Magnetically coupling manikin joints

A manikin having removable limbs attached thereto by a magnetic assembly comprising:

• an attach base adapted to accommodate a set of magnets of one Pole, said attach base is adapted to be mounted within a torso of said manikin;
• a lead-in base also adapted to accommodate a set of magnets of the opposite Pole, said lead-in base is adapted to be mounted within limbs of said manikin;
• wherein each of said magnets of one Pole is adapted to attract corresponding magnets of the opposite Pole, thus facilitating self-aligning action of said magnets;
• said attach base and said lead-in base are provided with regulating force means adapted to regulate an attachment force of said magnets incorporated in said attach base and said lead-in base in different situations of manikin arrangements;
• said attach base and said lead-in base are provided with a complimentary guiding means to give an assembler of said manikin a sense of touch to understand of where a terminus of said limbs is with respect to said torso when forming a joint, wherein said guiding means forms a part of holding force of said limbs on said torso and adds a level of stability if said assembly is accidentally bumped,
• wherein depth-of-pull force of said magnets is not more than 80 Gauss, and
• wherein said regulating force means is a layer of flux shield placed over said magnets in said attach base and said lead-in base, said flux shield is adapted to control amount of a magnetic flux density and the attachment force of said magnets.

A manikin having removable limbs attached thereto by a magnetic assembly comprising:

• an attach base adapted to accommodate a set of magnets of one Pole, said attach base is adapted to be mounted within a torso of said manikin;
• a lead-in base also adapted to accommodate a set of magnets of the opposite Pole, said lead-in base is adapted to be mounted within limbs of said manikin;
• wherein each of magnets of one Pole is adapted to attract corresponding magnet of the opposite Pole, thus facilitating self-aligning action of said magnets;
• said attach base and said lead-in base are provided with regulating force means adapted to regulate an attachment force of said magnets incorporated in said attach base and said lead-in base in different situations of manikin arrangements;
• said attach base and said lead-in base are provided with a complimentary guiding means to give an assembler of said manikin a sense of touch to understand of where a terminus of said limbs is with respect to said torso when forming a joint, wherein said guiding means forms a part of holding force of said limbs on said torso and adds a level of stability if said assembly is accidentally bumped, and
• wherein depth-of-pull force of said magnets is not more than 80 Gauss,
• wherein said regulating force means is a layer of flux shield placed over said magnets in said attach base and said lead-in base, said flux shield is adapted to control amount of a magnetic flux density and the attachment force of said magnets;
• wherein said magnets accommodated within said attach base are North Pole magnets and said magnets accommodated within said lead-in base are South Pole magnets.