US3727343A - Jointed figure toy - Google Patents

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US3727343A
US3727343A US00206029A US3727343DA US3727343A US 3727343 A US3727343 A US 3727343A US 00206029 A US00206029 A US 00206029A US 3727343D A US3727343D A US 3727343DA US 3727343 A US3727343 A US 3727343A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/36—Details; Accessories
    • A63H3/46—Connections for limbs

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  • the toy of the" invention preferably representing a doll, is substantially flat-surfaced and has a centrally positioned member body to which are pivotably connected a plurality of members such as head and limbs.
  • the head and limbs are capable: of being detached from the body, of assuming difierent positions upon rotating about the pivoting means which secure them to the body, and of being foldably superimposable upon the body for easy and compact storage.
  • On the upper portion of the body there is suitably provided behindthe head a ring with corresponding string.
  • the present invention is related to toys in general and, more particularly, to dolls and the like which have member elements that are rotatably positionable with respect to one another, superimposable one on another, as well as detachable from one another.
  • the toy of the invention comprises a central member or body having of a substantially flat surface; suitably shaped and having an upper protruding section, serving as a neck for the toy; a head member, also substantially flat is pivotably connected to said upper projection; the body is also provided with four additional and substantially lateral projections to which are pivotably connected corresponding flat-surfaced limbs.
  • the head, as well as the limbs are connected to the centrally positioned body by means of pivots or equivalent fastening means.
  • This supporting means does not interfere in any event with the free pivotably-assumed positions of the head member.
  • the head and the limbs of the toy are readily attachable to and detachable from the central body member by means of conventional fastening pivotable means, which might be, for example, special rivets, cylindrical pivots, conical pivots, snap-on buttons, and the like.
  • fastening pivotable means might be, for example, special rivets, cylindrical pivots, conical pivots, snap-on buttons, and the like.
  • these fastening means may be metallic, plastic or of any other suitable material.
  • the toy per se may be made of flexible and pliable material or, if desired, it may be made of rigid or semi rigid material.
  • the articulation or pivoting action of the head and of the limbs with respect to the body should be such as to permit the members connected to the body to assume any desired position so as to increase the amusing possibilities of the toy.
  • the toy if representing a humanchild figure for example, may be caused to assume real, unreal, comical or caricature postures and may, furthermore, be supplied with an array of interchangeable head pieces and clothing.
  • the pivotability of the head and of the limbs allows the superimposition thereof with respect to both the central body portion and to themselves, so as to reduce the surface of the toy and enable the user to fold it and store it in, for example, a small drawer or a purse or a pocket.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are, respectively, front and rear elevational views of the toy of the invention.
  • FlG. 3 is a sectional detail of the means connecting two member elements of the toy of FIG. 1.
  • the toy illustrated comprises a central body 1 substantially flat and made, preferably, of flexible material, although rigid or semirigid stock material may be used in its manufacture.
  • a projection 2 which may be suitabl circular and of smaller thickness than the thickness 0 the body.
  • This pro ection 2 serves as the neck configuration and to it is pivotably connected, for example by means of pivot 3, a head member 4 equally flat in its surface and having an appendix 5 peripherically circular and matching projection or nect 2 of the body 1.
  • the body 1 is also provided, in lateral positions, both in its upper and lower regions, with a plurality of projections 6, 10, peripherically rounded and of smaller thickness than that of the body proper.
  • projections 6, 10 peripherically rounded and of smaller thickness than that of the body proper.
  • pivots 7 and 11 respectively, the remaining member elements of the toy, namely the arms 8, 9 and the legs 12 and 13.
  • These limbs are also provided with flat surfaces like the rest of the members of the toy.
  • a suspension means 15 which may be a string or an elastic cord, the purpose of which being the lifting and hanging of the toy without in any event interfering with the movements of the pivotable members of the toy.
  • the arms 8, 9, the legs 12, 13 and the head 4 may be positioned at will with respect to the body 1 by pivoting them about their respective pivots 7, l l and 3.
  • the limbs as well as the head may be superimposed on the central body :member or on one another so as to permit the reduction in size of the toy and the storing thereof in such receptacles as purses or pockets.
  • a jointed figure toy comprising:
  • a flat body portion having four openingstherein, the axes of said openings generally defining a rectangle;
  • each of said limb members and said head portion is pivotable to a position substantially overlaying said body portion.

