Abstract: A toy figurine with an extensible appendage includes a body and a resilient member. The resilient member extends through the body and at least a portion of the resilient member is secured within the body without being coupled thereto such that the resilient portion may extend or stretch without affecting the body. In some embodiments, the body may include an outer shell and a tubular member and the resilient member may extend through the tubular member. The tubular member may be the only portion of the figurine composed from a stiff plastic and the remaining portions of the figurine may be composed of soft elastomers of varying resiliency. The composition and configuration of the figurine renders the figurine posable while also allowing the figurine to be launched as a projectile.

Abstract: A doll includes a body which is formed by two body cases and two flexible members are clamped by the two body cases. A flexible neck is connected to the top of the body and a head is connected to the flexible neck. Two arms are respectively connected to two arm ends of the two flexible members and each arm is composed of two arm cases. Two hands are pivotably connected to the two arms. The doll can be assembled quickly and firmly without using any nail. The arms, legs and head can be moved naturally to increase the value of the doll.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bendable and twistable support member and a toy animal using same. In one embodiment, the support member comprises a plurality of first cap-shaped elements, wherein each of said plurality of first cap-shaped elements comprises an opening end and a semispherical top end which has a central hole, the semispherical top end of one first cap-shaped element being inserted into the opening end of another first cap-shaped element such that said plurality of first cap-shaped elements are stacked together. The support member also comprises a string passing through the central hole on each of said stacked plurality of first cap-shaped elements to tie up them from being undetachable.

Abstract: A high-volume structural insert for an inner skeleton of an injection molded toy figure. The insert includes a body portion that occupies at least approximately 50% of the volume of an associated portion of the toy figure. The insert also may be provided with at least one engagement portion for engaging another portion of the inner skeleton. The insert may be unitarily or modularly constructed, and in some embodiments the insert may be substantially hollow.

Abstract: Action toys and methods of assembling and using the toys. A first aspect the invention includes assembleable sectioned portions of background play scenes that are easily assembleable and rearrangeable into virtually endless diorama-like arrangements using a specialized connection system that allows any base and backdrop to be connected in multiple orientations. A second aspect of the invention includes specially designed and constructed figures usable with the background scenes. The figures include central body portions from which flexible limbs and head extend and features that allow the figures to free stand and to hold objects.

Abstract: A toy figure body formed as a four legged animal includes an outer skin and interior padding to assume an animal-like form. Within the front legs and feet of the animal body a front leg armature passed upwardly from the animal's feet through the front legs and across the lower portion of the body. A rear leg armature separate from the front leg armature extends upwardly from the animals feet through the rear legs and passes therebetween through the animal's body. A tail armature extends from with padded animal body outwardly to support a posable tail. In an alternate embodiment, the three separate armatures are covered with a fabric sleeve.

Abstract: A life-like doll has a soft body to better simulate the characteristics of a human body. The doll has an internal structure, which allows for life-like movement and positioning or posing. The internal structure includes sections or segments connected together by pivot, twist or ball joints. The joints have sufficient resistance to movement, via friction or a detent, to hold the limbs and torso of the doll into given posed positions. The soft body covers and conceals the internal structure, so that the doll has a life-like appearance.

Abstract: A toy figure has a body of a downwardly open body shell. Arms are attached to the body shell. A support member is inserted from below into and attached to the body shell. The support member carries legs. The legs are allowed to assume a spread-apart position by spreading the legs outwardly from a defined basic position. An inward biasing force is provided which restores the legs toward the defined basic position. The legs are thus automatically returned from the spread-apart position to the defined basic position.

Abstract: A retainer for maintaining a plurality of conduits in a desired orientation. The inventive device is freestanding on any given horizontal surface. A plurality of engaging assemblies radiate from the mounting assembly for coupling to I.V. lines to maintain the lines in a desired orientation.

