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US 8,262,430 B2Granted
Animal shaped punch toy
AssigneeImperial Toy, LLC
InventorsRobert J. Ivanic, Christa S. Haratani
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Abstract
A punch toy including an animal shaped body. The animal shaped body includes legs, a head portion having a mouth, a tail portion and a tube portion connected to an opening of the mouth portion. The animal shaped body is expandable and the tube portion is stretchable.
Claims11
A punching toy, comprising:
- an elastomeric outer wall integrally forming an expandable body portion, a head portion, a tail portion and a tube portion coupled to the head portion;
- a light emitting device coupled to the head portion to emit light from the head portion;
- and
- a motion sensing device coupled to the light emitting device, and
- wherein the tail portion comprises a closed loop sized to fit around a user's finger and configured to stretch from a first original length to a second longer length and rebound from the second length to the first original length during a punching operation and
- the tube portion comprises an opening to allow entry of forced air into the body portion.
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A method comprising:
- inflating a toy having an elastomeric outer wall integrally forming a body portion, a head portion having a mouth and a tail portion from a first original configuration to a second expanded configuration wherein in the expanded configuration the body portion expands while the head portion, the mouth and the tail portion retain their original shape when air is forced therein, wherein a light emitting device is coupled to the head portion to emit light from the head portion and a motion sensing device is coupled to the light emitting device;
- punching the toy, wherein punching comprises inserting a person's finger through a closed loop formed by the tail portion and forcing the body portion of the toy away from the person's hand while the finger remains within the closed loop;
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- wherein upon the release of air from the toy, the toy returns back to the first original configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.