Toy animal figure

Claim 2

A soft manipulatable article for use as a toy of the like comprising a flexible cover defining an animal form, and a fluent partial filling within said cover, said filling being of a particulate nature, and said cover being composed of three marginally joined pieces of material, said pieces comprising a pair of opposed side pieces joined about a major portion of the peripheries thereof, and a bottom piece joined to and extending between the portions of the peripheries not directly joined to each other to provide a body portion said portions of the peripheries of said side pieces joined together providing an extremity of the body portion, and means for stiffening said extremity compRising joining juxtaposed surface portions of said opposed side pieces at a point in the extremity spaced inwardly from the periphery thereof.

Claim 3

The article of claim 1 wherein said filling comprises an foodstuff.

Claim 4

The article of claim 1 wherein said filling partially fills said cover and is manually shiftable therein to form the flexible cover to any of a plurality of stable animated positions.

Claim 5

The article of claim 2 wherein said filling partially fills said cover and is manually shiftable therein to form the flexible cover to any of a plurality of stable animated positions.

Claim 6

The article of claim 1 wherein the animal form defined is a fanciful whale incorporating, in one position, a relatively flat bottom, a high humped forwardly located body section, a rearwardly located vertically orientated tail section, and a relatively narrow transition section between the body and tail sections, said head section tapering smoothly into said transition section.

Claim 7

The article of claim 5 wherein the volumetric capacity of the head section is sufficient to accommodate substantially all of the filling.

Claim 8

A soft manipulatable article for use as a toy, or the like, comprising a flexible cover defining an animal form, said cover being composed of three marginally joined pieces of material, said pieces comprising a pair of opposed side pieces joined together about a major portion of the peripheries thereof, and a bottom piece joined to and extending between the portions of the peripheries not directly joined to each other, said animal form defined being a fanciful whale incorporating, in one position, a relatively flat bottom, a high humped forwardly located body section, a rearwardly located vertically orientated tail section, and a relatively narrow transition section between the body and tail sections, said head section tapering smoothly into said transition section, and a fluent partial filling within said cover, said filling being a foodstuff, said filling being manually shiftable therein to form the flexible cover to any of a plurality of stable animated positions, said tail section being provided with stiffening means for rendering said tail generally self-sustaining when void of filling, said stiffening means comprising joining juxtaposed side pieces by a plurality of closely adjacent lines of stitching vertically along said tail at a point in the tail spaced inwardly from the periphery thereof.

Claim 9

A soft manipulatable article for use as a toy, or the like, comprising a flexible cover defining an animal form, said cover being composed of three marginally joined pieces of material, said pieces comprising a pair of opposed side pieces joined together about a major portion of the peripheries thereof, and a bottom piece joined to and extending between the portions of the peripheries not directly joined to each other, said animal form defined being a fanciful whale incorporating, in one position, a relatively flat bottom, a high humped forwardly located body section, a rearwardly located vertically orientated tail section, and a relatively narrow transition section between the body and tail sections, said head section tapering smoothly into said transition section, and a fluent partial filling within said cover, said filling being a foodstuff, said filling being manually shiftable therein to form the flexible cover to any of a plurality of stable animated positions, said tail section being provided with stiffening means for rendering said tail generally self-sustaining when void of filling, said stiffening means comprising joining juxtaposed side pieces by a plurality of closely adjacent lines of stitching vertically along said tail at a point in the tail spaced inwardly from the periphery thereof.

Claim 10

The article of claim 7 wherein said tail and transition section are laterally deformable, when substantially void of filling, whereby a vertical standing of the article on that portion of the head section immediately adjacent the transition section can be effected, said filling defining a base within the head section sufficient to maintain the head section upright.

Claim 11

The article of claim 8 wherein a relatively dense filling is provided by the utilization of a filler material which packs leaving a minimum of interstices.

Claim 12

The article of claim 9 wherein the filler is millet seed.

Claim 13

The article of claim 1 wherein a relatively dense filling is provided by the utilization of a filler material which packs leaving a minimum of interstices.

Claim 14

The article of claim 11 wherein the filler is millet seed.

Claim 15

A soft manipulatable article for use as a toy, or the like, comprising a flexible cover defining an animal form, said cover being composed of three marginally joined pieces of material, said pieces comprising a pair of opposed side pieces joined together about a major portion of the peripheries thereof, and a bottom piece joined to and extending between the portions of the peripheries not directly joined to each other, said animal form defined being a fanciful whale incorporating, in one position, a relatively flat bottom, a high humped forwardly located body section, a rearwardly located vertically orientated tail section, and a relatively narrow transition section between the body and tail sections, said head section tapering smoothly into said transitIon section, and a fluent partial filling within said cover, said filling being a foodstuff, said filling being manually shiftable therein to form the flexible cover to any of a plurality of stable animated positions, said tail section being provided with stiffening means for rendering said tail generally self-sustaining when void of filling, said stiffening means comprising joining juxtaposed side pieces at a point in the tail spaced inwardly from the periphery thereof.

Claim 16

A soft manipulatable article for use as a toy, or the like, comprising a flexible cover defining an animal form, said cover being composed of three marginally joined pieces of material, said pieces comprising a pair of opposed side pieces joined together about a major portion of the peripheries thereof, and a bottom piece joined to and extending between the portions of the peripheries not directly joined to each other, said animal form defined being a fanciful whale incorporating, in one position, a relatively flat bottom, a high humped forwardly located body section, a rearwardly located vertically orientated tail section, and a relatively narrow transition section between the body and tail sections, said head section tapering smoothly into said transitIon section, and a fluent partial filling within said cover, said filling being a foodstuff, said filling being manually shiftable therein to form the flexible cover to any of a plurality of stable animated positions, said tail section being provided with stiffening means for rendering said tail generally self-sustaining when void of filling, said stiffening means comprising joining juxtaposed side pieces at a point in the tail spaced inwardly from the periphery thereof.