Abstract: A game piece and method of manufacture includes a generally planar transparent carrier approximately 1 to 4 mm thick. A front view of a detailed character image is printed on the reverse side of the carrier, which is visible through the carrier obverse side. An opaque silhouette of a neutral color is superimposed upon the character image front view and a rear view of the character image is printed superimposed upon the opaque silhouette. The carrier is then cut from a substrate with a perimetric edge outlining the character image. A foot portion is included, projected upon from the lowermost portion of the perimetric edge. A base portion is included, cut from a similar substrate. The base portion includes a slot into which the foot portion of the carrier securably inserts. The result is a lightweight, packable, transportable, and detailed game piece operable in an associated game space.

Abstract: A portable, lightweight, full-sized (three to nine feet in height), articulated, 3D figure affixed to a platform for stability, and having the ability to be easily dis/assembled from a mailed box. The figures are repositionable in a life-like manner; and comprise: an internal tube-shaped skeletal frame with ball and socket joints, that dis/assembles at the anatomical joints (e.g. neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, etc.); a plurality of external body components, comprising rigid, hollow half-shells resembling human skin and muscle, that encase the skeletal frame; a head unit with a voice box, and eye sockets with LED's; and a rotatable right and left hand and foot unit. The 3D figure may have the appearance of a well-known entity because of pre-fabricated and installed facial features, hair, body structure, etc., or via snap on shields. Exemplary entities comprise: super heroes; sci-fi characters; cartoon or animated characters; and celebrities.

Abstract: The invention is a segmented and jointed doll that may be placed in numerous interesting, geometrical, and educational positions. The doll preferably has body segments, a head segment, limb segments, and facial feature segments that are attached via connectors so that the segments may rotate with respect to each other and the doll may take on and hold different positions and looks.

Abstract: An improved three dimensional display such as a Holiday decoration having collapsible constructions having a shape memory internal frame. In one embodied form, the unique display includes a collapsible internal frame formed, in part, from metal wire imparted with suitable memory characteristics. Such metals are referred to as “shape memory alloys” (SMAs) because much metals “remember” their original shapes. Accordingly, the present invention uses a deformable internal metal frame supporting an outer sheath formed from suitable materials such as fabric, or plastic film for the skin of the inventive three dimensional displays.

Abstract: A soft toy that incorporates pacifiers into the shape of the toy. The toy includes a body made from a pair of planar sheets of a flexible material, the planar sheets having a perimeter that extends along an edge, and a soft, flexible filling. the filling being generally in the shape of the perimeter of the planar sheets. The sheets are connected to one another by way of a seam along a plane to form an enclosed space that covers the filling and results in the edges of the planar sheets are contained within the enclosed space. The connected sheets will create at least one area where a pair of sections of the seam converge towards one another at an angle of from 20 to 40 degrees, but preferably at an angle of about 25 to about 35 degrees. This connection will create an integral pacifier from the material of the toy. The pacifier portion will be nearly conical in shape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a character toy which can be fabricated with the use of a component pattern sheet for the character toy, on which bodily components of the character toy and component connecting plates are arranged, the bodily components being formed with at least one connecting slit, and the component connecting plates being formed with a plurality of connecting slits through which the bodily components are coupled to each other at any selected angles, and a clothing pattern sheet for the character toy on which clothing elements to be put on the bodily components fabricated for the character toy are arranged.

Abstract: A built-up spinning top is formed from a plurality of flat pieces, which are detachably connected to a flat board before being used to build up the top. The built-up spinning top mainly includes an elongate central shaft formed from two axially intersected shaft members to have a cross-shaped cross section, and a set of differently shaped and sized disc members sequentially mounted on the central shaft in a predetermined manner. The built-up spinning top may be spun with fingers or with the help of an ejecting platform and a push member. In the latter case, the disc members include two gear members to mesh with a toothed edge of a sliding way on the ejecting platform, so that the spinning top is rotated along the sliding way to finally eject therefrom to spin on a plane.

Abstract: A card holder is built up with flat parts that are detachably contained in a board before being used to assemble the card holder. The board may be made of a plastic material or a cardboard and is stamped with dies to provide the parts. The parts are then detached from the board to build up the card holder. The board with the parts removed therefrom is used as a base of the card holder, and two generally Y-shaped parts are vertically inserted into two slots provided on the base to serve as two supports for holding a plurality of cards in two deep openings thereon. Other parts may be assembled into decorative models for vertically inserting on the base to also act as a counterbalance to the cards held in the two supports.