Abstract: A toy figure has a torso with a plurality of removable, spring-biased appendages. Each appendage inserted into the torso with connectors. Each of the connectors includes a groove for receiving a movable detent to attach the appendages to the torso. The front of the toy figure contains two buttons which are actuated upon application of a force. When an upper button is actuated, three spring detents move out of engagement with the connector grooves causing both arms and the head appendages to be simultaneously released and biased outwardly from the torso. When a lower button is actuated, two spring detents move out of engagement with connector grooves, causing both leg appendages to be simultaneously released and biased outwardly from the torso.

Abstract: The toy is transformable into two distinct open and closed conditions (O, C) through a body and appendages each of a fixed geometric shape mentioned to collectively present the image of an identifiable animate object in the open condition (O) and an image of an inanimate object in the form of a rounded structure in the closed condition (C) through hinges connecting the body and the appendages to permit controlled relative movement of the appendages both for transformation and play in either configuration. Fasteners are provided to hold the toy in the closed configuration defining the inanimate image and upon release to allow the appendages to open relative to the body to define the open configuration and animate image.

Abstract: A torsional joint armature for poseable figure is formed of a one-piece molded plastic material fabricated from a malleable nonelastic deformable material. The armature is articulated by a plurality of molded joints each of which includes one or more torsional deformation elements to provide the appropriate bending characteristics of the armature. Certain joints are provided with additional motion limiting webs to restrict joint motion in undesired directions.

Abstract: A poseable toy animal including at least a pair of flexible limbs formed in part by skeletal-like structure including a pair of flexible members extending downwardly from a generally inverted U-shaped frame including a pair of downwardly extending support members and formed in part by flexible material surrounding the flexible members and which flexible members and flexible material may be bent into different shapes to provide the animal with different poses.

Abstract: A mannequin providing a small scale model of a living or fanciful figure, the mannequin being created from a blank of non-woven, synthetic plastic, flexible sheet material having paper-like qualities. The blank is die-cut to define a predetermined pattern of interconnected sections. Each section is contoured to provide the form of a particular member of the figure and includes locking tabs projecting from one edge thereof and complementary slots adjacent the opposing edge to receive the tabs. Each section is convertible into a locked tubular element by rolling the section and inserting the tabs thereof into the slots. The sizes and shapes of the resultant tubular elements simulate the members of the figure. By means of different pattern designs, blanks may be provided each capable of creating a unique three-dimensional figure formed by interconnected tubular elements whose sizes and shapes are appropriate to the figure implicit in the picture.

Abstract: A cord-climbing simulated creature has a body comprised of a bottom section and a top section with apertures on each side through which extend legs from a common web member disposed on each side. On the outer surface of the top section of the creature's body is an upstanding post. A winch assembly in the body includes a housing and a winch which has a pair of axially spaced winch sections of different diameter. An elongated flexible string member extends about the smaller diameter winch section and out the front end of the simulated creature and has its outer end attached to a hook element. The opposite end of the string-like member extends about the larger diameter winch section and out through the rear of the creature's body and its outer end is secured to a spool which is adapted to coil the string-like member thereabout and to seat on the post formed on the body member.

Abstract: A waterproof figure toy (10) having arms (16) and legs (18) fixed to resilient connectors (20) formed on a torso (14) to provide a floppy limbed doll. The arms and legs are fixed to the connectors in any convenient manner, as by a waterproof sealant, and a head (12) is fixed to the torso (14) in a watertight manner by means of a torso neck plug (24) and a head neck plug (26) sealingly captured in the head and torso and connected together by a flexible elongated connector (28), which allows movement of the head (12) with respect to the torso (14).

Abstract: An activity toy including a hollow skull extending from a hollow, tubular neck and having eye, nose, and mouth openings. Attachable about and spaced from the skull in relatively tight relation to the neck is a clear face and head mask formed of separable halves secured together by clamps. A plastic amorphous solid substance is loaded into the skull through the neck and extruded out of openings to fill the space between the skull and the mask. Removal of the mask permits further hand working of the plastic substance to modify the appearance of the formed face. Suitable appendages and a hooded cloak are provided to obscure the plastic substance extrusion mechanism and provide a figure that may be placed in combination with the face and head extruding feature.