CN103111075A - Toy figure with articulating limb - Google Patents

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CN103111075A
CN103111075A CN2012103274771A CN201210327477A CN103111075A CN 103111075 A CN103111075 A CN 103111075A CN 2012103274771 A CN2012103274771 A CN 2012103274771A CN 201210327477 A CN201210327477 A CN 201210327477A CN 103111075 A CN103111075 A CN 103111075A
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M·巴托尔德
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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A toy figure with an articulated limb comprises a torso 12 and at least one appendage 16 which is resiliently articulated about the toy figure. The at least one appendage 16 is pivotally or rotatably coupled to the torso 12, and may include pivot assembly 18. At least one of the appendages includes a resilient member 20 oriented substantially parallel to the proximodistal axis of the appendage. The resilient member 20 is biased to return the at least one appendage 16 to a rest position if articulated away from the rest position. The at least one appendage 16 may be pivotally coupled to a hip portion 15 which hip portion is rotatably coupled to the torso 12. The toy figure may be used to enact various athletic movements, such as a leg kick or punch.

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Has the toy figure that is hinged limbs
The cross reference of related application
The application is called the U.S. Patent application No.61/499 of " having the toy figure (Toy Figure with Articulating Limb) that is hinged limb " based on the name of submitting on June 21st, 2011,274, agent's recording mechanism No.1389.0340P/16877P, and require its priority, at this in conjunction with its whole disclosures as a reference.
Invention field
The present invention relates generally to the toy motion image, and more specifically relate to the toy motion image with at least one the movable limb that moves for the different motion of regulation, for example kick or punch.And, the present invention relates to the toy motion image, it can comprise that two or more movable limbs are to move and to move in conjunction with the different motion of regulation.
Background technology
The toy motion image has become very popular and has been that well-known game is selected for children and adult in Toy Industry.Mainly for young boy and gatherer, these toy figure copy the hero of male sex's guiding usually, the bad person, etc.Modal theme comprises the wrestler, soldier, cartoon role, soldier, or megahero.In addition, the increase of element true to nature comprises engraving and the clothes of details, also further strengthens the playability of these toy motion images and collection property.
Great majority actions images comprise by a plurality of corresponding a plurality of parts of connecting and molded plastics bodies of parts combination of being hinged.Whole effect wants to provide posture and/or the action that is similar to by people's execution usually.Can pose, that is to say to keep specific body position, usually by providing frictional fit to obtain at a plurality of places that are hinged or many places.Although according to the mansize's who shows personage, and based on providing larger adhesion to pressurize and improve outward appearance and actual size and other design feature, yet that the function of toy motion image keeps is relatively unchanged and need to strengthen and improve.
Correspondingly, be desirable to provide a kind of toy motion image, it can imitate action and posture by personage's execution of mansize, the authenticity of the aesthetics of maintenance simultaneously or improvement toy figure.
Summary of the invention
An embodiment Shen, the toy motion image is provided, it comprises trunk, at least one pivotally is connected to the appendage of trunk, and is arranged on the elastomeric element in described at least one appendage.Described elastomeric element is oriented the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described at least one appendage, and is configured at least a portion in the described toy figure of resting position biasing.
In other embodiments, toy figure comprises trunk, pivotally is connected to the buttocks part of trunk, pivotally is connected at least one appendage of described buttocks part; Be configured in described at least one appendage at least one in elastomeric element.Described elastomeric element is oriented to the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described at least one appendage.In certain embodiments, described at least one appendage pivotally is connected to described buttocks part and described trunk is rotationally attached to described buttocks part, makes described at least one appendage pivotally be connected to described trunk by described buttocks part.Still in other embodiments, described buttocks part is connected to trunk by T-shaped connector, and this T-shaped connector is configured to allow described buttocks part with respect to described trunk 180 degree rotations.
In other embodiments, described toy figure only comprises an elastomeric element.Alternatively, elastomeric element is the first elastomeric element, and toy figure also comprises the second elastomeric element that is configured in the second appendage, and wherein said elastomeric element is oriented to the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to the second appendage.
