Mattel, Inc.

The Dow Chemical Company

John Sneddon

Wallace H Shapero

Yunwa Wilson Cheung

Charles F Diehl

Martin J Guest

Stephen M Hoenig

Kenneth B Stewart

Robert R Turley

The invention is directed to resin coating, adhesive, and cement compositions comprising styrenic copolymers and a terpene solvent. The compositions are particulary useful for toy article applications because of the use of safe, naturally occuring terpene solvents. These compositions form high adhesion bonding with molded elastomeric styrene copolymer surface substrates. The invention is also directed to a method of applying the instant coatings to substrate surfaces.

Adhesive or paint coating for toy articles

The present invention pertains to structures and fabricated articles having shape/reshape behavior (and processes for their preparation) comprising;

Structures and fabricated articles having shape memory made from

A toy jewel ornament includes a body having one or more articulated elements which are hingedly movable upon the body to assume a closed position covering a toy jewel also supported upon the body or an open position exposing the toy jewel. In one embodiment, the ornament is configured as a pendent and resembles an Aladdin's lamp having a jewel at its center and a generally hemispherical hollow jewel cover coupled to the pendent body by an integrally molded hinge. In an alternate embodiment, the ornament is formed in a flower-like shape having a plurality of radially extending petals and is securable to the wrist of a toy figure. The petals are movable between an open bloomed position exposing the jewel and a closed bud-like position fully enclosing the jewel. The ornaments are thermally set in the closed position by manually forcing the ornament to the closed position after warming and temporarily immersing the ornament in a cold water bath. Thereafter, the ornament maintains the thermal set and maintains the closed position until again exposed to a warm water bath or its equivalent at which time the ornament again opens exposing the jewel.

Toy jewel ornament with thermally responsive cover

A doll supports a quantity of rooted hair fabricated to provide a posable or cold setting characteristic. The posable hair is formed of an amorphous thermoplastic material preferably having a high molecular weight in a compound including plasticizers, heat stabilizers and lubricants. The material is formed to provide a combination of glass transition temperature characteristic and hardness to produce the cold setting or posable quality.

Posable doll hair and method of manufacture for the same

A torsional joint armature for poseable figure is formed of a one-piece molded plastic material fabricated from a malleable nonelastic deformable material. The armature is articulated by a plurality of molded joints each of which includes one or more torsional deformation elements to provide the appropriate bending characteristics of the armature. Certain joints are provided with additional motion limiting webs to restrict joint motion in undesired directions.

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