EP0362061B1 - Weichkörperpuppe - Google Patents

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EP0362061B1
EP0362061B1 EP89402655A EP89402655A EP0362061B1 EP 0362061 B1 EP0362061 B1 EP 0362061B1 EP 89402655 A EP89402655 A EP 89402655A EP 89402655 A EP89402655 A EP 89402655A EP 0362061 B1 EP0362061 B1 EP 0362061B1
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Jacques Refabert
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Corolle SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/04—Dolls with deformable framework
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/36—Details; Accessories
    • A63H3/46—Connections for limbs

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  • the invention relates to dolls or similar toys such as stuffed animals, representing living beings and comprising a body and rigid or semi-rigid members generally made of a molded plastic.
  • Known dolls of the genre in question can be classified into two categories, the first - to which the present invention relates - having a flexible body and the second, a rigid or semi-rigid body.
  • the flexible bodies of dolls of the first category are generally constituted by an envelope of fabric stuffed with fibers and their members are generally connected to the flexible body by a simple line of sewing or gluing which fulfills a role of attachment, but no role of relative support: these members then hang along the body, except in the case of a tight assembly for which they occupy with respect to the body a practically invariable position.
  • the object of the invention is, above all, to propose a particularly economical formula making it possible to give the members of dolls with flexible bodies positions that are both stable and easily modifiable with respect to the body.
  • the shells are positioned in well-defined openings of the body, so that the frame, not having to ensure by itself the relative positioning of these shells, can be constituted by a one-piece element molded from material plastic, including balls.
  • the frames in question according to the invention intended to be embedded in the flexible body of a doll and to support in an articulated manner with gentle friction of the members of such a doll, are essentially characterized in that that they are in the form of at least one metal wire having a section of between 3 and 13 mm2, said wire extending along a sinuous path which comprises a U and being capped at each of its ends by one balls.
  • Figure 1 of this drawing schematically shows a doll with flexible body and articulated members established according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows on a larger scale, cut portions, a component of this doll.
  • the rod 7 is advantageously constituted by a metal wire having a cross section between 3 and 13 mm2: if it is a circular section, as is the preferred case, its diameter is therefore between 2 and 4 mm, limits included, preferably being of the order of 3 mm.
  • Said wire is in particular steel, but it could also be an insulated electric wire, that is to say comprising a metallic core 7 quo (FIG. 2) and a plastic sheath 72: by way of example , the core is made of copper, with a polyvinyl chloride sheath.
  • the rod 7 is long enough so that the two balls 8 which terminate it can be placed at the locations of the articulations of the arms or legs of the doll, even after deformation of the said rod along a sinuous path allowing it to be properly held in place inside bench top 3.
  • This length is generally between 10 and 20 cm.
  • the balls 8 are advantageously obtained by injection of a hard plastic material such as a polyamide and their diameter is generally between 10 and 15 mm.
  • the shells 9 are made of a plastic material which is more flexible than the balls, in particular of polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene or polypropylene.
  • each shell 9 has the shape of a partial sphere whose diameter is equal to or very slightly less than that of the balls 8.
  • This cavity opens outwards at the level of a circular lip 91 forming a slightly constricted opening: in this way, each shell 9 can be force-fitted onto a ball 8 by means of a momentary expansion of the lip 91 followed immediately by its return elastic to normal shape.
  • the position of the shell 9 relative to the overlapped ball 8 is stable, but it can be easily modified, the relative movements shell-ball being braked by friction soft of the two spherical surfaces mutually juxtaposed of these two elements.
  • Each shell 9 is connected to a rigid base 10 which may have come from molding with it and against which a member (5 or 6) of the headstock is attached, in particular by tight interlocking and / or gluing.
  • Each ball is then capped by the shell 9 associated with said member 5, 6, which involves the above-mentioned snap effect with momentary elastic expansion of the corresponding lip.
  • each ball frame that is to say the mass of fibers or the like constituting its bench 3 as well as the envelope 2 containing and delimiting this bench, preferably at the tight state.
  • the envelope 2 is hollowed out of the openings necessary to let the members 5,6 pass: the days remaining between these members and these openings are then filled in any desirable way, for example by seam or gluing lines.
  • the doll is then finished.
  • Each ball 8 of a given frame is then exactly positioned in relation to the other ball of the same frame, and the member articulated on this ball can occupy a plurality of distinct stable positions angularly offset relative to each other around the center of said ball.
  • the doll obtained then has both the advantages of softness, flexibility and lightness of dolls with flexible bodies and that of rigid dolls, residing in the possibility of conferring on their different members stable relative positions and easy to modify.
  • a given ball frame of the kind described above can be used both for the articulation of the arms and for that of the legs of the same doll and can be adapted to dolls of very different dimensions.

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  1. Puppe oder ähnliches Spielzeug, bestehend aus einem Körper (1), starren oder halbstarren Gliedern (5, 6) und einer in den Körper eingebetteten Einlage, die Abschnitte enthält, die in Form von wenigstens teilweise kugelförmigen Körpern (8) vorstehen und unter leichter Reibung von Schalen (9) überdeckt werden, die mit den Gliedern verbunden sind, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Körper (1) weich ist und daß die Einlage aus wenigstens einem metallischen Draht (7 ) mit einem zwischen 3 und 13 mm² liegenden Querschnitt besteht, wobei der Draht sich längs einer sinusförmigen, ein U beinhaltenden Bahn erstreckt und seine beiden Enden einen der erwähnten kugelförmigen Körper (8) tragen.
  2. Puppe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Draht (7 ) die allgemeine Form eines großen Omega hat.
  3. Puppe nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Armatur aus zwei Drähten (7 ) der obigen Art besteht, die jeweils die Gelenkverbindung mit zwei Gliedern bilden, wobei einer der Drähte zur Bildung des Gelenkes der beiden Arme (5) und der andere Draht zur Bildung des Gelenkes der beiden Beine (6) benutzt wird und dass die beiden Drähte starr miteinander verbunden sind.
EP89402655A 1988-09-30 1989-09-27 Weichkörperpuppe Expired - Lifetime EP0362061B1 (de)

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FR8812820 1988-09-30
FR8812820A FR2637196B1 (fr) 1988-09-30 1988-09-30 Perfectionnements aux poupees a corps souple

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ES2038432T3 (es) 1993-07-16
DE68905423D1 (de) 1993-04-22
FR2637196A1 (fr) 1990-04-06

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