Reversible Toy With Nested Body Portions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing toys lack the ability to be easily and quickly reversed between positions to present different appearances or configurations.

Innovation Solution

A reversible toy design featuring a body with two coupled portions that define a globoid shape and a sealed cavity, allowing the toy to switch between two positions to alternate the presentation of different surfaces, with a retainer and appendages optional for enhanced functionality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a toy is designed to convert between different configurations, then the toy provides variety in appearances, but the transition between positions is not easy or quick

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to present different appearancesVSAvoidease and speed of reversal between positions

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The body is divided into a first body portion and a second body portion that can move independently relative to each other. This segmentation allows one portion to be reversed through an opening to present different appearances while the other portion remains stationary, enabling quick configuration changes without moving the entire toy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

One body portion is designed to fit within or through an opening in the other body portion, creating a nested relationship. This allows the movable body portion to be easily inserted or removed through the opening, enabling quick and easy transitions between different configurations without complex mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If a toy structure is made complex to allow configuration changes, then the toy can present different appearances, but the structural complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconfiguration change capabilityVSAvoidstructural complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The body is segmented into two portions with one portion movable through an opening in the other. This simple segmentation provides configuration change capability without requiring complex mechanisms, joints, or fastening systems, thereby maintaining structural simplicity while achieving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of having a complex mechanism that actively transforms the toy between configurations, the design allows one body portion to be passively reversed or inverted through an opening. This inversion approach achieves configuration changes with minimal structural complexity by utilizing the simplicity of reversal rather than active transformation mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS12239920B2Reversible toy

Publication Date: 2025.03.04 TEE TURTLE LLC

AI summary

In one embodiment, a reversible toy includes a body with a first body portion having a first surface and a second body portion having a second surface, the second portion being coupled to the first portion. The first portion and the second portion together define a globoid shape, with a sealed cavity therebetween, and an interior cavity within the body. The cavity contains a stuffing separate from the portions, separates the portions, and defines the globoid shape. The body is reversible between a first and second position to alternatingly present one of the first surface or second surface defining an exterior of the body. The other of the first and second surface is alternatingly storable in the interior cavity and the first and second body portions and the stuffing collapse into the interior cavity through an opening when the body is moved between the first position and the second position.