Amusement devices: toys – Convertible from – or serving as diverse article – Including figure toy
Patent
1996-09-11
1998-05-05
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Convertible from, or serving as diverse article
Including figure toy
281 29, 281 37, 446148, A63H 300, A63H 3338, A63H 302
Patent
active
057466378
ABSTRACT:
A book particularly suitable and attractive to young children. Relatively stiff front and rear covers open and shut along a side spine to expose and cover a plurality of pages in a typical book fashion. The rear cover is formed of two cardboard or other relatively stiff layers or sheets. A plush toy configured to resemble an upper portion of a figure has a thin base sandwiched between the cardboard layers and adhered therein. Thereby the toy extends above the top edge of the rear cover. On the back of the rear cover is a design aligned and continuous with the toy and depicting a lower portion of the figure. The story written on the pages is about the figure and the figure is preferably illustrated on the front cover. For example, the figure can be a bear, the story can be "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," the figure upper portion can include the bear's head, chest and outstretched front legs (arms), and the rear cover design can be the bottom half of the bear. The toy has width and thickness dimensions similar to those of the rest of the book to conveniently fit in rectangular packaging.
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Muir D. Neal
The Hunt Group
Yu Mickey
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