Toy figure with articulating joints

US6287166A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• CJ CORPORATION · CN

Inventors

• James S. W. Lee · New York, US
• Chiu Keung Kwan · Kowloon, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L71/02
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A toy figure having multiple articulating limbs connected to the torso by pivot joints that are molded in a vertical injection molding step that forms and pivotally interconnects, in situ, one member of the pivot joint to a second, pre-formed member of the pivot joint.