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US5257873A (en) * 1992-04-06 1993-11-02 Abbat Jean Pierre Articulated doll joint
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US6089950A (en) * 1998-06-01 2000-07-18 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6537130B1 (en) 2000-09-07 2003-03-25 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Jointed support system and method of constructing same
US6607684B1 (en) 2000-09-19 2003-08-19 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Method of making a jointed linkage support system
US20040092203A1 (en) * 1998-06-01 2004-05-13 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US20110189922A1 (en) * 2010-01-29 2011-08-04 Derek Handy Toy figures
US20180099228A1 (en) * 2016-12-07 2018-04-12 Shakila Saifullah Assembly for Tactile Promotion of Simplicity and Amusement

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US1545296A (en) * 1923-04-11 1925-07-07 Christian F Wilson Toy acrobat
US1882034A (en) * 1931-12-10 1932-10-11 John K Raugstad Jointed figure toy
US2444169A (en) * 1945-01-20 1948-06-29 Richard E Paige Puppet
US2595971A (en) * 1947-10-16 1952-05-06 William E Mossbauer Mechanical toy cowboy

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US1545296A (en) * 1923-04-11 1925-07-07 Christian F Wilson Toy acrobat
US1882034A (en) * 1931-12-10 1932-10-11 John K Raugstad Jointed figure toy
US2444169A (en) * 1945-01-20 1948-06-29 Richard E Paige Puppet
US2595971A (en) * 1947-10-16 1952-05-06 William E Mossbauer Mechanical toy cowboy

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US5257873A (en) * 1992-04-06 1993-11-02 Abbat Jean Pierre Articulated doll joint
WO1997037739A1 (en) * 1996-04-03 1997-10-16 Mantere, Tuija Joint construction for dolls
US6638136B1 (en) 1998-06-01 2003-10-28 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6830497B1 (en) 1998-06-01 2004-12-14 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6328625B1 (en) 1998-06-01 2001-12-11 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6435938B1 (en) 1998-06-01 2002-08-20 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6482068B2 (en) 1998-06-01 2002-11-19 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6514119B1 (en) 1998-06-01 2003-02-04 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6869331B2 (en) 1998-06-01 2005-03-22 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6089950A (en) * 1998-06-01 2000-07-18 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6287166B1 (en) 1998-06-01 2001-09-11 C. J. Associates, Limited Toy figure with articulating joints
US20040092203A1 (en) * 1998-06-01 2004-05-13 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Toy figure with articulating joints
US6537130B1 (en) 2000-09-07 2003-03-25 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Jointed support system and method of constructing same
US20030205842A1 (en) * 2000-09-19 2003-11-06 Lee James S. W. System for molding a jointed linkage support system
US6607684B1 (en) 2000-09-19 2003-08-19 C. J. Associates, Ltd. Method of making a jointed linkage support system
US6932669B2 (en) 2000-09-19 2005-08-23 C.J. Associates, Ltd. Jointed linkage system
US20110189922A1 (en) * 2010-01-29 2011-08-04 Derek Handy Toy figures
US9056258B2 (en) 2010-01-29 2015-06-16 Mattel, Inc. Toy figures
US20180099228A1 (en) * 2016-12-07 2018-04-12 Shakila Saifullah Assembly for Tactile Promotion of Simplicity and Amusement
US10105614B2 (en) * 2016-12-07 2018-10-23 Shakila Saifullah Assembly for tactile promotion of simplicity and amusement

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IT938575B (it) 1973-01-25
FR2151788A5 (it) 1973-04-20
JPS4835934A (it) 1973-05-26
ES206128U (es) 1976-03-16
ES206128Y (es) 1976-07-16

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