Patent ID: 6527617
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A method of making a personalized stuffed toy for a purchaser, comprising the steps of:(A) providing a plurality of fabric members fastened together so as to define a container which encloses an interior volume and which has an exterior surface defining a shape of the toy, the container further including (i) a stuffing opening in communication with the interior volume; (ii) actuatable closing means, secured to the container adjacent the opening, for closing the opening upon actuation; (iii) flexible conduit means, secured to the container adjacent the opening, for providing communication between the opening and the interior volume; and (iv) actuatable blocking means for blocking the conduit means upon actuation; (B) providing a stuffing apparatus having an injection tube and means for propelling a stuffing material through the injection tube; (C) providing communication between the conduit means and the injection tube; (D) personalizing the toy by stuffing it in the presence of a purchaser thereof by injection stuffing the stuffing material into the interior volume through the injection tube, thereby to cause the container to assume the shape of the stuffed toy; (E) separating the conduit means and the injection tube; (F) actuating the blocking means to block the conduit means, and actuating the closing means to close the opening, thereby to retain the stuffing material in the interior volume; and (G) delivering the personalized stuffed toy to the purchaser.