Toy doll or article with manipulative appendage
US4685893A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 27, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63H3/44
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A toy doll or article comprising a main body, a variable length appendage having a root end attached to the main body and an outer free end, at least one flexible elongate element threaded through the appendage along the length thereof and having a root end attached to the main body and an outer free end, the appendage outwardly of the root end thereof being slidable along the elongate element and sufficiently flexible to ruffle and unruffle when slid inwardly and outwardly along the elongate element to vary the length of the appendage. In a toy doll, the appendage includes a plurality of hair-like strands which are bundled together as by braiding or by bands encircling the strands at selected locations spaced along the length of the bundle. The strands at the free end of the bundle are held by a holding band preferably in relatively tight engagement with the elongate element frictionally to hold the free end of the bundle against movement along the elongate element which may be a length of ribbon. Two elongate elements may be employed to provide easy and quick shortening of the appendage by progressively pulling apart their free ends to apply a force to the holding band overcoming…
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