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US 2023/0191268 A1Published application
Personalized toy figure and method for creating the toy figure from a digital image
OwnerTeresa Lucille ENGELHARDinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to personalized toy figures and methods of making personalized figures using a digital image.
Claims22
A toy figure comprising:
- one or more predominantly flat first portions, each first portion comprising:
- a first layer comprising an image receptive material rendered with a first digital image;
- a second layer comprising an adhesive material;
- and
- a third layer attached to the first layer by the second layer;
- one or more second portions, each second portion comprising:
- at least one connecting groove to engage with at least one of the one or more first portions to hold the at least one of the one or more first portions in a desired position in three-dimensional space relative to the second portion;
- and
- a three-dimensional base part, wherein the three-dimensional base part comprises at least one of:
- shoes, feet, an animal, part of an animal, a vehicle, or a plant base.
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A method of producing a toy figure comprising:
- imprinting a digital image on a top surface of the image receptive material, the image receptive material having adhesive covered by a peelable paper back on a bottom surface
- removing the peelable paper back from the bottom surface to expose the adhesive;
- manually folding the image receptive material containing the digital image along a fold line that divides the image receptive material into two sections, a first layer and a second layer;
- mutually engaging the exposed adhesive on the bottom surface of the first layer and the second layer to form a two-sided first portion;
- and
- pairing the first portion with a second portion comprising:
- at least one connecting groove configured to engage with the first portion to hold the first portion in a desired position in three-dimensional space relative to the second portion;
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- a three-dimensional base part, wherein the three-dimensional base part comprises at least one of:
- shoes, feet, an animal, an animal part, a vehicle, or a plant base that is configured to be perceived by a user as a visual extension of the digital image.
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A part to hold a toy figure, the part comprising:
- a recess on a bottom side configured to interlock with and cover the top of a cylindrical stud of diameter 4.8 mm;
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- a thin, flat blade protruding lengthwise from a top side, the blade less than 75 mm long and less than 10 mm wide;
- wherein the bottom side of the part has a footprint less than or equal to 9.5 mm long and 9.5 mm wide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.