Toy rabbit

Abstract

A toy rabbit, including a toy rabbit main body having a shape of a humanoid rabbit, a stuffing disposed within an inner portion of the toy rabbit main body, a wire disposed throughout the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body, at least one toy rabbit magnet disposed within the inner portion of the main body, and a rocking chair magnetically detachable from the toy rabbit main body to allow the toy rabbit main body to be magnetically coupled thereto.

Description

BACKGROUND1. Field

[0001] The present general inventive concept relates generally to a toy, and particularly, to a toy rabbit.2. Description of the Related Art

[0002] In a world where commercialization and greed often overshadow the true meaning of holidays, many parents / caregivers seek ways to encourage good behavior and ethics in their children, especially during busy holiday seasons.

[0003] Understanding that there is a natural anticipation and excitement associated with popular holiday celebrations, specifically Easter, there is an opportunity to present a creative way to engage children to reflect on the holiday's religious and cultural significance.

[0004] However, there are few toys and / or games that are relatable to Easter.

[0005] Therefore, there is a need for an Easter-relatable toy.SUMMARY

[0006] The present general inventive concept provides a toy rabbit.

[0007] Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.

[0008] The foregoing and / or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a toy rabbit, including a toy rabbit main body having a shape of a humanoid rabbit, a stuffing disposed within an inner portion of the toy rabbit main body, a wire disposed throughout the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body, at least one toy rabbit magnet disposed within the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body, and a rocking chair magnetically detachable from the toy rabbit main body to allow the toy rabbit main body to be magnetically coupled thereto.

[0009] The rocking chair may include a rocking chair seat to allow the toy rabbit to be seated thereupon, and a rocking chair magnet disposed within or on the rocking chair seat to allow the toy rabbit to be magnetically coupled thereto.

[0010] The rocking chair may further include a central processing unit (CPU) disposed within the rocking chair to be electronically connected to the rocking chair magnet, such that the CPU senses when the at least one toy rabbit magnet is magnetically coupled to the rocking chair magnet, and a plurality of pistons disposed within bottom leg portions of the rocking chair and electronically connected to the CPU, wherein the CPU controls the plurality of pistons to reciprocate in and out of the bottom leg portions of the rocking chair causing the rocking chair to rock.

[0011] The stuffing may include at least one of polyester fiberfill, cotton, straw, wool, plastic pellets, beans, down, and feathers.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] These and / or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

[0013] FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of a toy rabbit, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept; and

[0014] FIG. 2 illustrates a front angled perspective view of the toy rabbit of FIG. 1 sitting on a rocking chair, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0015] Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and / or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.

[0016] Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however,

[0017] that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like / similar elements throughout the detailed description.

[0018] It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,”“adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).

[0019] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,”“an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,”“comprising,”“includes” and / or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and / or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and / or groups thereof.

[0020] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.List of ComponentsToy Rabbit 100

[0022] Toy Rabbit Main Body 110

[0023] Stuffing 120

[0024] Wire 130

[0025] Toy Rabbit Magnets 140

[0026] Rocking Chair 200

[0027] Rocking Chair Seat 210

[0028] Rocking Chair Magnet 220

[0029] Central Processing Unit 230

[0030] Pistons 240

[0031] Battery 250

[0032] FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of a toy rabbit 100, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

[0033] The toy rabbit 100, and all components therein, may be constructed from at least one of plastic, paper, wood, cotton, metal, silicone, liquid, fibers, threads, fabric, foam, sponge, feathers, circuitry, glass, and rubber, etc., but is not limited thereto, and can be constructed from any material known to one of ordinary skill in the art.

[0034] As illustrated in FIG. 1, the toy rabbit 100 may have an overall appearance of a rabbit having various body parts including, but not limited to, a rabbit body, a rabbit backside, rabbit arms, rabbit paws, rabbit legs, rabbit feet, rabbit eyes, rabbit nose, rabbit mouth, rabbit whiskers, rabbit ears, and a rabbit tail.

[0035] The toy rabbit 100 may include a toy rabbit main body 110, stuffing 120, wire 130, toy rabbit magnets 140, and a central processing unit (CPU) 150, but is not limited thereto.

[0036] The main body 110 may be stuffed with the stuffing 120, such that the stuffing 120 may be disposed throughout an entire portion of an inside portion of the main body 110.

