DK200401829A - A toy figure - Google Patents

Description

Claims 1. A toy figure comprising a head having a head surface, and being divided into a facial part and a hollow skull part, the facial part and the hollow skull part having abutting, complementarily shaped annular surfaces extend¬ ing along a borderline at the surface of the head and in¬ wardly into the head, and where the hollow skull part is made from a soft pliable elastic material having artifi¬ cial hair sewn into the skull part, and where means are provided for mounting or fastening the hollow skull part on the facial part, characterized in that hair is sewn into the skull part and extends from the inside of the head and out between the abutting, com¬ plementarily shaped annular surfaces of the skull part and the facial part. 2. A toy figure according to claim 1, charac¬ terized in that the hollow skull part has inter¬ nal flanges extending from the surface of the head and into the head, and that the hairs extending between the abutting surfaces of the skull part and the facial part are sewn into the internal flanges. 3. A toy figure according to claim 1 or 2, char¬ acterized in that it comprises a plug having means at one end for engaging with one or more protru¬ sions arranged in the hollow skull part, and the other end extending into the facial part and having means for engaging with one or more protrusions in the facial part. 4. A toy figure according to any of the preceding claims 1-3, characterized in that the facial part is made from a relatively soft plastics material. 5. A toy figure according to any of the preceding claims 1-3, characterized in that the facial part is made from a relatively rigid plastics material. 6. A toy figure according to claim 5, charac¬ terized in that the facial part is made from polystyrene (PS, ABS), or polyoximethylene (POM). 7. A toy figure according to claim 3, charac¬ terized in that the plug is made from a rela¬ tively rigid plastics material, such as polystyrene or ABS. 8. A toy figure according to claim 3 or 7, char¬ acterized in that the means at the other end of the plug for engaging with protrusions in the facial part, comprises one-way, snap-engaging means being ar¬ ranged such as to resist pulling the plug out of the fa¬ cial part after insertion of the plug into the facial part. 9. A toy figure according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the facial part has a neck portion being engageable with a body por¬ tion of the toy figure for connecting the facial part to the body portion. 10. A toy figure according to claim 3, 7 or 8, characterized in that the plug extends through the facial part and below the neck portion, and where the plug at the end below the neck portion is shaped as a ball for engaging with a corresponding socket portion on the body part of the toy figure. 11. A toy figure according to claim l or 2, char¬ acterized in that the skull part has an annu- lar flange arranged on the innermost part of the annular abutting surface on the skull part, and where the annular flange extends from the annular abutting surface and into the facial part in the direction of the neck part of the facial part. 12. A toy figure according to claim 11, charac¬ terized in that the hair extending between the abutting surfaces of the skull part end the facial part is sewn into the annular flange 13. A toy figure according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bor¬ derline at the surface of the head, which is defined by the abutting complementary shaped annular surfaces of the skull part and the facial part, is shaped as a natural hairline for the toy figure.