Also in another embodiment, at least one appendage is the first leg and the second leg.In certain embodiments, described the first leg is rotationally attached to described buttocks part and comprises elastomeric element, and but described the second leg pivotally is connected to described buttocks part does not comprise elastomeric element.Further, in other embodiments, described the second leg pivotally is connected to described trunk by the frictional fit ball-and-socket joint, and this frictional fit ball-and-socket joint is configured to allow this appendage about this joint spherical earth rotation and the toy figure that can pose is provided.In another embodiment, only the first leg comprises elastomeric element.
Also in another embodiment, the toy motion image is set up and comprises the head that pivotally is connected to trunk, and in a further embodiment, the elastomeric element of toy motion image is that described elastomeric element is to be selected to comprise torsion spring, torsion bar, helical spring, elasticity conjunction, the group that its growth and its composition form.
In certain embodiments, elastomeric element is configured at least a portion in resting position biasing toy figure.In other embodiments, elastomeric element is configured in the location bias buttocks part of forward direction basically.
In another embodiment, toy figure comprises trunk, has at least one appendage of the first that pivotally is connected to second portion, and appendage is connected to described trunk, and is configured in the elastomeric element in described at least one appendage.Described elastomeric element is oriented to the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described at least one appendage.In certain embodiments, elastomeric element is formed at least a portion of described at least one appendage of resting position biasing.In other embodiments, elastomeric element is the first elastomeric element that is configured in the first appendage, and described toy figure also is included in the second elastomeric element in described the first appendage.The first elastomeric element is in the first of resting position with respect to second portion biasing first appendage of the first appendage, and the second elastomeric element is at first biasing first appendage of resting position with respect to the first appendage.
Other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage are considering that detailed description will be more readily understood after accompanying drawing is combined.
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Fig. 1 provides the decomposition front perspective view according to the toy motion image of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 provides the decomposed rear view of the toy motion image of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 provides the decomposed back perspective view according to the toy motion image of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 provides the front perspective view according to the toy motion image of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 provides the side perspective view of the toy motion image of Fig. 4.
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General reference Fig. 1-5, action or toy figure 10 can comprise trunk 12,14 (seeing Fig. 3-5), and at least one appendage 16.In addition or selectively, action image 10 can also comprise buttocks or buttocks part 15, and it can be configured to as the connection between trunk 12 and at least one appendage 16.Trunk 12,14, buttocks 15, and at least one appendage 16 can comprise any suitable structure, outward appearance, and/or decorate, so that similar in appearance to any suitable people, animal, and/or other personage's health, head, and/or limbs.For example, action image 10 can be configured to similar in appearance to the wrestling personage.In certain embodiments, at least one appendage 16 and 14 can pivotally be connected to trunk 12, makes its any part or the combination can be with respect to trunk 12 pivotables, rotation, or be hinged.In other exemplary embodiment, at least one appendage 16 rotor ground rotatably or in addition are attached to buttocks 15 movably, and this buttocks 15 can correspondingly be connected to trunk 12 movably.In other words, at least one appendage 16 can be connected to trunk 12 by buttocks 15.In the exemplary embodiment shown in Fig. 1-3, buttocks 15 can be attached to trunk 12 by allowing the 180 mobile T-shaped connectors 13 of degree, makes buttocks 15 that other range of movement or type is provided.
Further referring to figs. 1 to 3,14 rotor ground or be rotatably connected to trunk 12 selectively rotate with respect to trunk 12 to allow 14.In addition, or alternatively, appendage 16 rotor ground or be rotatably connected to trunk 12 are to allow appendage 16 with respect to the selectable rotation of trunk 12.Although 14 and other appendage 16 pivotally be connected to as shown in the figure body, yet head and/or appendage 16 can connect with any method that other is fit to, comprise being slidably connected.In a further embodiment, 14, other appendage 16, or its some combinations can be fixedly connected to trunk 12 by any suitable method.
