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US 5,494,472 AGranted
Toy figures with rupturable microcapsules for simulated bleeding
OwnerRichard C. Levy, Richard J. Maddocksinventors
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Abstract
A toy figure has microcapsules affixed to its surface with the microcapsules containing a colored medium, such as a liquid or viscous substance. Upon rupture of the microcapsules, the colored medium is dispersed and is in contrast to the surrounding color to simulate "bleeding" of the toy figure. The microcapsules can be provided in a patch form such that, upon rupture of substantially all of the microcapsules in a particular patch, such patch can be replaced by a subsequent patch having unruptured microcapsules.
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A toy figure comprising:
- a two or three-dimensional toy figure body having an outer surface exhibiting a first discrete color;
- said toy figure body including a plurality of rupturable microcapsules each having a wall confining a flowable medium within the microcapsule, said plurality of microcapsules being disposed over a predetermined discrete area of said toy figure body and forming a continuation of said outer surface;
- the walls of said microcapsules being rupturable in response to application of pressure to the microcapsules to disperse said medium over a discrete portion of the outer surface of the toy figure body;
- said medium being of a color contrasting with said discrete color of said outer surface of said toy figure body to simulate bleeding in said outer surface portion of the toy figure body.
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