Stuffed figure toy useable as a book cover
First Claim
1. A book jacket for attachment to a book having a pair of covers and a spine interconnecting such covers which allows such cover to assume a multitude of partially and fully open and closed positions, said jacket comprising a fanciful figurine having a head and body including a trunk and at least a pair of appendages, said appendages including attachment means to facilitate the attachment of said appendages to such covers of such book, a rigid pivot member connected at one end to said head and connected at the other end to said trunk, and a length of elastic, said elastic being attached along the length of one of said appendages, said elastic having appropriate length and elasticity to produce a biasing force which pivots said pivot member against such spine of such book and raises said head with respect to such book as such covers are moved together towards a closed position and reduces said biasing force allowing gravitational forces to act on said head and permit said pivot member to pivot away from such spine of such book and thus lower said head with respect to such book as such covers are moved apart towards an open position.
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Abstract
An aminated toy figurine which may be used as a cover for a book having a head and a body including a trunk and at least a pair of protruding appendages such as a pair of arms. Extending between the head and the trunk is a pivot member. One end of the pivot member is attached to the stuffing material inside the head. The other end of the pivot member is attached to the inside of the fabric forming the trunk. Extending and attached along the inside of the arms is a length of elastic. The length and elasticity of the elastic is such that when the arms are pulled together about a vertical surface, the elastic is tensioned forcing the fabric of the trunk and the pivot member to fulcrum against the vertical surface raising the head of the figurine. Alternatively, when the arms are moved apart, the tension on the elastic is reduced allowing gravitational forces to act on the head permitting the pivot member to pivot away from the vertical surface and thus lower the head of the figurine.
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18 Claims
- 1. A book jacket for attachment to a book having a pair of covers and a spine interconnecting such covers which allows such cover to assume a multitude of partially and fully open and closed positions, said jacket comprising a fanciful figurine having a head and body including a trunk and at least a pair of appendages, said appendages including attachment means to facilitate the attachment of said appendages to such covers of such book, a rigid pivot member connected at one end to said head and connected at the other end to said trunk, and a length of elastic, said elastic being attached along the length of one of said appendages, said elastic having appropriate length and elasticity to produce a biasing force which pivots said pivot member against such spine of such book and raises said head with respect to such book as such covers are moved together towards a closed position and reduces said biasing force allowing gravitational forces to act on said head and permit said pivot member to pivot away from such spine of such book and thus lower said head with respect to such book as such covers are moved apart towards an open position.
- 13. An animated toy figurine for use by a user in conjunction with a vertically extending surface, said figurine comprising a body having a trunk and at least a pair of appendages, a head including a rigid pivot member connected to said head and attached to said trunk of said body, and a length of elastic, said elastic being attached along the length of one of said appendages, said elastic having appropriate length and elasticity to produce a biasing force which pivots said piovt member against such vertically extending surface and causes the major axis of said pivot member to lie substantially in a vertical plane as said appendages are brought closer to one another about such vertically extending surface by such user, and releases said biasing force which pivots said pivot member away from such surface and causes the major axis of said pivot member to lie in substantially a horizontal plane as said appendages are moved apart with respect to one another by such user.
- 14. An animated toy figurine comprising a body consisting essentially of at least one piece of fabric which form a trunk and a pair of appendages connected to said trunk, a head connected to said trunk, a pivot member connected at one end to said head and connected at the other end to said fabric which forms said trunk, and a length of elastic, said elastic being attached along the length of one of said appendages, said elastic serving to produce a biasing force, whereby the pivoting member, when used with a supporting surface, pivots against such supporting surface when the elastic is tensioned, thereby animating said head.
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