Interchangeable mold assembly

Claim 1

A mold assembly for use in making molded toy figurines from a settable liquid mold material, said assembly comprising a pair of mold halves and a plurality of interchangeable mold elements adapted to be respectively removably mounted in one of said mold halves, said mold halves and said interchangeable mold elements having cooperating mold cavities of distinct configuration defining a toy figurine mold when said mold halves are placed in juxtaposition with said cavities facing each other; the cavity of said one mold half including an integrally formed first cavity portion corresponding to a portion of the configuration of the figurine to be formed and a second cavity portion for removably and interchangeably receiving at least one of said mold elements therein, whereby a portion of the configuration of the side of the figurine formed by said one mold half may be varied by selectively interchanging the mold elements received in said second cavity portion; said second cavity portion being dimensioned to receive at least two of said interchangeable mold elements and said interchangeable mold elements defining at least two groups of mold elements, corresponding respectively to at least two body portions of the figurines to be formed, with each mold cavity in said elements having a different configuration for its respective body portion; each of said mold halves including a flat face extending outwardly from the sides and one end of their respective cavities, and an end face plate extending radially outwardly from the other end of the mold cavity, perpendicularly to said flat face, said mold halves defining an opening into their mold cavitites through said end face plate when said mold halves are placed in juxtaposition to each other, whereby said settable liquid mold material can be poured into the mold cavity to form a toy figurine.