Movable fingers, hand and framework of fabric toy

By designing a finger structure that combines a malleable skeleton and soft covering material with a metal core, the problem of flexible hand shaping in fabric toys was solved, achieving both free movement and shaping functions, thus enhancing the playability and interactivity of the toys.

CN223668630UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16NANJING SANRUN HOME TEXTILE CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422371617.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-27
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2034-09-27

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Technical Problem

Existing fabric toy hand designs cannot achieve flexible shaping and movement, and the limitations of existing plastic frame materials and processes result in disproportionate fingers and arms, making it impossible to balance cost control and playability enhancement.

Method used

Using a malleable skeleton and soft covering material, combined with a metal core and flexible bushing, fingers with an ice cream stick-like structure are formed. The flexibility of the metal wire allows for arbitrary shaping, and the fingers are connected to the toy skeleton through ball joints, enabling free movement of the fingers and palm.

Benefits of technology

It enables the free movement and shaping of the fingers and palms of fabric toys, enhancing the interactivity and playability of the toys, while controlling costs and avoiding disproportionate hand sizes.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a fabric toy movable finger, hand and skeleton, the finger is composed of plastic skeleton and soft cladding material, the soft cladding material is strip-shaped, the plastic skeleton is provided with an embedded section and an installation section, the embedded section is completely wrapped and protected by the soft cladding material, and the installation section extends out from the tail part of the soft cladding material. The fingers, the palm and the wrist joint form a toy hand, the toy hand and a movable joint pipe toy four-limb framework form a toy framework capable of fully moving the inner skeleton, and the function of freely moving and shaping the fingers, the wrist and / or the four limbs of the cloth toy can be realized by implanting the movable joint pipe toy into the cloth toy.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to a deformable framework doll, and the connection of the doll's limbs, and specifically provides a cloth toy movable finger, hand and skeleton. BACKGROUND

[0002] As disclosed in patent document CN2295516Y, the skeleton of the plush toy is made of single-way joint, three-way joint and four-way joint. The joint pipe has a ball head end and a concave spherical end. The ball head end of the adjacent joint is inserted into the concave spherical end. The structure is similar to that of the cooling water bamboo joint pipe of a machine tool. The skeleton can be flexibly changed in shape, and can give the plush toy the functions of free movement and shaping of the limbs, waist or head.

[0003] Patent document CN201591972U discloses a foamed large finger toy. The joint block has a spherical body and a containing chamber connected to the spherical body. The containing chamber is an inner arc space, which has the same spherical arc as the spherical body. After the spherical body is inserted into the containing chamber, the spherical body can rotate freely in the inner arc space. In this way, several spherical bodies can be sequentially sleeved to have the shape of a finger function. The foamed body is coated outside the several joint blocks to form a bendable and shaped finger part, which can be freely pulled by the player. Although the toy and the IKEA hand Kara decorative wooden hand are shaped to the actual size of the hand, the toy has a flexible coating of the foamed body, and the visual effect of the hand shaping is more realistic, like a ceremony, which gives special personality on the basis of the material value of fast-moving consumer goods.

[0004] However, the joint pipe / bamboo joint pipe / joint block / bone grain is limited by factors such as material strength, injection molding process, assembly difficulty, etc. The diameter can be 7-14 mm. The assembled plush doll toy skeleton / plastic keel / Oliver Millah / turtle doll skeleton plastic movable joint is suitable for 8-10 inch plush toys / dolls / dolls. If you want to give it a finger movement shape, use the above-mentioned plastic bone grain / gimbal to make fingers, and fill the outside with soft material, it will cause a serious proportion imbalance of the fingers and the arms. Therefore, the technical concept of the above-mentioned prior art document 2 cannot be used to solve the problem of flexible shaping of the plush doll hand. Therefore, in the plush toy with an internal skeleton and a rotatable head disclosed in patent document WO2024158441A1, the limbs use the movable joint skeleton disclosed in the above-mentioned prior art documents 1 and 2. When a hand with different poses is needed, a pre-made hand with different fixed shapes is used for the user to replace.

[0005] The inventor has a deep understanding of the design, development, and production of cloth toys. In order to further improve the interactivity, playability, and interest of cloth dolls, and to improve the added value of the product, a function of holding out fingers / gestures is added to the cloth doll, while being compatible with the existing toy manufacturing process conditions, and the cost is controlled as much as possible to improve the added value of the product. SUMMARY

[0006] The purpose of the application is to provide a cloth toy with a novel structure, a movable finger structure, and a palm structure that can be freely shaped and sized, which can be connected to a freely shaped toy skeleton.

