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US 11,839,274 B2Granted
“Puffy cheek pig” piggy bank
OwnerLeah Greenberginventor
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Abstract
A toy bank has a toy bank body having a coin slot. The bank also has an elastic material covering a portion of the toy bank body. The toy bank body is constructed such that the elastic material distends upon insertion of sufficient coins into the coin slot.
Claims2
A toy bank comprising:
- a piggy bank in the shape of a pig having a face portion and a body portion with a coin slot and a coin well;
- said face portion comprising opposing cheek portions comprising first and second elastic materials;
- said first and the second elastic materials comprising at least rubber or plastic material having an elasticity exceeding that of said body portion;
- said opposing cheek portions configured as coin quantity indicators which distend radially outward and in opposite directions with respect to each other;
- said coin well having a bottom surface extending below the opposing cheek portions;
- said bank configured such that an amount of coins inserted into the bank body coin slot will fill a volume defined by said coin well and thereafter said cheek portions will receive inserted coins and become distended indicating a corresponding amount of coins inserted into the bank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.