Action character models and accessories with movable parts
AssigneeMorphonauts LLC
InventorBeau Jared Hacking
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Abstract
An action character model includes a torso and a plurality of appendages including a head and at least one arm and one leg. A plurality of first magnets are attached to and project out of one of the torso or the plurality of appendages. A plurality of second magnets are disposed within the other of the torso or the plurality of appendages on which the first magnets are not attached. The other of the torso or plurality of appendages each bound a recessed socket extending from an exterior surface of the corresponding torso or appendage toward a corresponding one of the second magnets, each of the first magnets being at least partially received within a corresponding recessed socket so that each appendage is magnetically coupled with the torso and so that each appendage is rotatable on the torso.
Claims21
An action character model comprising:
- a torso;
- a plurality of appendages comprising a head and at least one arm and one leg;
- a plurality of first discs, each first disc being comprised of a metal and being attached to and projecting outside of one of the torso or the plurality of appendages;
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- a plurality of second discs disposed within the other of the torso or the plurality of appendages on which the first discs are not attached, each second disc comprising a disc magnet, at least a portion of the disc magnet being disposed directly against the other of the torso or the plurality of appendages, the other of the torso or plurality of appendages each bounding a recessed socket extending from an exterior surface of the corresponding torso or appendage toward a corresponding one of the second discs, each of the first discs being at least partially received within a corresponding recessed socket so that each appendage is magnetically coupled with the torso and so that each appendage is rotatable on the torso.
A toy action character assembly comprising:
- a first part comprised of a polymer;
- a first disc attached to the first part and being comprised of a metal, the first disc having a circular sidewall that extends to an end face, at least a portion of the circular sidewall being spaced apart from the first part;
- a second part comprised of a polymer and having an exterior surface;
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- a second disc disposed within the second part and comprising a disc magnet, wherein a first recessed socket is formed on the second part and extends from the exterior surface of the second part toward the second disc, at least a portion of the first disc being received within the first recessed socket of the second part so that the first disc is magnetically coupled to the second disc and the at least a portion of the circular sidewall of the first disc is disposed directly against the second part, the first disc being rotatable within the first recessed socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.