Doll with photographic image
OwnerPeter A. Carnegieinventor
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Abstract
A doll arranged to depict a person realistically. A first image of a person such as a photograph is ultimately transferred to a flexible substrate such as a fabric sheet. The substrate is cut or trimmed generally to configuration of a human body. The substrate is joined to a corresponding rear substrate, thereby forming an outer shell having an open interior. The interior may be stuffed with soft material. The outer shell is then sealed to preclude escape of stuffing material. Optionally, the rear substrate may bear a second image such as that of the rear of the person furnishing the first image. The doll may range in size from very small to full body dimensions or may be even larger.
Claims12
A method of making a doll of generally actual scale simulating the appearance of a person, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a full body image extending from the head to the feet of a person;
- rendering the image to about life scale;
- imposing the image onto a transfer medium;
- transferring the image onto a first doll exterior substrate;
- forming a second doll exterior substrate;
- transferring an image onto the second doll exterior substrate;
- joining the first doll exterior substrate at the peripheral edges to the second doll exterior substrate, while leaving an unjoined portion of the peripheral edges open, thereby generating a mostly closed interior;
- stuffing the joined first doll exterior substrate and second doll exterior substrate, using the unjoined portion for access to the mostly closed interior;
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- sealing the unjoined portion closed.
A doll bearing a human image, comprising:
- a front side flexible exterior substrate having a periphery;
- a rear side flexible exterior substrate having a periphery which is joined to the periphery of the front side flexible exterior substrate to define a mostly closed interior disposed within and surrounded by the front side flexible exterior substrate and the rear side flexible exterior substrate;
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- an image of the front of a person disposed on the front side flexible exterior substrate, wherein the doll has a generally three dimensional outer shape generally configured to simulate a human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.