Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor
Reexamination Certificate
1998-05-12
2002-09-10
Banks, Derris H. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
C434S245000, C434S414000, C446S071000, C446S072000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06447363
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to a method of preparing and conveying an intercessory prayer pledge and to a soft sculpture which is utilized in performing the method.
It is the common practice of many people to recite prayers for family members friends and/or who may be suffering from an illness or undergoing other crises. In addition, prayers may be offered to share in other's celebrations i.e. birth of a child.
It is desirable to communicate such personal prayers to the recipient thereby enhancing their spiritual well being.
Thus, the present invention has been developed to provide a method for conveying such personal prayer messages and to provide a soft sculpture which is useful in performing the method.
2. Description of Related Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 5,607,337 to Glenda C. Callahan discloses a system for memorializing the birth of an infant comprising a marking medium and a soft sculpture. The marking medium is appliable to the palms and soles of the infant's hands and feet and is used to replicate the epidermal pattern of the infant's hands and feet upon a substrate.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,878,871 to Nancy C. Noto discloses a method of preparing and conveying a personalized message from a sender to a recipient utilizing a toy having a cavity containing a cassette player, a battery holder, switch and circuit elements interconnecting the player, the holder and the switch. This method includes the following steps which are performed by the sender; personally taping the personalized message on the cassette; inserting the cassette in the player; and giving the toy to the recipient with the cassette therein.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,059,149 to Timothy J. Stone discloses a stuffed animal apparatus including one or more storage compartments in which visual and/or audio materials may be stored and/or displayed. The storage compartments are disposed in the stuffed animal body or in an appendage.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,046,985 to Roscoe Cearfoss discloses a doll having a permanently imprinted doll face on a flap overlying a blank face plate. When the flap is in a down position, the doll is played with in a conventional manner. When the flap is raised, the plate is revealed and the child can draw face designs on the plate.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,094,621 to Joan Friedel discloses a therapeutic doll for self-help that can be used outside of a therapeutic of self-help session. The doll includes a heart area which can be illuminated and speech-producing device which outputs encouraging messages. The doll also includes a variety of icons, such as a liquor bottle or pill bottle, which symbolize personal vices.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,324,201 to Joan Friedel discloses a doll including a body having a torso defining a cavity housing a shelf and closed by a door. A user tears a sheet from a note pad, writes a secret upon the sheet, inserts the sheet into a pocket into the star-like body and inserts the latter upon the shelf. The door of the cavity is closed and the star-like body and the secret upon the note is displaced for subsequent reuse. The secret can also be written upon the sheet torn from the note pad using a pen with conventional disappearing ink.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,358,013 to David P. Shebley discloses a meditation supporting device including a variety of religious or inspirational messages as indicia upon scrolls which are separately inserted in capsule-like containers, a plurality of the capsule-like containers with a variety of the messages being disposed within a large display container for selective removal for the purpose of promoting meditation.
Finally, U.S. Pat. No. 4,509,280 to Veronica Smith discloses a greeting and toy device comprising an animal simulating toy including a main body member consisting of a closed flexible soft envelope containing a soft resilient filler puffing the envelope and an animal part simulating section joined to the envelope and swingable between open and closed positions relative to a corresponding surface of the envelope.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
After much study of the above described problem, the present invention has been developed to provide a method for conveying personal prayer pledges to a recipient who may be undergoing an illness or other crises as well as special celebrations.
The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide tangible evidence to the recipient of the intercessory prayers being offered on behalf of the recipient by all of those persons who apply their signature to a soft sculpture in the form of a doll, which is utilized in performing the present method.
Those persons whose signatures appear on the soft-sculpture doll pledge to remember the recipient in their personal prayers. The giving of the soft sculpture doll or Prayer Pal as it has become known is intended to lift the recipient in a spiritual manner thereby delivering strength, hope, and love to the recipient.
In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of conveying personal prayer pledges to friends or family experiencing crises or special celebrations.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a tangible evidence of the intercessory prayers being offered by all persons who place their handwritten signature on the soft sculpture doll utilized to perform the present method.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a soft sculpture doll having an exterior surface constructed of a material on which hand writing may be applied.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and obvious from a study of the following description and the accompanying drawings which are merely illustrative of such invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4358013 (1982-11-01), Shebley
patent: 4509280 (1985-04-01), Smith
patent: 4795397 (1989-01-01), Stevens
patent: 4878871 (1989-11-01), Noto
patent: 5046985 (1991-09-01), Cearfoss
patent: 5059149 (1991-10-01), Stone
patent: 5094621 (1992-03-01), Friedel
patent: 5184958 (1993-02-01), Ward et al.
patent: 5324201 (1994-06-01), Friedel
patent: 5588895 (1996-12-01), Lardon
patent: 5607337 (1997-03-01), Callahan
patent: 5807155 (1998-09-01), Divvleeon
Banks Derris H.
Mills Law Firm PLLC
Suhol Dmitry
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