Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having enclosed reinforcing or skeletal portion
Patent
1995-03-10
1996-05-14
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having enclosed reinforcing or skeletal portion
446371, 446268, 446390, 446391, A63H 304, A63H 336
Patent
active
055163149
ABSTRACT:
A self-supporting, two-legged figure includes an armature with leg wires of stiffly bendable material, extending a substantial distance into the torso preferably at least 3/4 of the way to the head end of the torso a body supported by the leg wires and feet assemblies fixedly connected to a lower end of each of the leg wires. The body includes a head, hands, a torso and arms that may be part of the hands. The head and hands are made of clay, and are generally at least twice as heavy as the torso, making the figure top-heavy. At least one of the feet assemblies has a lower surface for engaging a support surface but independent of the support surface. The feet assemblies weigh more than the entire rest of the figure, and have an effective support surface-engaging area to support the body in an erect or standing condition. The feet assemblies may include an ankle section in the form of a generally inverted conical container, containing heavy particulate material, such as buckshot, embracing the leg wire immediately contiguous an upper surface of the foot, whereby the weight of the feet is augmented but the leg wire can still be bent immediately above the foot within the ankle area.
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Muir D. Neal
Yu Mickey
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