U.S. patent application number 12/374047 was filed with the patent office on 2010-02-11 for doll having a flexible, positionable internal structure.
Invention is credited to Felipe Jose Joubert Nogueroles.
Application Number | 20100035510 12/374047 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38961562 |
Filed Date | 2010-02-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100035510 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Joubert Nogueroles; Felipe
Jose |
February 11, 2010 |
DOLL HAVING A FLEXIBLE, POSITIONABLE INTERNAL STRUCTURE
Abstract
Improvements made to patent N.degree. P200601904 relating to a
doll having a flexible, positionable internal structure, comprising
a plastic-covered copper cable (5) forming the skeleton of the
doll, formed by a wire, the ends (5a and 5b) of which are disposed
in the doll's head (2). The wire is coiled around itself such as to
extend from the head to all of the parts of the doll, including the
arms (6) and the legs (7), and back into the head (2), thereby
forming to-and-fro (continuous) dual (twisted) segments with
rounded ends (5c) located inside the hands (3) and feet (4). The
wire is in turn provided with a cover (9) in the form of a cable
sheath made from latex or silicon that is applied thereto by means
of immersion or injection.
Inventors: |
Joubert Nogueroles; Felipe
Jose; (Alicante, ES) |
Correspondence
Address: |
JACQUES M. DULIN, ESQ. DBA;INNOVATION LAW GROUP, LTD.
237 NORTH SEQUIM AVENUE
SEQUIM
WA
98382-3456
US
|
Family ID: |
38961562 |
Appl. No.: |
12/374047 |
Filed: |
January 15, 2009 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/370 ;
446/374 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63H 3/02 20130101; A63H
3/04 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
446/370 ;
446/374 |
International
Class: |
A63H 3/02 20060101
A63H003/02; A63H 3/04 20060101 A63H003/04 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jul 17, 2006 |
ES |
P200601904 |
Jul 5, 2007 |
ES |
P200701893 |
Claims
1. Doll having a flexible, positionable structure, with either a
human or animal physical appearance, comprised of: a) a body (1)
made of a soft material (plush, cotton, foam rubber, etc.), to
which the head (2), hands (3), feet (4) or any other appendages
made of a harder material (plastic, rubber, etc.) are joined; b) an
internal armature structure or skeleton (5) disposed in said body
formed by a plastic-covered copper cable, of a suitable diameter
and unbreakable, so that said body of said doll can totally move,
bend, and keep any of its extremities, trunk and head bent; and c)
said internal armature cable (5) being formed by a continuous
twisted wire, the twisted ends (5a) and (5b) of which are disposed
in the doll's head (2), the wire being twisted or coiled around
itself such as to extend from the head to all of the parts of the
doll, including the arms (6) and the legs (7), and back into the
head (2), thereby forming continuous twisted, dual wire segments
with rounded ends (5c) located inside the hands (3) and feet
(4).
2. Doll having a flexible, positionable structure according to
claim 1 wherein an adhesive is applied in the extremities' joints
(8), between hands (3) and arms (6), and between feet (4) and legs
(7) to prevent their detachment from the soft body of the doll.
3. Doll having a flexible, positionable structure according to
claim 2 wherein said plastic-covered armature cable (5), is in turn
provided with a cover (9) in the form of a cable sheath made of
latex or silicon that is applied thereto by means of immersion or
injection.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a doll having a flexible,
positionable structure, with a number of advantages and
characteristics, which will be described in detail further on, and
which represent an innovative alternative and/or improvement on
this field.
[0002] The object of the present invention consists of a doll,
whose physical appearance can be either human or animal. The doll's
body is made of a soft material, such as cotton, foam rubber, etc.,
as rug and plush dolls, and its head, hands, and feet are made of a
harder material (plastic, rubber, etc.), forming an internal
structure or skeleton that permits a total articulation and
mobility of the head, trunk, and extremities to adopt any position
with no risk of breaking such structure or doll, composed of a
plastic-covered copper cable formed by a wire. The improvements of
the present invention are related to the form and structure
covering such cable which makes impossible to note the cable's
existence when manipulating the doll to articulate it.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The applicant is aware of the existence of several documents
presenting dolls with characteristics similar to the ones of the
present invention, such as U.S. Pat. No. 4,136,484, and GB 656087,
on which the skeleton or internal structure which make articulation
possible, usually made of wire, is covered of plastic to avoid its
breaking.
