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US 5,072,998 AGranted
Stuffed anatomical members
AssigneeDel Cerro Investment Group, Inc.
InventorBobby Y. Oh
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Abstract
Plush stuffed anatomical members for mounting on a computer monitor or a like object to make the object less intimidating to children and therefore to encourage its use by children. The stuffed anatomical members may include a head member, two arm members, and two feet members. Each member is detachably secured to the object using hook and loop fasteners.
Claims10
A combination using stuffed anatomically shaped members for the ornamental personification or characterization of a video monitor comprising:
- a multi-surfaced video monitor;
- a plurality of three-dimensional stuffed anatomically shaped members selectively attachable to said video monitor wherein all of said stuffed anatomically shaped members cooperate with said video monitor to visually define a character;
- a first hook and loop fastener mating surface attached to each of said stuffed anatomically shaped members;
- a plurality of second hook and loop fastener mating surfaces attachable to one or more surfaces of said video monitor;
- each of said second hook and loop fastener mating surfaces being a corresponding mating surface to each of said first hook and loop fastener mating surfaces to thereby facilitate detachable attachment of said anatomically shaped members to said video monitor;
- each of said stuffed anatomically shaped members serves as an appendage of a character and said video monitor serves as the body of the character;
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- each of said anatomically shaped members is formed of a resilient material.
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In combination,
- a video monitor,
- a plurality of stuffed anatomical members for the personification of said video monitor comprising:
- a head-shaped member selectively attachable to and detachable from the top of said video monitor;
- two arm-shaped members selectively attachable to and detachable from opposite sides of said video monitor wherein said video monitor cooperates with said plurality of stuffed anatomical members to visually define a character;
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- a plurality of hook and loop fasteners with first and second mating surfaces;
- a separate first mating surface attached to said head-shaped member and to each of said arm-shaped members;
- said plurality of second mating surfaces attachable to the top and sides of said video monitor,
- each of said second mating surfaces being a corresponding mating surface to one first mating surface, respectively, thereby facilitating detachable attachment of said head-shaped member and said arm-shaped members to said video monitor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.