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US 5,288,257 AGranted
Toy figure door stop having door adhering/suction cups
OwnerDebra A. Zacherlinventor
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Abstract
An elongate flexible body, having a central body rod, is arranged with the body having forward and rear pairs of appendages directed from the body, with each of the appendages including an appendage rod, and each appendage rod free distal end mounts a pivot shaft through a polymeric bushing, with each pivot shaft mounting a suction cup member thereto, wherein forward and rear pairs of suction cup members of facing relationship are arranged for securement to opposed sides of a door member to prevent inadvertent closing of the door.
Claims3
A toy door stop, comprising,
- an animal simulation figure, having a figure body, the figure body including a first end spaced from a figure body second end, the figure body first end including a pair of forward appendages extending from a bottom surface of the figure body, with the forward appendages spaced from a pair of rear appendages extending from the figure body relative to the figure body bottom surface, and
- each of the appendages includes an appendage distal end, and each appendage distal end includes fastening means for securing the figure body to a door, and
- the fastening means includes a first pair of facing suction cup members mounted to the forward appendages, and a further pair of suction cup members mounted to the rear appendages on a facing relationship, and the figure body having a malleable body rod directed through the figure body, with the body rod including a plurality of appendage rods fixedly mounted to the body rod, with a single appendage rod of said appendage rods directed through each of the appendages, and each appendage rod includes an appendage rod free distal end, and each appendage rod free distal end includes a pivot shaft rotatably mounted to each appendage rod free distal end, and each pivot shaft is rotatably mounted within a polymeric bushing directed from the appendage rod to an exterior surface of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.