Patent ID: 6422871
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An educational doll, comprising:(a) a body having upper and lower portions; (b) a head attached on said upper portion of said body; (c) a plurality of limbs; and (d) means for attaching individual ones of said limbs respectively to said body at a said upper and lower portions thereof, said means for attaching including at least one stretchable connector assembly attached between said body and said limb so as to allow said limb to be gripped and pulled away from said body and released and returned back toward said body, said stretchable connector assembly having a fan folded section extending between and interconnecting said body and said limb and an elongated connector strip of material disposed through said fan folded section, said fan folded section including a plurality of segments connected in succession one to another to define a serpentine configuration in which said segments are folded toward and unfoldable away from one another so as to permit corresponding movement of said limb toward and away from said body, each of said segments having an aperture defined therein through which said elongated connector strip of material extends from a first to a last of said segments such that said segments are disposed along said elongated connector strip of material.