Patent ID: 8052502

Claim:
At least one simulated eye structure for article a fanciful inanimate figure including a figure body face portion material, said simulated eye structure comprising: at least one receptacle housing configured for placement within said body face portion material; at least one light emitting light source located within said at least one receptacle housing; said light source enclosed at an outside surface of said at least one receptacle housing by an eye-defining external fabric panel covering having an inner and outer face, wherein the at least one receptacle housing is significantly larger than said at least one light source; said eye-defining fabric panel covering integrally fixed to said body face portion material; said eye-defining external fabric panel covering being at least in part substantially translucent and configured to limit transmission of said emitted light to a soft glow and further including at least one generally opaque portion configured in the shape of a simulated pupil/iris to substantially block soft glow emitted when said at least one light source is activated to simulate a soft glowing eye; said at least one receptacle housing configured to permit and guide emitted light from said light source through said fixed, eye-defining external fabric panel covering, thus forming said simulated eye; a power source interconnected to said at least one light source; and a manual pressure switch configured to activate said power source so as to furnish current to said at least one light source; whereby pressure on said switch activates said power source, furnishing current to said light source such that light therefrom within said receptacle housing is directed against said inner face of said substantially translucent eye-defining, external fabric panel covering, resulting in at least one simulated, softly backlit translucent eye at said outer face of said eye-defining panel covering.