Actuatable toy containing deformable bladder

A plush stuffed toy, comprising:

• a flexible, plush outer covering defining an internal compartment, wherein the outer covering generally resembles an animal and includes a head and at least one appendage selected from the group consisting of a leg, an arm and a tail;
• a filler material within the compartment and adapted to fill a volume within the compartment;
• a resilient deformable bladder within the compartment, wherein the bladder includes an outer shell and is filled with a fluid substance, wherein the bladder is selectively deformable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state, wherein in the non-actuated state the bladder occupies a region of the compartment, and wherein in the actuated state the bladder extends into a space of the compartment not occupied by the bladder in the non-actuated state, and further wherein the bladder is biased to resiliently return to the non-actuated state;
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• at least one actuatable component that is adapted to move between a non-actuated state and a predetermined actuated state responsive at least in part to deformation of the bladder from the non-actuated state to the actuated state, wherein the actuatable component includes one of the at least one appendages.

A stuffed toy, comprising:

• a flexible outer covering defining an internal compartment, wherein the outer covering and the internal compartment generally define a body region and at least one of the following components:
• a head, an arm, a leg, a tail, a mouth, an ear, and a nose;
• a filler material within the compartment and adapted to fill a volume within the compartment, wherein the volume includes a space distal the bladder and within the at least one of the components;
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• a resilient deformable bladder within at least the body region of the compartment, wherein the bladder includes an outer shell and is filled with a fluid substance, wherein the bladder is selectively deformable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state upon application of external user-applied pressure to the body region, wherein in the non-actuated state the bladder occupies a region of the compartment and retains its shape when the external user-applied pressure is not imparted to the bladder, wherein in the actuated state the bladder extends into a space of the compartment not occupied by the bladder in the non-actuated state and at least proximate to at least one of the components to urge a predetermined movement of the at least one of the components from a first position that corresponds to the non-actuated state of the bladder and a second position that corresponds to the actuated state of the bladder, wherein the bladder is biased to resiliently return to the non-actuated state upon removal of the external user applied pressure.