Articulated figure toy and accessories

Claim 2

A figure toy, comprising: a generally hollow torso portion; a pair of limbs movably mounted on opposite sides of the torso portion by joint means including a ball portion on each limb member and mating socket forming apertures on the torso portion, said apertures being of smaller diameters than the respective ball portions whereby the ball portions are disposed substantially within the torso portion; and resilient cushion-type means disposed in the torso portion between the ball portions for exerting opposing biasing forces thereagainst to maintain said ball portions in contact with said socket forming apertures to create frictional forces therebetween for selectively positioning the limbs relative to the torso portion.

Claim 3

The figure toy of claim 1 wherein said cushion means is formed by a resilient O-ring for mating with the curvature of said ball portions.

Claim 4

A figure toy, comprising: a torso portion; a head portion movably mounted on the torso portion; a mouth portion movably mounted on the head portion; and means operatively interconnecting the mouth portion and torso portion to move the mouth portion relative to the head portion in response to movement of the head portion relative to the torso portion.

Claim 5

A figure toy, comprising: a torso portion; a head portion movably mounted on the torso portion; a mouth portion movably mounted on the head portion; and means operatively interconnecting the mouth portion and torso portion to move the mouth portion relative to the head portion in response to movement of the head portion relative to the torso portion.

Claim 6

The figure toy of claim 3 wherein said mouth portion comprises a lower jaw movable to a mouth open position in response to the head portion being moved away from a generally straight-ahead facing position.

Claim 7

The figure toy of claim 4 including spring means for biasing the jaw toward a mouth closed position.

Claim 8

The figure toy of claim 5, wherein said spring means includes a rod member secured to said jaw and extending through an enlarged aperture in the torso portion whereby when the head portion is moved relative to the body portion said rod member engages the sides of said aperture and opens said jaw in response to continued movement of said head portion.

Claim 9

A figure toy, comprising: a torso portion; a head portion movably mounted on the torso portion; a mouth portion in the form of a lower jaw mounted on the head portion in a normally closed disposition; and means operatively interconnecting the lower jaw and the torso portion to move the lower jaw to an open disposition relative to the head portion in response to movement of the head porTion relative to the torso portion.

Claim 10

A figure toy, comprising: a torso portion; a head portion movably mounted on the torso portion; a mouth portion in the form of a lower jaw mounted on the head portion in a normally closed disposition; and means operatively interconnecting the lower jaw and the torso portion to move the lower jaw to an open disposition relative to the head portion in response to movement of the head porTion relative to the torso portion.

Claim 11

The figure toy of claim 7 including means for biasing the lower jaw toward said mouth closed disposition.

Claim 12

The figure toy of claim 7 wherein said last means includes a rod member secured to said lower jaw and engageable with an abutment surface in the torso portion whereby when the head portion is moved relative to the body portion said rod engages said abutment surface and opens said lower jaw in response to continued movement of said head portion.

Claim 13

A figure toy in the form of a four legged animal, comprising: a two part horizontally elongated torso portion having a male-female joint between relatively movable front and rear torso parts, including a female joint portion on the rearward end of the front torso part engageable with a complementary male joint portion on the forward end of the rear torso part, and means interconnected between the torso parts to hold the same together and to provide for universal movement at said joint; a unitary head and neck portion movably mounted on said front torso part at a male-female joint therebetween, including a male joint portion on the front of the front torso part engageable with a complementary female joint portion at the base of said neck, and means interconnected between the front torso part and the unitary head and neck portion to hold the same together and provide universal movement at the joint therebetween; a pair of front legs movably mounted on said torso part at joints permitting movement of the legs in generally vertical planes about a generally horizontal axis extending through the shoulder area of the animal; and a pair of rear legs movably mounted on said rear torso part at joints permitting movement of the rear legs in generally vertical planes about a generally horizontal axis extending through the hip area of the animal, whereby a wide variety of animal-like articulated motions of the figure toy can be effected by independent movement between the unitary head and neck portion and the front torso part, the front and rear torso parts, the front and rear legs relative to the front and rear torso parts, respectively, as permitted by said joint structures.

Claim 14

A figure toy in the form of a four legged animal, comprising: a two part horizontally elongated torso portion having a male-female joint between relatively movable front and rear torso parts, including a female joint portion on the rearward end of the front torso part engageable with a complementary male joint portion on the forward end of the rear torso part, and means interconnected between the torso parts to hold the same together and to provide for universal movement at said joint; a unitary head and neck portion movably mounted on said front torso part at a male-female joint therebetween, including a male joint portion on the front of the front torso part engageable with a complementary female joint portion at the base of said neck, and means interconnected between the front torso part and the unitary head and neck portion to hold the same together and provide universal movement at the joint therebetween; a pair of front legs movably mounted on said torso part at joints permitting movement of the legs in generally vertical planes about a generally horizontal axis extending through the shoulder area of the animal; and a pair of rear legs movably mounted on said rear torso part at joints permitting movement of the rear legs in generally vertical planes about a generally horizontal axis extending through the hip area of the animal, whereby a wide variety of animal-like articulated motions of the figure toy can be effected by independent movement between the unitary head and neck portion and the front torso part, the front and rear torso parts, the front and rear legs relative to the front and rear torso parts, respectively, as permitted by said joint structures.

Claim 15

The figure toy of claim 10 including a tail mounted on the rear end of said rear torso part for movement relative thereto.