WO2004069361A1

WO2004069361A1 - Articulated plastic toy figure

Info

Publication number: WO2004069361A1
Application number: PCT/LV2004/000001
Authority: WO
Inventors: Zemgus Zaharans
Original assignee: Zemgus Zaharans
Priority date: 2003-02-06
Filing date: 2004-02-06
Publication date: 2004-08-19

Abstract

The plastic figure consists of carcass (2) of metal or other material which is similar according to the quality of fixation and elasticity and a pulp (1) made of soft rubber or silicon-like material, which covers the carcass completely in that creating the shape and appearance of the toy.

Description

ARTICULATED PLASTIC TOY FIGURE

The description of the invention

My invention is connected to such an easy branch of industry as toy production; to be more exact - figures of animal and people (dolls and toy soldiers). The samples found in the market up to now mostly consist of hard of partly hard material (plastic).

If we look back to the toy-making history, we find out that the first toys were made of wood, but later moulded from tin in order to ease the process of manufacturing. The next stage of the toy-making development is using plastic and this is where the producers have stopped. The only progress is that the figures consist of several connected details so that the figure is partly movable and a child can bend the figure as he or she wishes. However if we look at such toy from the children point of view (where the main thing is the resemblance to the original) it is far not suffieciently. The plastic figures offered by me is the next step in the development of the toy- manufacturing.

Unlike the plastic analogous, these toys are soft by the feel and similar to the flesh of man or animal. It is possible to fix the figure in any positon.

This is possible because the plastic figures are made from silicon, rubber or any other similar material with thin and flexible material (e.g. metal wire) which fixes in the position one bends it.

In my experiment I made a prototype of "Plastic Figure". The process of my manufacturing was very simple. The form of a figure is molded from gyps (in my sample its height is 8 cm), from a wire the carcass of the figure is made. See the picture.

A short description how the prototype of this toy was made. The form of a figure is molded from gyps (in my sample its height is 8 cm), from a wire the carcass of the figure is made (see point 2 in the picture). The carcass is inserted in the mould and covered with universal silicon (produced by "SOUDAL") which turns into an elastic rubberized mass when thickens (See point 1). Next it is left for a couple of hours to thicken and takes the form of the mould. Then the figure is ready.

For the present only firm "Front Porch Toys" produce magnetic people that are somewhat similar to my invention. However their production lacks similarity to real people and the toys have a metal floor-stand so that the toy can stand on its magnetic feet.

Yet my offered solution of keeping toy in vertical position is as follows: the feet of the carcass are made heavier than the upper side of the figure so that it can hold all the body. The lower part of the carcass is made heavier than the upper side of the figure yet lighter than the feet in order the toy can stand in a bowed position (see points 4 and 5).

By changing the thickness of wire for the hands of the toy, the fingers can be formed (see point 3), where different things can be placed. This way the toy can hold in its hands anything just as a miniature human

Claims

Claim

The plastic figure consist of carcass consists of metal or other material which is similar according to the quahfixtion and elasticity and a pulp made of soft rubber or silicon - like material, which covers the carcass complete this way creating the shape and apperance of the toy.