Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having hand-or finger-accommodating means in figure
Patent
1997-09-12
2000-01-04
Muir, D Neal
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having hand-or finger-accommodating means in figure
446 98, 446901, 428100, A63H 314, A63H 308, B32B 306
Patent
active
060103876
ABSTRACT:
A display system is shown which comprises, in combination, a display panel and a modular multi-layer three dimensional figure which can be readily disassembled and re-assembled in different forms. The display panel has a structural member with a first and second outer covering member, at least one of which is a hook or loop material, and which outer coverings are joined at their lateral edges in a narrow, unobtrusive seam. The figure is comprised of a plurality of first flexible elements, flat in relaxed state, and having hook or loop fabric on at least one facial surface, and a plurality of second flexible elements, also flat in relaxed state, with hook or loop material on both facial surfaces which are releasably secured to the first flexible elements. A method of making the panel and a finger or hand puppet constructed from the flexible elements are also shown.
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Nemec Nadine
Pressman Avra
Formabilities, Inc.
Muir D Neal
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