Cpg Products Corporation

Kenner Parker Toys Inc.

Hasbro, Inc.

Cpc Products Corp.

Mark D Boudreaux

Robert K Allen

Howard N Bollinger

Stuart A Cook

Robert E Cordrey

Timothy A Effler

David A Myers

Charles E Ligon

Phillip G Reed

Earl M Wood, Jr

Walter E Stroud

Mark D Duennes

Philip M Baerenwald

Jan Van De Merwe, Iii

Jack R Farrah

A packaging assembly for an item to be displayed, such as a toy action figure, enables a prospective purchaser to manipulate the item by means of an external actuator. More specifically, the packaging assembly includes a housing having a plurality of walls which cooperate to define an interior space, and an actuator assembly for actuating a movement of the item within the packaging assembly. The actuator assembly includes an actuator element which is releasably coupled to the item wherein movement of the actuator element causes a corresponding movement of the item to be displayed. A portion of the actuator element is accessible through an opening in one of the walls for movement of the actuator element. In a preferred embodiment, the housing includes a rear wall and a transparent blister which is mounted to the rear wall. The blister and rear wall cooperate to form an interior space in which the item is received. The preferred packaging assembly further includes a display base received within the packaging assembly. The display base includes a body portion and a rotatable platform mounted on the body portion. The item is releasably mounted to the movable platform, and the platform is rotatable through 360.degree. of rotation by means of a thumb wheel so that the item can rotated through 360.degree. of rotation within the interior space and can therefore be viewed at any angle.

Packaging assembly including actuator assembly for manipulating an item

Various patterns of receptor holes formed in the torso, arms and legs of a plastic toy action figure permit various accessories, also of plastic, having compliant press-in pins to be selectively added to and removed from the toy figure. Additionally, a rotatable coupling mechanism extends through the torso, the coupling mechanism having a receptor hole at each end thereof, the holes in the coupling mechanism being in a predetermined relation with respect to prearranged patterns of receptor holes in the front and rear of the torso. In this way, accessories can be plugged into the ends of the coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism is provided with two sets of facial teeth or serrations that are normally resiliently urged into engagement but which disengage if the coupling mechanism is subjected to an excessive amount of twisting force, thereby avoiding breakage. Associated with the coupling mechanism is a sound creating device that produces an audible clicking as the coupling mechanism is rotated in either direction.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Mark D Boudreaux