Doll body with magnet and pole pieces and detachable appendages

Claim 1

In a toy doll having a magnetic joint structure, the improvement comprising; a body member including a magnet, having at least two flat parallel surfaces, for producing magnetic flux; a plurality of removable appendage members having respectively spherical magnetizable joint portions, said appendage members configured and positioned on the body member to represent respectively a head, legs and arms; a first flat metal plate pole piece positioned on one parallel surface of said magnet and having a peripheral extension portion extending beyond said magnet; a second flat metal plate pole piece positioned on said other parallel surface of said magnet and having an identical configuration to said first pole piece including a peripheral extension portion extending beyond said magnet, the first pole piece being spaced separate and apart from said second pole piece; and a plurality of joint means formed between said first and second pole pieces and including a plurality of respective complementary arc like edge configurations on each of said respective peripheral extension portions and spaced outwardly from and about said magnet to receive and removably secure the appendage members in general configurational positions to represent the nexus of the body member to said head, arms and legs, said appendage members being rotatably movable relative to the body member when retained by a respective joint means, said joint means being capable of contacting and transmitting magnetic flux to said spherical magnetizable joint portions of said appendage members while permitting relative movement therebetween.