softness, flexibility and lightness of dolls with flexible bodies and that of rigid dolls, residing in the possibility of conferring on their different members stable relative positions and easy to modify.

Il est à noter en outre que, en raison de sa déformabilité et de sa mise en forme lors du montage, une ossature à boules donnée du genre ci-dessus décrit peut être utilisée aussi bien pour l'articulation des bras que pour celle des jambes d'une même poupée et peut s'adapter à des poupées de dimensions très différentes.It should also be noted that, due to its deformability and its shaping during assembly, a given ball frame of the kind described above can be used both for the articulation of the arms and for that of the legs of the same doll and can be adapted to dolls of very different dimensions.

En suite de quoi, et quel que soit le mode de réalisation adopté, on dispose finalement d'une poupée dont la constitution et les avantages résultent suffi­samment de ce qui précède.As a result of which, and whatever the embodiment adopted, there is finally a doll whose constitution and advantages result sufficiently from the above.

Comme il va de soi, et comme il résulte d'ail­leurs déjà de ce qui précède, l'invention ne se limite nullement à ceux de ses modes d'application et de réali­sation qui ont été plus spécialement envisagés ; elle en embrasse, au contraire, toutes les variantes, notam­ment :
- celles ou l'une seulement des deux ossatures à boules ci-dessus décrites serait utilisée, étant affectée à l'articulation des deux bras seulement ou à celle des deux jambes seulement,
- celles où les deux boules d'une même ossature seraient affectées respectivement à l'articulation d'un bras et à celle d'une jambe,
- celles où l'une au moins des deux ossatures à boules serait déformée selon un parcours sinueux différent de ceux décrits ci-dessus, s'étendant par exemple selon un V ou selon une ligne à trois dimensions,
- celles où, la poupée considérée comprenant deux ossa­tures à boules du genre ci-dessus décrit, celles-ci seraient assemblées rigidement l'une sur l'autre, par exemple par torsion commune de leurs portions cen­trales alors juxtaposées côte à côte, ou à l'aide d'un brin de fil ou autre corps solide intermédiaire,
- et celles où le corps de la poupée contiendrait, en plus d'au moins une ossature à boules du genre décrit ci-dessus, une tige rigide supplémentaire telle que montrée en tirets en 11 sur la figure 1, une extrémité de ladite tige portant une boule rigide 12 associée comme les boules 8 ci-dessus à des moyens formant avec elle une articulation à frottement doux, cette arti­culation étant affectée à la tête de la poupée, et ladite tige 11 étant assemblée rigidement sur la sus­dite (ou les susdites) ossature(s) à boules, par exemple par des points de soudure 13.As is obvious, and as already follows from the foregoing, the invention is in no way limited to those of its modes of application and embodiments which have been more especially envisaged; on the contrary, it embraces all variants, in particular:
- those where only one of the two ball frameworks described above would be used, being assigned to the articulation of the two arms only or to that of the two legs only,
- those where the two balls of the same frame would be assigned respectively to the articulation of an arm and that of a leg,
- those where at least one of the two ball frameworks would be deformed according to a sinuous course different from those described above, extending for example along a V or along a three-dimensional line,
- those where, the doll considered comprising two frameworks with balls of the kind described above, these would be rigidly assembled one on the other, by example by common twisting of their central portions then juxtaposed side by side, or using a strand of wire or other intermediate solid body,
- And those where the body of the doll would contain, in addition to at least a ball frame of the kind described above, an additional rigid rod as shown in dashes at 11 in Figure 1, one end of said rod carrying a rigid ball 12 associated like the balls 8 above with means forming with it a joint with gentle friction, this articulation being assigned to the head of the doll, and said rod 11 being rigidly assembled on the above (or the above) framework (s) with balls, for example by welding points 13.

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1. Poupée ou jouet analogue comportant un corps souple (1), des membres rigides ou semi-rigides (5,6) et une armature noyée dans le corps, armature présentant des portions saillantes en forme de boules au moins par­tielles (8) destinées à être coiffées à frottement doux par des coquilles (9) solidaires des membres, caractéri­sée en ce que l'armature se présente sous la forme d'au moins une tige (7) constituée par un fil métallique (7₂) présentant une section comprise entre 3 et 13 mm², enro­bé ou non par une gaine (7₁) en matière plastique, tige coiffée à l'une au moins de ses extrémités par une boule (8).1. Doll or similar toy comprising a flexible body (1), rigid or semi-rigid members (5,6) and a frame embedded in the body, frame having projecting portions in the form of at least partial balls (8) intended to be capped with gentle friction by shells (9) integral with the members, characterized in that the armature is in the form of at least one rod (7) constituted by a metal wire (7₂) having a section between 3 and 13 mm², whether or not coated with a plastic sheath (7₁), rod capped at at least one of its ends by a ball (8). 2. Poupée selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la tige (7) s'étend selon un parcours sinueux comprenant un U.2. Doll according to claim 1, characterized in that the rod (7) extends along a sinuous path comprising a U. 3. Poupée selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le parcours de la tige (7) présente la forme générale d'un oméga majuscule.3. Doll according to claim 2, characterized in that the path of the rod (7) has the general shape of a capital omega. 4. Poupée selon l'une quelconque des précédentes revendications, caractérisée en ce que l'armature com­prend deux tiges (7) du genre ci-dessus servant chacune de support d'articulation à deux membres, l'une des deux tiges étant affectée à l'articulation des deux bras (5) et l'autre à l'articulation des deux jambes (6).4. Doll according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the armature comprises two rods (7) of the above type each serving as an articulation support for two members, one of the two rods being assigned to the joint of the two arms (5) and the other to the joint of the two legs (6). 5. Poupée selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que les deux tiges (7) ci-dessus sont assemblées rigidement l'une sur l'autre.5. Doll according to claim 4, characterized in that the two rods (7) above are rigidly assembled one on the other. 6. Poupée selon l'une quelconque des précédentes revendications, caractérisée en ce que son corps (1) contient une tige rigide supplémentaire (11) du genre ci-dessus dont une extrémité porte une boule (12) ser­vant d'articulation à frottement doux pour la tête (4), ladite tige étant assemblée rigidement à au moins une tige affectée à l'articulation de membres (5,6).6. Doll according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that its body (1) contains an additional rigid rod (11) of the above kind, one end of which carries a ball (12) serving as a soft friction articulation for the head (4), said rod being rigidly assembled with at least one rod assigned to the articulation of members (5,6).
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