Patent ID: 6881119

Claim:
A stuffed toy, comprising: a flexible, soft outer covering defining at least a primary internal compartment, wherein the outer covering defines a central body region containing at least a substantial portion of the primary internal compartment, and further wherein the outer covering further defines at least one component that extends from the central body region and is selected from the group consisting of at least one of a head, an arm, a leg, a fin, a tail, a mouth, an ear, and a nose; and a resilient deformable bladder enclosed within the outer covering and at least substantially positioned within the primary internal compartment, wherein the bladder includes an outer shell and is filled with a fluid substance, wherein the bladder is selectively deformable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state upon application of external user-applied pressure to the body region, wherein in the non-actuated state the bladder occupies a region of the primary internal compartment and retains its shape when the external user-applied pressure is not imparted to the bladder, wherein in the actuated state the bladder extends at least proximate to at least one of the components to urge a predetermined movement of the at least one of the components from a first position that corresponds to the non-actuated state of the bladder and a second position that corresponds to the actuated state of the bladder, wherein the bladder is biased to resiliently return to the non-actuated state upon removal of the external user-applied pressure.