DE8717986U1 - game piece - Google Patents

Description

"Game piece"

The invention relates firstly to a toy figure according to the preamble of claim 1. In the usual toy figures, the circular or oval arm or leg end is sewn onto the torso in imitation of the natural model. The arms and legs are thus connected to the torso in a relatively rigid manner.

The object of the invention is, first of all, to design a toy figure according to the preamble of claim 1 in such a way that arms and legs can swing towards the torso.

The solution to this problem is, starting from the generic term of claim 1, initially seen in the features of the characterizing part of claim 1. The design of the connecting seams creates relatively thin, somewhat straight bending points or lines, which enable the arms and legs to swing back and forth or "swing" relative to the torso. This effect is further supported by the fact that the arms and legs are designed like pendulums. A preferred embodiment of the invention is the subject of claim 2. Such plush goods are inherently much more flexible.

and easier to bend than a short-haired plush made of woven fabric. This also supports the desired swinging effect. In this context, it should be mentioned that we already know of toy figures in which the arms are sewn to the torso via a seam that can be bent. The main disadvantage here is that the legs are sewn to the torso in the conventional way described at the beginning, and the legs, which are filled like the torso, force the figure to sit. There is also the disadvantage that these figures are made of a short-haired plush in the form of a woven fabric. Due to its relative rigidity, this type of material cannot achieve the swinging effect that can be achieved with the invention. In addition, there is the advantage of long-haired plush that it covers the seams between the arms and legs on the one hand and the torso on the other. This also applies to the alternative possibilities according to claim 3, but even more so to the preferred embodiment of the invention according to claim 2, which interacts particularly advantageously with the features of claim 1.

The features of claim 4 reinforce the pendulum-like formation of the arms and legs. The main weight is in the feet and hands due to the filling, while the rest of the arms and legs are deliberately left unfilled. In addition, the material, in particular a knitted long-haired plush of the unfilled arm and leg parts, can bend even more easily and better. This also increases the above-mentioned swinging effect.

QQ While the unfilled arm and leg parts explained last are deliberately intended to be easily bendable, a further embodiment of the invention according to claim 5 recommends stiffening the hands and feet, whereby the filling of the hands and feet is also kept in the desired shape.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is the subject of claim 6. These slots not only facilitate the

Sewing process and thus reduce production costs. They have the further advantage that you can freely choose the position and direction of the slits and thus the position and direction of the bending or "swinging" point between the arms and legs on the one hand and the torso on the other hand, without having to take into account the cut of the fabric parts that make up the torso. You can therefore provide the slit in the torso fabric part depending on the type of toy figure.

The subject of the invention can be any figure made of fabric, i.e. animal figures, fantasy figures, figures in human replicas (dolls), marionettes, etc.

Further advantages and features of the invention can be found in the following description and the associated drawing of an embodiment according to the invention. In the essentially purely schematic drawings:

Fig. 1: a figure according to the invention in the
front view,

Fig. 2: on a larger scale the unit A from
Fig. 1 omitting the plush representation,

Fig. 3: a section along the line III-III

in Fig. 2,

Fig. 4: an intermediate stage of the manufacturing

Process of a character after the

finding .

Fig. 1 shows the structure of a toy figure according to the invention, consisting of the head I ₁ , which is not of interest here for the explanation of the invention, the torso 2, two arms 3 and two legs 4. As indicated by lines, the torso 2 and the arms 3 and legs 4 (excluding the hands 5

-α λ and feet 6) are made of a long-haired plush knitted fabric. In contrast, hands 5 and feet 6 are made of a woven fabric in the form of a short-haired plush. Hands and feet are stuffed with a filling, whereby their inside can be closed off from the inside of the arm and leg parts 3, 4 by a seam 7 (see Fig. 4). The torso 2 is also provided with a filling.

The connecting seams 8 between the arms and legs on the one hand and the torso on the other hand are elongated and straight. They form a thin, elongated bending edge. The length and position or direction of this bending edge can be selected depending on the type of figure and the desired dangling effect. In the example in Fig. 1, the seams 8 for attaching the arms 3 and legs 4 run approximately perpendicular to the plane of the drawing and can therefore only be recognized as a point. For better graphic representation, the seams are shown exaggeratedly large as a zigzag line (this also applies to the following figures, as well as the representation of the slot 9 in the drawing).

