Take-apart toy

Abstract

A toy which can be taken apart and reassembled serves as both a soft, cuddly doll and a puzzle. It consists of six stuffed, fabric-covered components of generally uniform thickness that abut one another in a common plane. From the front and back, the assembled components create a two-dimensional view of a fanciful human or animal figure. The components are detachably joined at their abutting edges by Velcro fastening tape or the like. To keep the doll assembled during play, the components are secured in place by reinforcing supports. One end of each support is sewn to one of the components of the doll. The free end of each support is provided with a patch of male Velcro material placed to cover (and fasten to) a corresponding patch of female Velcro material on another component of the doll. The components, with their corresponding supports, are covered and decorated with various fabrics and simulated hair or fur to look like clothed, fanciful humanoid characters. The head (and any hat) is represented by three of the components; the body, arms and legs are represented by the other three. Some or all of the character's facial features may be represented by decoration on the supports for the elements representing the head. Additional components having different fabrics, shapes or facial features from that of the original doll may optionally be provided to simulate changing the doll's clothes or identity by interchanging the new component or components with the doll's corresponding original components.

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