[0007] Technical solution: The movable finger of the cloth toy designed in this application includes a plastic skeleton and a soft covering material. The soft covering material is in the form of a strip, the plastic skeleton has an embedded segment and a mounting segment, the embedded segment is completely wrapped and protected by the soft covering material, and the mounting segment extends from the tail of the soft covering material.

[0008] Further, the plastic skeleton has a metal inner core and a flexible bushing. The bushing acts as a transition layer, increasing the bonding area and strength of the skeleton and the covering material. The cap can be directly purchased from the market.

[0009] Further, the soft covering material is a foamed layer covering the embedded segment of the plastic skeleton. A sponge rod with holes in the middle can be directly manufactured and fixed to the rubber-coated aluminum wire. A mold can also be used to directly foam the sponge outside the rubber-coated aluminum wire cut to a specified length, and after curing, the sponge and rubber-coated aluminum wire form a structure similar to a popsicle stick.

[0010] The foamed layer is preferably a sponge, which is in the shape of a round rod similar to a finger. Different lengths of sponge can be used for different fingers.

[0011] This application also designs a toy hand composed of the above-mentioned movable fingers, including a palm and a wrist. The wrist has a ball-and-socket joint for connecting to the toy skeleton, and the palm has a fixed slot for fixing the mounting segment of the movable finger.

[0012] Further, the ball-and-socket joint is a concave spherical surface or a ball head, and correspondingly, the arm end of the toy skeleton has a ball head or a concave spherical surface that fits the ball-and-socket joint.

[0013] Further, the palm has an upper cover and a base, and a plurality of fixed slots are arranged radially in the base. When the upper cover is combined with the base, the mounting segment is clamped in the fixed slot. Typically, an animal-shaped hand has 3-5 fingers, and five fixed slots can be pre-made, and the number of movable fingers can be installed according to the required number.

[0014] Further, the palm is circular, and the angle between adjacent fixed grooves is designed to be 28-30°. This is used to simulate the natural separation of fingers.

[0015] The application also designs a cloth toy skeleton with movable fingers. The toy skeleton is connected by a joint pipe, and a toy hand is installed at the end of the arm. The toy hand has movable fingers, and forms a full-movable internal skeleton.

[0016] During manufacturing, the skeleton, toy hand and fingers are assembled, and the skeleton is then put into the cloth cover of the cloth toy / doll, and filled with elastic material, so as to form a cloth toy that can be posed and gestured.

[0017] The application further provides a pose-adjustable cloth toy, which comprises a cloth cover, a filler and a skeleton. The skeleton is the cloth toy skeleton described above.

[0018] Beneficial effects: The application uses metal wires and a fixed frame to make toy fingers+palm, and combines the toy fingers+palm with a toy joint pipe skeleton to form a toy skeleton with hands, which is implanted in a plush doll / cloth toy, so as to endow the plush toy with the functions of free movement and shaping of limbs, wrists and fingers.

[0019] The movable fingers are formed by wrapping a metal inner core with soft material to form a structure similar to a popsicle stick. After wrapping, the shaping effect is obvious, and the metal inner core is protected against pricking at the top end and fixed connection of the metal wire at the bottom end with the palm. The metal wire is used to realize arbitrary shaping and modeling of the fingers. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 is a structure diagram of the movable fingers of the cloth toy of the embodiment of the application;

[0021] Figure 2 is a parts diagram of the palm in the embodiment of the application;

[0022] Figure 3 is Figure 1 and Figure 2 an assembly state diagram;

[0023] Figure 4 is Figure 3 a use effect diagram of

[0024] In the drawings: plastic skeleton 1, metal inner core 1-1, embedded section 1-1-1, mounting section 1-1-2, bushing 1-2, soft wrapping material 5, palm 2, upper cover 2-1, base 2-2, fixed groove 2-3, wrist 3, toy skeleton 4. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] As Figure 1As shown, the movable finger of the cloth toy of the present embodiment comprises a plastic skeleton 1 and a soft covering material 5, the soft covering material 5 is selected from strip sponge, the plastic skeleton 1 has a metal inner core 1-1 and a flexible bush 1-2, the embedded section 1-1-1 is completely wrapped by the soft covering material 5, and the mounting section 1-1-2 is exposed.

