Integrally-formed poseable figure toy with suction cups

Abstract

An integrally-formed poseable figure toy having suction cups which in a preferred embodiment provides an immediate visual association with a human figure, the suction cups representing the head, hands and feet. The hands and feet suction cups are co-planar and the molding parting lines are located at the perimeters of the faces of the hands and feet suction cups. The toy is made of a flexible material having a rigidity such that it can be posed on a horizontal surface with substantial vertical span, even when in an oblique, i.e., non-upright, pose. The suction cups may have different sizes and produce different pitches when pulled from a surface. By having a first subset of the co-planar limb suction cups on shorter limbs extending from a first end of the body and a second subset of the co-planar limb suction cups on longer limbs extending from a second end of said body opposite said first end, and having the longer limbs being substantially flexible, centripetal forces generated when the toy is thrown and rotates about its center of mass move said second subset of suction cups away from the suction cup plane and facilitate the thrown toy attaching to a smooth surface upon impact.

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