Articulated toy figure

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1983-05-06

1986-02-18

Yu, Mickey

Amusement devices: toys

Figure toy or accessory therefor

Having enclosed reinforcing or skeletal portion

446376, 264138, 264242, A63H 346

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045712093

ABSTRACT:
An articulated toy figure, which does not require manual assembly of individual elements, is made by injection molding a frame using a first set of mold inserts. The frame includes elements that are joined together by breakable portions and that provide half hinges. The frame is left in the mold while the first set of inserts is replaced by a second set configured to produce completion elements around the frame. These completion elements span the individual elements of the frame and complete the half joints provided thereby. The frame elements, along with the completion elements molded around them, result in an automatically assembled figure produced by two molding operations. If desired, the figure can be painted before it is flexed to break the breakable portions of the frame in order to yield a fully mobile articulated toy figure.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1595203 (1926-08-01), Leathers
patent: 3624691 (1971-11-01), Robson
patent: 4470784 (1984-09-01), Piotrovsky

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