Hasbro, Inc.

Jeffrey H Olson

Richard J Maddocks

Eduardo J Rodriguez

Shelley M Smith

Don Cameron

Adam Brierley Craft

Brian Kujawski

Lu Zhong

Peter Hall

Linas Peckus

Lc Yang

Zhi Xin Sun

Liu Ling Kit

A toy employing a simple yet unique pivoting mechanism to provide back and forth and side to side pivoting movements and operable to wiggle, twist back and forth, and roll the toy over numerous times imitating a playing, cuddling and rolling over puppy or the like. The toy includes a body portion, a first pivoting portion, and a first linkage coupling the body portion to the first pivoting portion at an angled pivot point offset from a vertical axis intersecting the point at which the body and the first pivoting portions are coupled. An angled surface is included at the first pivoting portion and a gear mechanism is coupled to the body portion and operable to pivot the first pivoting portion with respect to the body portion driving the pivoting action at the angled surface of the first pivoting portion providing back and forth and side to side pivoting movements.

Toy with pivoting portions capable of rolling over and methods thereof

An artificial eye for use in animated plush toys has a one-piece eyeball and lid that are integrally molded. The eye further includes a shaped member and a retaining post. A crossplate of the shaped member is preferably curved to correspond to the curvature of the eye, and is operative to animate a portion of plush contiguous to the eye. The portion of plush to be animated has an attached elongated flap which includes a forked free end wherein each branch of the forked end includes a hole. The elongated flap is inserted into the doll's body or head cavity, and each branch is tucked under the curved crossplate of the shaped member. The retaining post engages the holes near the ends of each branch, thereby fixedly retaining the flap to the eye. When the eye is rotated the plush portion also moves thereby simulating movement of an eyelid. A socket and eyelid plush extension assembly may be employed for receiving the plush at the eye members for securing the plush thereto facilitating movement of the plush with the eye assembly.

Artificial eye assemblies

A toy includes a body that has a fixed part, a movable part secured to the fixed part, and a flexible elastomer skin. The flexible elastomer skin covers at least a portion of the fixed part and couples to the movable part. The flexible skin moves in response to movement of the movable part.

Toy with skin coupled to movable part

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Pawtucket, RI, United States of America

Jeffrey H Olson