Jointed limb and method for manufacturing the same

Claim 1

FOR USE IN A FIGURE WHICH SIMULATES A LIVING BEING, A JOINTED LIMB COMPRISING AN ELONGATED, HOLLOW, BENDABLE, LIMB-SIMULATING MEMBER HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE JOINT-SIMULATING PORTION AND A PAIR OF LIMB PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AWAY FROM SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION, A PAIR OF ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID INSERTS SITUATED WITHIN AND EXTENDING ALONG SAID LIMB PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, SAID INSERTS RESPECTIVELY HAVING ENDS ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER AND SITUATED IN THE REGION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID MEMBER, CONNECTING MEANS SITUATED IN SAID MEMBER AT SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF AND CONNECTING SAID ENDS OF SAID INSERTS TO EACH OTHER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID INSERTS ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER, SO THAT SAID LIMB PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBER WILL BEND ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER AT SAID INTERMEDIATE JOINT-SIMULATING PORTION OF SAID MEMBER, SAID CONNECTING MEANS LIMITING TURNING OF SAID INSERTS ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER AND THUS OF SAID LIMB PORTIONS, ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER, EXCLUSIVELY TO NATURAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LIMB PORTIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, AND ELONGATED, DEFORMABLE, SUBSTANTIALLY NON-ELASTIC MEANS SITUATED IN AND EXTENDING ALONG THE INTERIOR OF SAID ELONGATED HOLLOW MEMBER AND ENGAGING SAID INSERTS AT PORTIONS THEREOF SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY FROM SAID ENDS THEREOF, SAID DEFORMABLE MEANS, EXCEPT FOR SAID ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PORTIONS OF SAID INSERTS, EXTENDING FREELY ALONG SAID INSERTS WITHOUT HAVING ANY POSITIVE CONNECTION THERETO, SAID ELONGATED HOLLOW MEMBER WHEN BENT AT SAID INTERMEDIATE JOINT PORTION THEREOF TURNING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INSERTS WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER AND DEFORMING SAID ELONGATED DEFORMABLE MEANS TO A CONFIGURATION DETERMINED BY THE EXTENT OF BENDING OF SAID HOLLOW MEMBER, AND SAID DEFORMABLE MEANS RETAINING SAID INSERTS AND SAID LIMB PORTIONS AT ANY ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER INTO WHICH THEY ARE DISPLACED.