US 5,630,745 AGranted

Figure having numerous seamless repositionable parts

OwnerHsu-Chong Yehinventor

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Abstract

A figure configured in the shape of human or animal with multiple repositionable parts is disclosed. The figure is made of two kinds of soft resilient materials, one is of extra softness to be placed in the joint areas; the other is of average softness to be placed in all other areas. Coated on the surface of the figure is rubber or rubber-like resilient material which can be textured and colored. Running through the torso and various parts of the figure are single or multiple internal flexible wires or braided wires. Rigid bars are bonded to the internal flexible wires or braided wires in the nonflexible parts. By protruding rigid bars into a joint from both proximal and distal aspects of joint, and not bonding protruded parts of rigid bars to the internal flexible wires, one can restrict direction and range of the bendability of the joint. A coil encases the internal flexible wires or braided wires within the repositionable joints to extend the life of the internal flexible wires or braided wires.

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Dependent claims

A doll figure comprising:

a skeleton-simulating flexible framework having substantially rigid portions and bendable portions representing joints;
body simulating means for simulating soft tissue enclosing said skeleton-simulating flexible framework and forming an exterior of said doll figure;
said skeleton-simulating flexible framework being made of material manually bendable and torsionally deformable and permanently deformable by manual force at said bendable portions;
said body simulating means including at least first and second resilient materials wherein said second resilient material is softer than said first resilient material;
said second resilient material being disposed around said skeleton-simulating flexible framework at at least one of said bendable portions to facilitate life-like deformation at said at least one of said bendable portions during flexing of the bendable portion simulating bending at one of said joints;
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said first resilient material being disposed around said skeleton-simulating flexible framework at at least a portion of said substantially rigid portions to simulate body tissue at areas other than said joints.

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