Amusement devices: toys – Operated by intrinsic temperature change
Patent
1995-02-02
1996-05-21
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Operated by intrinsic temperature change
446 79, A63H 3300, A63H 3316
Patent
active
055184332
ABSTRACT:
A toy jewel ornament includes a body having one or more articulated elements which are hingedly movable upon the body to assume a closed position covering a toy jewel also supported upon the body or an open position exposing the toy jewel. In one embodiment, the ornament is configured as a pendent and resembles an Aladdin's lamp having a jewel at its center and a generally hemispherical hollow jewel cover coupled to the pendent body by an integrally molded hinge. In an alternate embodiment, the ornament is formed in a flower-like shape having a plurality of radially extending petals and is securable to the wrist of a toy figure. The petals are movable between an open bloomed position exposing the jewel and a closed bud-like position fully enclosing the jewel. The ornaments are thermally set in the closed position by manually forcing the ornament to the closed position after warming and temporarily immersing the ornament in a cold water bath. Thereafter, the ornament maintains the thermal set and maintains the closed position until again exposed to a warm water bath or its equivalent at which time the ornament again opens exposing the jewel.
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Ekstrand Roy A.
Mattel Inc.
Muir D. Neal
Yu Mickey
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