[0004] However, such plastic cover does not hide the existence of
the wire as a hard body when pressing the soft part of the doll,
the objective of the present addition certificate being to improve
this circumstance, making that the internal cable is not rigid and
seem non-existent to obtain a doll with a more real touch. It must
be stated that the applicant ignores the existence of any other
invention with the same technical, structural, and configuration
characteristics.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The inventive doll, having a flexible, positionable internal
structure, whose physical appearance can be, as we have mentioned
before, either human or animal, is comprised by a body made of a
soft material, as rug or plush dolls (cotton, foam rubber, etc.),
head, hands, feet (or any other appendixes, such as ears, tail,
etc.) made of a harder material (plastic, rubber, etc.), and an
skeleton inside, formed by a plastic-covered copper cable (similar
to electrical ones), coiled around itself (multiple wires twisted
or braided), as a result of which the doll is able to move, bend,
and keep any of its extremities, arms and legs, hands and feet,
head, and trunk or tail bent, and to adopt any position. Besides,
this cable is formed by a wire, the ends of which are disposed in
the doll's head, which is coiled around itself so as to extend from
the head to all of the parts of the doll, including the arms and
the legs, and back into the head, thereby forming to-and-fro
(continuous) dual segments with no sharp-pointed ends.
[0006] The copper cable, which is part of the internal skeleton of
the doll and make articulation possible, is provided with a cover
in the form of a cable sheath made of latex or silicon that is
applied thereto by means of immersion or injection.
[0007] This method results in an advantage, because the contact
with the cable through the foam rubber or cotton filling is almost
imperceptible when manipulating the doll to articulate its
different parts, thus rigidity disappears, but not flexibility.
[0008] Finally, it is important to remark that the invention plans
to use a special adhesive in the extremities to prevent their
detachment from the soft body of the doll.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The invention is illustrated in the enclosed figures, which
intend to complete the present description and help to achieve a
better understanding of the characteristics of the invention:
[0010] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an implementation
example, in this case of a baby, of the new doll according to the
invention, on which some zones partially sectioned have been
represented, to give a better appreciation of the configuration,
and disposition of the inventive internal structure.
[0011] FIG. 2 equally shows a perspective view of the same example,
with the cable sheath made from latex or silicon added to the
internal structure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION, INCLUDING THE PRESENT BEST MODE OF CARRYING
OUT THE INVENTION
[0012] In view of the reference numbers given to the figures, it
can be observed that the doll consists of a body (1) made of a soft
material (cotton, foam rubber, etc.), to which the head (2), hands
(3), and feet (4), made of a harder material (plastic, rubber,
etc.) are joined, a support or skeleton inside formed by a
plastic-covered copper cable (5) (similar to the electrical ones),
of a suitable diameter and unbreakable, as a result of which the
doll is able to move, bend, and keep any of its extremities, arms
(6) and legs (7), hands (3) and feet (4), head (2) and trunk (1)
bent, and to adopt any position.
[0013] The armature cable (5) is formed by a wire, the ends (5a)
and (5b) of which are disposed in the doll's head (2). The wire is
coiled around itself such as to extend from the head to all of the
parts of the doll, including the arms (6) and the legs (7), and
back into the head (2), thereby forming to-and-fro (continuous)
dual segments with rounded ends (5c) located inside the hands (3)
and feet (4).
[0014] (That is, stated another way: a plastic-sheathed copper wire
is formed into a loop with the opposed ends aligned; the now double
wire is twisted around itself in forming the bendable armature
segments for the extremities: head, arms and legs; at the chest
area no twists are done so that a twisted branch extends into each
arm, and separate twist branches extend down the torso into the
legs; the free-end twist segment extends up the neck into the
head.)
[0015] The wire is in turn provided with a cover (9) in the form of
a cable sheath made of latex or silicon that is applied thereto by
means of immersion or injection, making the cable almost
inexistent, without any loss of its flexibility.
[0016] Finally, the invention plans to use a suitable adhesive in
the extremities' joints (8), between hands (3) and arms (6), and
between feet (4) and legs (7) to prevent their detachment from the
soft body of the doll.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0017] In view that the nature and the ways to put the present
invention into practice have been described, it is not considered
necessary to go into the subject in greater depth since any expert
on the field can have enough information to be aware of its reach,
and the advantages derived from it, as well as to proceed to its
reproduction, taking into account that it will be possible to put
it into practice in other ways that differ in detail to the one
given as an example, and to which the protection will reach,
provided that its fundamental principle is not altered, changed or
modified.
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