Fig. 2 shows, schematically and without showing the long-haired plush, the unfilled long-haired plush knitted fabric 3' (see also Fig. 4), which hangs limply and swinging downwards from the seam 8. If the figure according to Fig. 1 were to be turned upside down, the arms and legs 3, 4 would hang downwards due to gravity and the swinging attachment, i.e. they would run in the opposite direction to their normal direction in relation to the body.

Fig. 2 to 4 show the slit 9 in the material, here a long-haired plush knitted fabric, of the torso 2 into which the ends or front edges 10 of the arm or leg parts 3, 4 are inserted and sewn by means of the seam 8.

The invention allows the production of such a toy figure in such a way that first the torso 2 on the one hand and the arms 3

-δ-with hands 5 and legs 4 with feet 6 on the other hand are each manufactured separately. The aforementioned manufacturing processes are always carried out "left-handed", i.e. the later outside, covered with long-haired plush, is on the inside and the side of the knitted or woven fabric that is in use on the inside is on the outside. Then the parts 3 to 6 are turned "right-handed" and at the same time the feet and hands 6, 5 are provided with the filling and this can be separated from the inside of the arm and leg parts by darts. However, it is also possible to fill the feet and hands in such a way, e.g. with cotton wool, that the filling stays inside the feet and hands without darts. Then the arms and legs are put into the torso, which is still turned "left-handed", and the ends or front edges 10 of the arm and leg parts 3, 4 are sewn to the edges of the slit 9 (see Fig. 4). The torso is then turned to the right side, filled and the filling hole sewn up. The long-haired plush completely covers the bending seams, whereby it is also an advantage that the edges of the slit 9 and the front edges 10 of the arms and legs, which are to be sewn together, are directed outwards when the torso 2 is turned to the left, so that after the torso 2 has been turned to the right, they are on the inside of the torso, i.e. in a place that is neither visible nor palpable from the outside. In particular when the torso is made from a long-haired plush knitted fabric, and even more so when the arms and legs are also made from a long-haired plush fabric, these seams are covered on the outside by the long-haired plush. The advantage is that very clean and thin seams can be achieved, which allow the arms and legs to swing very slightly or "loosely".

OQ to enable this seam.

Instead, the following alternatives would also be possible:

a) It is made of long-haired plush fabric, but the legs and arms oc are not made of long-haired plush fabric.

b) Legs and arms are made of long-haired plush fabric,

1 while the body is not made of long-haired plush

is manufactured.

c) Furthermore, in the above-mentioned versions a and 5 b, the variants are possible that the legs consist of a long

are made of hair plush fabric and the arms are not, or that the arms are made of long hair plush fabric and the legs are not.

IO The preferred embodiment of the invention, however, consists in the previously described embodiment of producing the torso and the arms and legs from a long-haired plush knitted fabric.

The head 1 is manufactured in the usual way and connected to the 15 body 2.

- Expectations -

Claims (6)

1. A toy figure with a torso having a filling and arms and legs sewn onto this torso, the aforementioned parts being made of plush, characterized in that the connecting seams (8) between the arms and legs (4) on the one hand and the torso (2) on the other hand are each elongated in such a way that they form an approximately straight bending point and that the arms and legs are designed like a pendulum. 2. Toy figure according to claim 1, characterized in that the torso (2) and the arms (3) and legs (4) consist of a long-haired plush knitted fabric. 3. Toy figure according to claim 1, characterized in that the torso (2) or the arms (3) and/or the legs (4) consist of a long-haired plush knitted fabric. 4. Toy figure according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that only the hands (5) and feet (6), but not the other areas of the arms (3) and legs (4) are filled. 5. A toy figure according to claim 4, characterized in that hands (5) and feet (6) consist of a woven fabric. 6. Toy figure according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that slits (9) are provided in the plush fabric of the torso, to which or into which the ends or front edges (10) of the arms (3) and legs (4) are sewn or sewn (8).