Patent ID: 6692332
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
An articulated toy figure comprising a plurality of body parts each operatively adapted to be adjoined one to another by a ball-socket joint arrangement,each ball-socket joint arrangement having a ball portion protruding from a region of a body part and also having a corresponding socket portion located in an adjoining body part, the ball portion having a knob supported on a shaft, the socket portion having a socket which rotatably receives the ball, wherein, in one or more of the ball-socket joint arrangements, the socket portion is provided with a contoured cavity arrangement having the socket in its interior, the contoured cavity arrangement limiting the extent of movement of the shaft therewithin, wherein, for one or more of the ball-socket joint arrangements, a rotation-guard is provided proximate the region of the body part from which the ball portion protrudes, the rotation-guard also limiting the extent of movement of the shaft within the contoured cavity arrangement, each contoured cavity arrangement and rotation-guard, individually or in combination comprising means for enabling the ball-socket joint arrangement to largely replicate the movement of such a joint in a corresponding live figure.