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US 5,897,418 AGranted
Test tube doll package
OwnerDonald Spectorinventor
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Abstract
A doll packaged in a test tube, the doll being constituted by a baby figure formed of compressible material whose plasticity is such that when the figure is compressed and thereafter released, it recovers its normal shape and size. When compressed, air is expelled therefrom and the figure is in a shrunken state so that it can be stuffed into the test tube which is then sealed by a stopper. To play with the doll, the stopper is removed and the figure is taken out of the test tube, the figure then inhaling air to recover its normal size and shape.
Claims8
A doll or figure package comprising:
- A. a test tube having an open mouth;
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- B. a single doll figure formed of air-permeable compressible material having sufficient plasticity whereby after being subjected to deformation, it is capable of recovering its normal shape and size, each figure being compressed to expel air therefrom and to cause the figure to assume a shrunken state in which it is stuffed into said test tube so that an upper end of the shrunken figure is then adjacent the mouth of the test tube, whereby when the figure is thereafter taken out of the tube, it inhales air to recover its normal shape and size;
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- C. a stopper to seal the test tube having the shrunken figure stuffed therein, said stopper being inserted in the mouth of the test tube to abut the upper end of the figure, the stopper projecting from the mouth of the test tube to facilitate its removal to expose the upper end of the shrunken figure to air which is inhaled thereby so that the shrunken figure can then be taken out of the test tube to recover its normal shape and size.
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