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Toy, doll or mannequin with dimensionally varible exterior surface

  • US 5,419,729 A
  • Filed: 02/07/1992
  • Issued: 05/30/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A composite toy, doll or mannequin figure of a living creature capable of undergoing visible changes of exterior bodily contour, said figure comprising an inner body portion having an outer surface portion occupying a predetermined, substantially fixed volume, an elastic exterior layer overlying a major portion of at least the torso of said outer surface of said inner body, and being separated therefrom by an expansible space lying between the interior surface of said elastic exterior layer and at least some of said outer surface portions of said inner body portion, and means for permitting a fluid to flow from outside said expansible space into said expansible space to increase the pressure in said space, and thereby cause said exterior elastic layer to move from an initial position closely overlying said torso outer surface through a plurality of intermediate positions in which said expansible space gradually becomes greater, and to a final position wherein said space has expanded sufficiently to position portions of said exterior elastic layer a substantial distance apart from said torso outer surface of said inner body to create the appearances of a figure with a torso contour visibly different from that presented by said figure prior to expansion of said space, said figure also including means for permitting said pressurized fluid to flow out of said expansible space to permit said exterior layer to return to at least one of its initial and intermediate positions.

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