[0026] The plastic skeleton 1 can be directly purchased from the market. The plastic-coated aluminum wire hat-shaped clothing modeling doll shaping strip plastic-coated aluminum wire DIY plastic-coated aluminum wire handmade wool felt animal skeleton aluminum wire / twisted rod skeleton / soft and plastic strong / handmade aluminum wire / plastic-coated aluminum wire aluminum wire hat rim fixed soft aluminum wire clothing rabbit ear modeling material hat headwear shaping aluminum wire.

[0027] The flexible / soft covering material 5 is a sponge rod directly shaped like a finger, and forms an overall structure similar to a popsicle stick with the plastic-coated aluminum wire. The leading end of the plastic-coated aluminum wire is covered by the leading end of the sponge rod, that is, this part of the sponge is 8-10m longer than the plastic-coated aluminum wire to protect the end part from being scratched, a sponge round rod with a counterbore in the middle is bonded and fixed on the plastic-coated aluminum wire, and the other end of the plastic-coated aluminum wire extends from the tail of the soft sponge round rod.

[0028] As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3 shown, the palm 2 has an upper cover 2-1 and a base 2-2, the base has a plurality of fixed grooves 2-3 arranged radially, and the other end of the wrist 3 has a ball joint (concave spherical surface or ball head end).

[0029] When the upper cover is combined with the base, the mounting section 1-1-2 is clamped in the fixed groove 2-3. The hand with animal mimicry has 3-5 fingers, five fixed grooves 2-3 can be pre-prepared, and the movable finger described above can be installed according to the required number. The mounting section 1-1-2 of the five fingers is installed from the fixed groove 2-3 at one end of the palm 2, to form a toy hand with a palm and a wrist.

[0030] As shown in Figure 4 , the arm end of the toy skeleton 4 has a ball head end or a concave spherical surface assembled with the ball joint. The cloth toy skeleton of the movable finger and the palm and wrist is assembled. The toy skeleton is connected by a living joint pipe to form a toy four-limb skeleton 4, the wrist 3 of the toy hand is connected at the end of the arm, and the movable finger is fixedly installed on the palm 2. When manufacturing, the toy skeleton, the toy hand and the finger are assembled, the skeleton is put into the cloth cover of the cloth toy / doll, and the elastic material is filled, so that the cloth toy with pose and hand gesture can be made.

Claims

1. A cloth toy movable finger, characterized by: The soft covering material is a foamed layer covering the embedded section of the plastic skeleton.

2. The cloth toy movable finger according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plastic skeleton has a metal inner core and a flexible bushing.

3. The cloth toy movable finger according to claim 1, wherein: The soft covering material is a foamed layer covering the embedded section of the plastic skeleton.

4. The cloth toy movable finger according to claim 3, wherein: The foamed layer is a sponge, which is in the shape of a finger as a whole.

5. A cloth toy movable hand, characterized by: The hand has a palm and a wrist, The soft covering material is a foamed layer covering the embedded section of the plastic skeleton. The palm has fixing grooves for fixing the movable finger mounting section. The wrist has a ball-and-socket joint for connecting the toy skeleton.

6. The cloth toy movable hand according to claim 5, characterized by: The ball-and-socket joint is a concave spherical end or a spherical head end, and the toy skeleton has a spherical head end or a concave sphere at the end of the arm for fitting the ball-and-socket joint.

7. The cloth toy movable hand according to claim 5, characterized by: The palm has an upper cover and a base, and the base has a plurality of radially arranged fixing grooves, and when the upper cover is combined with the base, the mounting section is clamped in the fixing grooves.

8. The cloth toy movable hand according to claim 5, characterized by: The palm is circular, and has an included angle between adjacent fixing grooves, and the included angle is 28-30°.

9. A cloth toy skeleton comprising a toy limb skeleton connected by living joint tubes, and a movable hand mounted at the end of the arm, characterized in that: The movable hand has the movable finger as claimed in any one of claims 1-5.

Citation Information

Patent Citations

  • Foaming big finger toy

    CN201591972U

  • Frame of plush toy

    CN2295516Y

  • Plush toy with internal skeleton and rotatable head

    WO2024158441A1