Abstract: A revolving structure for built-up toy mainly includes a flat base having round holes provided thereon, flat gear members separately located above the round holes to mesh with one another, disc-shaped stoppers separately located below the round holes, and flat rotating shafts vertically extended through the gear members, the round holes, and the stoppers to project a length from a bottom side of the base. A built-up toy is engaged with a top of each rotating shaft. By turning any one of the rotating shafts at the projected length below the base, the gear members are rotated to revolve all built-up toys connected to the rotating shafts. An interesting dynamic effect is therefore created for the otherwise stationary built-up toys.

Abstract: An amusement toy including a head having at least a partial facial image, and an elastically deformable mouth associated with the head. The mouth has an undeformed dimension in the absence of a deforming force and is capable of deforming such that a deformed dimension of the mouth is at least 20% greater than the undeformed dimension of the mouth. The deformation of the mouth of the toy alters the facial image presented by the head, making a “scary face.” The removal of the force causes the mouth to return to substantially its undeformed dimension. A body of the amusement toy is preferably attached to the head such that the center of gravity of the toy is below the elastically deformable mouth.

Abstract: A lobster-shaped toy is built up from a plurality of modeled parts including a main body part, a lower carapace part, two antenna parts, a plurality of segmental shell parts, two claw parts, and a telson part. All these modeled parts are connected to one another through engagement of slits provided thereon and thereby form a three-dimensional toy lobster. These parts are also provided with patterns showing specific features that are usually found on a real lobster, so that the assembled toy lobster is vivid to attract more players and helps players to know more things about the lobster.

Abstract: A three-dimensional built-up toy includes a doll, a coupling element, a plurality of clothes, and a base all in the form of flat pieces. The doll piece is provided at one side near a middle portion with a first slit having a predetermined depth for engaging with a second slit provided on one side of the coupling element, so that the coupling element is perpendicularly connected to the doll. The base is provided with a plurality of insertion slots, any of which is adapted to receive a lower connecting edge of the doll, so that the doll could stand on the base. Each of the pieces of clothes is provided at one side with a third slit for engaging with the coupling element and thereby being changeably attached to the doll via the coupling element at any time as desired.

Abstract: A crab-shaped toy is built up from a plurality of modeled parts including a main body part, two claw parts, and a plurality of leg parts. All these modeled parts are connected to one another through engagement of slits provided thereon and thereby form a three-dimensional toy crab. These parts are also provided with patterns showing specific features that are usually found on a real crab, so that the assembled toy crab is vivid to attract more players and helps players to know more things about the crab.

Abstract: A three-dimensional built-up toy with freely connectable bases mainly includes at least one base in the form of a flat piece having a plurality of insertion slots formed thereon, and at least one figure and a plurality of matching decorations formed on and removable from the at least one base. The at least one figure and the plurality of matching decorations are integrally provided at lower ends with connecting sections adapted to insert into any of the insertion slots on the at least one base to hold the figure and the decorations to the at least one base in an upright position. The at least one base is provided along peripheral edges with coupling means. Two or more of the bases could be connected together to provide a large flat plane by engaging the coupling means on different bases with one another.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a baby doll gift set comprised of component gift items which, when assembled, are sized and shaped so as to resemble a human infant. A baby doll gift assembly comprises essential component items of this set. Flexible, elongate, cylindrically shaped gift items are transversely inserted through a centralized elastic fabric sleeve to simulate infant appendages. At least one gift item sized and shaped so as to resemble an infant torso is longitudinally sandwiched between the cylindrically shaped gift items inside the elastic fabric sleeve to simulate an infant torso. A spherically shaped gift item is inserted spatially superior to the arm-simulative gift item to simulate an infant head. The resulting baby doll gift assembly may then be further accessorized as desired to complete the baby doll gift set.

Abstract: A three-dimensional toy includes a toy sportsman and a toy ball built up by connecting a plurality of flat parts to one another through engagement of slits, notches and recesses formed on the flat parts. The parts forming the toy sportsman include a main body showing head and trunk of the sportsman, and bent hands and legs detachably connected to the main body. The parts forming the toy ball include two flat round parts intersect with each other. A flat part serving as a supporting base is connected to one of the leg parts and has a connecting base detachably connected to a free end thereof. The toy ball is also detachably connected to an end of the connecting base. A player may employ his or her imagination to freely build up the toy sportsman with these flat parts, so that the sportsman shows different postures of playing ball.

Abstract: Deformable foam toys and puzzles. Novel resilient foam puzzles can be removed from puzzle form and converted into a three dimensional objects, such as toy foam animals. The objects preferably include interchangeable parts, and more preferably include articulating appendages which are interchangeably attachable to a body portion at pivot structures that are affixed to, or which extend thru, the body portions. Preferably, pivot structures are formed by resilient foam pivot pins having deformable retaining caps at opposing ends thereof, which, in the case of foam animals, serve to retain articulating limbs. Alternately, a hex-shaped socket aperture defined by a wall edge portion is provided as a joint socket in one or more of the limbs, and a parallepiped, and preferably an elongated rectangular shoulder pin or hip pin is provided for displaceable frictional engagement with the hex shaped socket to articulate the limbs to desired positions.

