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US 2014/0349549 A1Published application
Posable Toy and Method of Interconnection
OwnerLisa McCue Karsten, Kenneth Stephen Karsten, JR.inventors
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Abstract
A toy with a frame assembly having a plurality of frame members each having a gear and centering aperture. Each gear has a plurality of rounded tetrahedral teeth. A flexible fastener connects the first and second frame members together with their gears in alignment with one another. The flexible fastener applies a force to the first and second gears to releasably engage said first and second gears with one another.
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A toy comprising:
- a frame body comprising:
- a plurality of structural body members, at least two of said structural body members each having an alignment aperture and a gear comprising a plurality of gear teeth configured radially outward from said alignment aperture, wherein each of said at least two structural body members is placed adjacent to another one of said at least two structural body members with their respective alignment apertures aligned and their respective gears overlapping;
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- a flexible fastener extending thru said alignment apertures of a pair of adjacent structural body members to join said pair of structural body members together, wherein said flexible fastener applies pressure to said overlapping gears of said pair of structural body members.
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A toy comprising:
- a frame body comprising:
- a plurality of structural body members, each said structural body member having an alignment aperture and a gear comprising a plurality of gear teeth configured radially outward from said alignment aperture, wherein said gear of each structural body members is placed adjacent to a gear of another one of said structural body members with their respective alignment apertures aligned and their respective gear features overlapping;
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- a flexible fastener extending thru said alignment apertures of each pair of adjacent structural body members to join said pair of structural body members together, wherein said flexible fastener applies pressure to said overlapping gears of said pair of structural body members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.