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US 6,183,338 B2Granted
Plaything
OwnerLorretta M. Malletteinventor
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a plaything that includes: (a) a body; (b) a head attached to the body having a recessed area within the head; and (c) a band at least partially surrounding the recessed area. In a further embodiment, the plaything further comprises an appliance that fits in the recessed area. In a still further embodiment, the appliance is detachably affixed to the recessed area. In a yet still further embodiment, the appliance comprises an image.
Claims10
A doll which comprises:
- a body;
- a head attached to the body having a recessed area within the head, the head comprised of stuffing and a covering which acts to maintain the stuffing in place in the recessed area;
- a substantially rigid receiver which comprises a stiffener covered by a material that acts:
- (a) to stand away from the face of the doll and (b) to establish an opening in the head, which receiver at least partially surrounds the recessed area;
- and
- a face appliance to be inserted into the recessed area, one side of which face appliance comprises a sheet having an indicium of a face, the face appliance having a perimeter with a shape similar to the opening established by the receiver, the shape being oval or round.
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