Abstract: A simple and inexpensive combination grasping tool and puppet is disclosed in the form of a sheet with distal ends. The tool comprises a single sheet of pliable material with finger-lock `x` slits that provide a custom locked fit around a user's fingers that have been pushed through the slits, thus freeing the user from the requirement of holding onto the tool. After the user has inserted and locked his index finger and thumb into the `x` slits, the device then takes advantage of the user's own dexterous use of his finger and hand muscles and joints to open and close the device while picking up small food items. The distal ends of the device that fold around the inserted fingers serve to: 1) provide an outwardly facing printable display area, and 2) provide a continuous protective barrier for the fingers being used from the small food items being grasped.

Abstract: A bath toy is described which consists of a small distinctive play shape suitable for play by children formed from a flexible sheet of polymer plastic material between 2 mm and 6 mm in thickness. The sheet material has a modulus of elasticity of less than 750 pounds per square inch. The weight of the play shape is less than the supporting effect of a thin layer of water spread evenly over its surface area.

Abstract: A method of making a doll having an image impregnated thereon is disclosed comprising the steps of obtaining the image, forming an altered image that is substantially similar to the original image, copying the altered image onto heat transfer paper using a copying machine, applying the altered image from the heat transfer paper onto material, and constructing the doll with the material. A color laser copier is used to form the altered image and to make a copy of the altered image onto heat transfer paper. In particular, the color laser copier is used to reduce or expand the size of the original image, and, in addition, the mirror image function of the copier is used to copy a mirror image of the original image onto the heat transfer paper. As a result, when the altered image, namely the reduced or enlarged mirror image, is applied from the heat transfer paper onto the material which is used to make the doll, the altered image is properly shown on the doll.

Abstract: Sheep skin (12) with wool (14) attached, is cut into the shape of an animate object to form a toy-like article (10) for a pet or similar animal. The sheep skin (12) is decorated with features of the animate object, such as an eye (16), to help simulate the animate object. The animate objects simulated are objects which animals, such as canine and feline pets, are prone to chase, such as, a fish, cat, mouse or rabbit.

Abstract: A fabric doll constructed in the shape of a "cut-out" paper doll and having certain resemblances to aesthetic features thereof. The doll is assembled in a laminate configuration having outer layers of bonded fabric and an interior pad of a polyester fiber cushion. A stiffening stay is secured in the neck region of the doll for providing rigidity and preventing the head of the doll from flopping over as is conventional with paper dolls and the like. Securement hook and loop strips are also utilized on the frontal surface of the doll for facilitating attachment of play clothes. In this manner, a simple and inexpensive structure closely resembling a paper doll but in a reuseable and washable configuration is provided for the benefit and enjoyment of a small child.

Abstract: Adjustable animal or creature-appearing toy formed of a number of discs of identical diameter arranged side by side on a common axis. The discs are hinged to each other on an axis offset from the common axis for individual swinging movement of each disc independently of the others. Indicia appear on the exposed side of each endmost disc depicting facial features of a selected animal or creature, the intermediate discs being of different selected colors resembling those of the body of the selected animal. Thereby, when said discs are selectively swung through different predetermined arcs about the offset axis, they suggest to the viewer the body of said animal facing toward or away from the viewer.

Abstract: A hand actuated puppet, useful for entertainment, instructional and demonstration purposes has a grasping capability easily mastered by children. The puppet is fabricated from a single piece of sheet stock cut and folded so as to have an upper face panel, a lower panel, and a connecting hinge panel. The upper and lower panels are equipped with finger engaging loops which facilitate manipulation.

Abstract: An attention diverter is mountable on a 35 mm or similar camera and is sufficiently mobile to be carried on the camera while taking pictures. The attention diverter is in the form of a fanciful person or animal and has a body mounted over the prism housing, and legs span the lens. Movement may be provided by making the legs in accordion style so there will be motion as the device is moved. A head extends up from the body, in the form of a board, and googly eyes or the like can be added for further motion. The specific design can be easily varied to attract the attention of the particular age group being photographed.

Abstract: A blank for the sewing of a simulated and stuffed figure features a cruciform yet one piece form. The body, back, arms, front torso, and legs are integral. The doll is formed by folding the arm parts so that the back overlies the stomach. A single seam on each side forms torso and arms. The legs are cut so as to overlie back over front, folded on a leg length axis, and each to be sewn by one seam. Attachment of the head and turning inside out, an aperture remains for stuffing.