[0037] The stuffing 120 may include any type of material known to one of ordinary skill in the art that is usable to stuff a toy stuffed animal, including, but not limited to, synthetic fiber such as polyester fiberfill, cotton, straw, wool, plastic pellets, beans, down, and / or feathers.

[0038] The wire 130 may be disposed throughout the inside portion of the main body 110, such that the various body parts of the main body 100 of the toy rabbit 100 may be bendable per a user's preference. As such, the toy rabbit 100 may stand, sit, or even hold an object due to a strength of the wire 130.

[0039] The toy rabbit magnets 140 may also be dispersed within the inside portion of the main body 100, to allow the toy rabbit to attach to metal objects and / or to stay in various positions, such as having the rabbit paws of the toy rabbit 100 held together by the toy rabbit magnets 140 as if the toy rabbit 100 is “praying”.

[0040] FIG. 2 illustrates a front angled perspective view of the toy rabbit 100 of FIG. 1 sitting on a rocking chair 200, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present general inventive concept.

[0041] Referring to FIG. 2, the rocking chair 200 may include a rocking chair seat 210, a rocking chair magnet 220, a central processing unit (CPU) 230, a plurality of pistons 240, and a battery 250, but is not limited thereto.

[0042] The CPU 230 and the battery 250 may be disposed within the rocking chair 200, such as within the rocking chair seat 210.

[0043] The plurality of pistons 240 may be disposed within bottom legs of the rocking chair 200, such that the plurality of pistons 240 may reciprocate in and out of the bottom legs of the rocking chair 200 to cause the rocking chair 200 to rock.

[0044] The rocking chair seat 210 may allow the toy rabbit 100 to be seated thereupon.

[0045] The rocking chair magnet 220 may be disposed within and / or on the rocking chair seat 210 to allow the toy rabbit 100 to be magnetically coupled thereto, if, for example, the toy rabbit 100 has one of the toy rabbit magnets 140 disposed at a backside portion of the toy rabbit main body 110.

[0046] The central processing unit (CPU) 230 may include electronic circuitry to carry out instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logical, control and input / output (I / O) operations specified by the instructions. The CPU 230 may include an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that performs arithmetic and logic operations, processor registers that supply operands to the ALU and store the results of ALU operations, and a control unit that fetches instructions from memory and “executes” them by directing the coordinated operations of the ALU, registers and other components. The CPU 230 may also include a microprocessor and a microcontroller. The CPU 230 may be a local computer device, a remote server, or cloud computing device.

[0047] The CPU 230 may also include a storage unit, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a hard disk, a flash drive, a database connected to the Internet, cloud-based storage, Internet-based storage, or any other type of storage unit.

[0048] The CPU 230 may access the Internet via an internal communication unit to allow the CPU 230 to access a website, and / or may allow for communication with a mobile application and / or a software application. The communication unit may include various wireless capabilities including, but not limited to, WIFI, Bluetooth, cellular, near field communications (NFC), etc. For ease of description, the mobile and / or the software application will be hereinafter referred to as an app. The app may be downloaded from the Internet to be stored on the storage unit of the CPU 230.

[0049] The CPU 230 may also have a global positioning service (GPS) device installed therein, to allow the CPU 230 to be located via a GPS signal.

[0050] Thus, the CPU 230 may allow for the plurality of pistons 240 to activate in response to the toy rabbit magnet 140 disposed on the backside of the toy rabbit 100 magnetically coupling to the rocking chair magnet 220.

[0051] In other words, the CPU 230 may be electronically connected to both the rocking chair magnet 220 and the plurality of pistons 240. Accordingly, when the toy rabbit magnet 140 disposed on the backside of the toy rabbit 100 is magnetically coupled to the rocking chair magnet 220, the CPU 230 may activate the plurality of pistons 240 to reciprocate, thereby causing the rocking chair 200 to rock. In other words, when the toy rabbit 100 is sitting on the rocking chair 200, the rocking chair 200 will rock.

[0052] The battery 250 may be any type of battery known to one of ordinary skill in the art, including, but not limited to, a nickel cadmium battery, a lithium ion battery, a rechargeable battery, etc., and may provide power to the CPU 230 and the plurality of pistons 240.

[0053] The present general inventive concept may include a toy rabbit 100, including a toy rabbit main body 110 having a shape of a humanoid rabbit, a stuffing 120 disposed within an inner portion of the toy rabbit main body 110, a wire 130 disposed throughout the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body 110, at least one toy rabbit magnet 140 disposed within the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body 110, and a rocking chair 200 magnetically detachable from the toy rabbit main body 110 to allow the toy rabbit main body 110 to be magnetically coupled thereto.

