Plush puzzle toy

• US 5,788,554 A
• Filed: 10/11/1996
• Issued: 08/04/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Creation International Limited
• Original Assignee: General Creation International Limited
• Inventors: Bernet, Ralph, Goodwin, Richard P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US08/729,440
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 446/99, 446/100, 446/97, 446/901, 446/371, 446/372, 446/390, 446/297, 446/369, 273/156
• US Class Current: 446/100
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/16 made of parts that can be put together facial parts only A63H3/365
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/46 Connections for limbs
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 446/901 Detachably adhesive

Abstract

A plush toy is provided having a body and plurality of detachable appendages in the form of arms, legs, tail and a head. The appendages are provided with a male member having hook-and-latch material which fits into mating alignment with recesses provided in the body. Hook-and-latch material provided within the recesses secures the appendages securely to the body, while hiding the hook-and-latch material from view. The bodies and appendages may be configured to represent the body and appendages of various animals and may be interchanged to create multi-animal plush toys. Additionally, the heads are provided with switches and audio signal generators to produce audio signals associated with the animals represented by the heads.

Claims

1. A plush toy comprising:

(a) a plush body having a recess;

(b) a plush appendage having a male member of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said recess;

(c) first hook-and-latch means secured within said recess of said plush body for securing said male member of said plush appendage in mating alignment with said recess; and

(d) second hook-and-latch means secured to said male member of said plush appendage for co-acting with said first hook-and-latch means to secure said male member of said plush appendage in mating alignment with said recess.

2. The plush toy of claim 1, wherein said recess is of a depth sufficient to hide said first hook-and-latch means and said second hook-and-latch means from view when said male member of said plush appendage is secured in mating alignment with said recess.

3. The plush toy of claim 1, wherein said plush body is provided with a supplemental recess and further comprising:

(a) a supplemental plush appendage having a male member of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said supplemental recess;

(b) third hook-and-latch means secured within said supplemental recess of said plush body for securing said male member of said supplemental plush appendage in mating alignment with said supplemental recess; and

(c) fourth hook-and-latch means secured to said male member of said supplemental plush appendage for co-acting with said third hook-and-latch means to secure said male member of said supplemental plush appendage in mating alignment with said supplemental recess.

4. The plush toy of claim 3, wherein said supplemental appendage is a head provided with a head recess.

5. The plush toy of claim 4, further comprising:

(a) a plush face having a male member of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said head recess;

(b) fifth hook-and-latch means secured within said head recess of said plush body for securing said male member of said plush face in mating alignment with said head recess; and

(c) sixth hook-and-latch means secured to said male member of said plush face for co-acting with said fifth hook-and-latch means to secure said male member of said plush face in mating alignment with said head recess.

6. The plush toy of claim 5, further comprising a supplemental plush face having a male member of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said head recess, said male member of said supplemental plush face being provided with seventh hook-and-latch means for co-acting with said fifth hook-and-latch means to secure said male member of said supplemental plush face in mating alignment with said head recess.

7. The plush toy of claim 1, wherein said plush body is configured to represent a first animal and wherein said plush appendage is configured to represent a second animal different than first said animal.

8. The plush toy of claim 1, further comprising:

(a) a power source;

(b) a switch provided on said appendage and coupled to said power source;

(c) means coupled to said switch for generating an audio signal; and

(d) a speaker coupled to said generating means.

9. The plush toy of claim 8, wherein said appendage is configured in the form of an animal head, and wherein said generating means is of a construction capable of generating an audio signal representative of a sound made by an animal represented by said animal head.

10. A plush toy comprising:

(a) a plush body having a recess, said recess of said body provided with hook-and-latch securement means;

(b) a plush head having a male member provided with hook-and-latch securement means and being of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said recess of said body in a manner in which said hook-and-latch material of said recess of said body is not visible, said plush head also being provided with a recess, said recess of said head being provided with hook-and-latch material; and

(c) a face having a male member provided with hook-and-latch material and being of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said recess of said head in a manner in which said hook-and-latch material of said recess of said head is not visible.

11. The plush toy of claim 10, wherein said plush body is configured to represent a first animal, and wherein said plush head is configured to represent a second animal, different than said first animal.

12. The plush toy of claim 10, wherein said face is configured in the form of a first animal, and further comprising a supplemental face configured in the form of a second animal different than said first animal and having a male member provided with hook-and-latch material, said male member of said supplemental face being of a size capable of fitting into mating alignment with said recess of said head in a manner in which said hook-and-latch material of said recess of said head is not visible.

13. The plush toy of claim 10, further comprising:

(a) a power source;

(b) a switch provided on said appendage and coupled to said power source;

(c) means coupled to said switch for generating an audio signal; and

(d) a speaker coupled to said generating means.

14. The plush toy of a claim 13, wherein said appendage is configured in the form of an animal head, and wherein said generating means is of a construction capable of generating an audio signal representative of a sound made by an animal represented by said animal head.