Stuffed toy with embedded magnets and related method

US20070254555A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-11-01SWT ACQUISITION LLC
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US · United States
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Publication Date
2007-11-01
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A stuffed toy and method for removably attaching appendages. The appendages are magnetically attached using permanent magnets embedded beneath the stuffed toy fabric. In some embodiments, the appendages include such parts as a head, legs, arms, trunk, tail, or other toy body parts. The magnetically attached toy appendages are removable, reattachable, and interchangeable between toys or in some embodiments, to different positions on the same toy. In other embodiments, the head attaches only to a head position on the body, and the tail attaches only to a tail position on the body. In some embodiments, the body is shaped to provide an additional support structure to help hold the head in a desired position.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This invention claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 746,017, filed Apr. 28, 2006, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

[0002] This invention is related to the following applications:U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 249,534, filed Oct. 10, 2006, titled “STUFFED TOY WITH DETACHABLE APPENDAGES”;U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 249,528, filed Oct. 10, 2006, titled “STUFFED TOY DRAGON WITH DETACHABLE APPENDAGES”;U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 249,530, filed Oct. 10, 2006, titled “STUFFED TOY ELEPHANT WITH DETACHABLE APPENDAGES”;U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 249,529, filed Oct. 10, 2006, titled “STUFFED TOY RABBIT WITH DETACHABLE APPENDAGES”;U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 249,531, filed Oct. 10, 2006, titled “STUFFED TOY PANDA WITH DETACHABLE APPENDAGES”;U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 249,533, filed Oct. 10, 2006, titled “STUFFED TOY GOLDFISH WITH DETACHABLE APPENDAGES”; andU.S....

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[0046]Although the following detailed description contains many specifics for the purpose of illustration, a person of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that many variations and alterations to the following details are within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the following preferred embodiments of the invention are set forth without any loss of generality to, and without imposing limitations upon the claimed invention.

[0047]In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which are shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0048]The leading digit(s) of reference numbers appearing in the Figures generally corresponds to the Figure number in which that component is first introduc...