[0054] The rocking chair 200 may include a rocking chair seat 210 to allow the toy rabbit 100 to be seated thereupon, and a rocking chair magnet 220 disposed within or on the rocking chair seat 210 to allow the toy rabbit 100 to be magnetically coupled thereto.

[0055] The rocking chair 200 may further include a central processing unit (CPU) 230 disposed within the rocking chair 200 to be electronically connected to the rocking chair magnet 220, such that the CPU 230 senses when the at least one toy rabbit magnet 140 is magnetically coupled to the rocking chair magnet 220, and a plurality of pistons 240 disposed within bottom leg portions of the rocking chair 200 and electronically connected to the CPU 230, wherein the CPU 230 controls the plurality of pistons 240 to reciprocate in and out of the bottom leg portions of the rocking chair 200 causing the rocking chair 200 to rock.

[0056] The stuffing 120 may include at least one of polyester fiberfill, cotton, straw, wool, plastic pellets, beans, down, and feathers.

[0057] A main purpose of the present general inventive concept is to provide children with a fun and engaging way to learn about Easter's true meaning while promoting good behavior and family togetherness. Family-oriented and fun, the present general inventive concept serves as a positive reinforcement tool, inspiring children to exhibit kindness, generosity, and other virtues associated with Easter traditions. Incorporating educational elements like a miniature Easter book and customizable accessories, the present general inventive concept is comprised of a stuffed Easter bunny that can be played with independently or placed in a complementary miniature rocking chair that he sits in on the eve of Easter The bunny has internal wire parts that permit the hare to sit in the chair, lay on a wall, be held up or placed in an ideal location, allowing for dynamic positioning as children eagerly await its arrival for Easter commencement. As a festive companion that brings joy and excitement to the Easter season, the present general inventive concept encourages learning and reflection on the holiday's traditions as it allows a family to create unique memories of their own, fostering stronger connections that last a lifetime. Overall, the present general inventive concept enriches the Easter experience by promoting education, positive behavior, family bonding, excitement, and personalization, making it a valuable addition to holiday celebrations and a potential benefit to the toy / novelty industry.

[0058] The present general inventive concept is the only product of its kind that distinguishes itself through its educational emphasis, promoting the true meaning of Easter by incorporating a miniature book with the stuffed animal toy to encourage positive behavior through daily interactions. Offering both entertainment and enrichment, the present general inventive concept provides a personalized experience for each family as there are varied options for the toy to possess magnets to help control movement and the holding of the book counterpart, the choice for diverse neckwear, i.e. bowties, etc., or the use of internal cameras as the hare's eyes to help caregivers with remote monitoring of their children via an app feature. Overall, the present general inventive concept has great potential for expansion into other holidays ensuring its relevance and value beyond Easter, making it a unique and cherished addition to alternative celebrations.

[0059] Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A toy rabbit, comprising:a toy rabbit main body having a shape of a humanoid rabbit;a stuffing disposed within an inner portion of the toy rabbit main body;a wire disposed throughout the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body;at least one toy rabbit magnet disposed within the inner portion of the toy rabbit main body; anda rocking chair magnetically detachable from the toy rabbit main body to allow the toy rabbit main body to be magnetically coupled thereto.

2. The toy rabbit of claim 1, wherein the rocking chair comprises:a rocking chair seat to allow the toy rabbit to be seated thereupon; anda rocking chair magnet disposed within or on the rocking chair seat to allow the toy rabbit to be magnetically coupled thereto.

3. The toy rabbit of claim 2, wherein the rocking chair further comprises:a central processing unit (CPU) disposed within the rocking chair to be electronically connected to the rocking chair magnet, such that the CPU senses when the at least one toy rabbit magnet is magnetically coupled to the rocking chair magnet; anda plurality of pistons disposed within bottom leg portions of the rocking chair and electronically connected to the CPU, wherein the CPU controls the plurality of pistons to reciprocate in and out of the bottom leg portions of the rocking chair causing the rocking chair to rock.

4. The toy rabbit of claim 1 wherein the stuffing may comprise at least one of polyester fiberfill, cotton, straw, wool, plastic pellets, beans, down, and feathers.

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