Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having hand-or finger-accommodating means in figure
Patent
1998-07-29
2000-10-03
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having hand-or finger-accommodating means in figure
446 27, 446 72, 220911, 220913, D2866, A63H 300, A63H 3300, A42B 100
Patent
active
061265071
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a reversible doll/hat that can be altered from a doll shape into a wearable hat and back to a doll. The doll/hat has a doll portion and a hat portion, where the doll portion defines an internal cavity, and has a head portion having a mouth portion, a torso portion fixedly attached to the head portion, an aperture having a perimeter that provides access to the interior cavity, and a zipper for closing the aperture. When configured as a puppet, the doll portion has a pocket configured and adapted to permit insertion of a hand of a puppeteer within an internal space defined by the pocket, thereby permitting movement of the mouth portion by the hand. The hat portion has a crown having a front, a back, an exterior, an interior, and an inner periphery, and a headband fixedly attached to and extending around the inner periphery of the crown. The hat portion may also have a brim fixedly attached at the front of the crown. The headband is associated with the perimeter of the aperture, such that the perimeter of the aperture and the zipper each form part of the headband. In a first configuration, the hat portion is placed within the internal cavity of the doll portion, such that at least part of at least one of the brim or the front of the crown functions as stuffing for the doll head and at least part of the crown functions as stuffing for the doll torso. In a second configuration, the hat portion can assume the shape of a wearable hat. The doll portion can be collapsed and placed within the interior of the crown of the hat, so that the doll portion is not visible when the hat is worn.
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Chameleon Products, Inc.
Fossum Laura
Hafer Robert A.
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