Fig. 1 to 3 provides partly breaking or exploded view according to the toy motion image of a plurality of embodiment of the present invention.In certain embodiments, at least one appendage 16 can be divided by two half-unit and forms, its can be bonding or any desirable mode combine, for example engage, promotion or frictional fit.For example, in Fig. 1-2, described at least one appendage 16 is two legs, and every leg is illustrated from trunk 12 dismountings, and is divided into two halves.The type of appendage no matter, each of at least one appendage 16 can have near-end 17 and far-end 19, the more close trunk 12 of ratio far-end 19 that makes near-end 17 be configured.Axis between near-end 17 and far-end 19 can be called nearly axis 21 far away usually, and can basically described at least one appendage 16 be halved.Therefore, if described at least one appendage 16 is basically straight, nearly axis 21 far away can be also straight basically.Yet if additionally, at least one appendage 16 is curved, crooked, flexible, perhaps not straight in addition, as the situation of Fig. 1-3, nearly axis 21 far away can turn to, and bending is perhaps additionally crooked so that described at least one appendage 16 is halved basically.
Still usually with reference to figure 1-3, partly decompose and take the different internal part that view can illustrate the toy motion image apart, with the mechanism of the resilient connection of detailed description toy motion image.More specifically, Fig. 1-3 show pivot assembly 18, it is at least partially disposed at least one appendage 16, and is configured in the mode of any hope, described at least one appendage 16 is connected to trunk 12, for example with regularly, pivotally or rotatable mode.Pivot assembly 18 can comprise the pillar 22 that is arranged in described at least one appendage 16, be arranged on the hookup 36 of the near-end (usually being adjacent to the near-end 17 of described at least one appendage 16) of pillar 22, and be configured to the elastomeric element 20 near the far-end of pillar 22.Within at least a portion of pivot assembly 18 can be arranged on described at least one appendage 16, make it basically parallel with the axis 21 near far away of appendage 16.
Best as shown in FIG. 2, hookup 36 be configured to be arranged on action image 10 in receiver 38 coordinate.Receiver 38 can comprise pivotable receiving terminal 43 and connector 45, makes receiver 38 can receive a plurality of appendages 16.For example, in Fig. 1-3, receiver 38 can receive the first leg 28 (seeing Fig. 3 and 4) and receive the second leg 30 at pivotable receiving terminal 43 at connector 45.Any one in described at least one appendage 16 can receive in any desirable mode, and it allows action image 10 according to scope practical function of the present invention.In certain embodiments, described at least one appendage 16 can comprise that two half-unit divides, and the two half-unit of described at least one appendage 16 divides and can link together around connector 45, and making to form provides being articulated and connected of frictional fit.This connection can be fixed in any desirable mode, for example by connector 47 (seeing Fig. 2).In addition or selectively, in certain embodiments, pivotable receiving terminal 43 can receive pin or the cylindrical boss 11 that is included in buttocks part 15, and it can correspondingly be provided for the mounting points of the hookup 36 of pivot assembly 18.
In certain embodiments, and as shown in Fig. 2-3, receiver 38 can be configured in trunk 12 than low side or lower end, and in other embodiments, receiver 38 can be configured in buttocks 15.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1-3, receiver 38 is configured in buttocks 15.The position of receiver 38 no matter, comprise at least one appendage 16 of pivot assembly 18 (namely, the second leg 30 of Fig. 3) can being connected to receiver 38 with respect to buttocks 15 perpendicular positions, make the near-end 17 of this appendage 16 (that is, the second leg 30 of Fig. 3) in abutting connection with buttocks 15.This configuration can limit the movement of the appendage 16 (that is, the second leg 30) that comprises pivot assembly 18, make it can be only about its axis 21 near far away to be hinged.Simultaneously, there is no the appendage of pivot assembly (namely, the first leg 28 of Fig. 3) can be connected to by this way trunk 12, this mode allows this appendage freely to rotate about the bulbous region that is limited by the opening in trunk 12, and wherein this bulbous region receives at least one appendage.For example, leg 28 can be by providing being articulated and connected directly or being connected to trunk 12 via buttocks 15 of frictional fit.
Still with reference to figure 1-3, but other with reference to figure 4-5, receiver 38 is configured to realize or be beneficial in the elasticity of median plane about at least one appendage 16 of trunk 12 and is hinged.For example, with reference to figure 3 and the exemplary embodiment described at paragraph before, elasticity is hinged can be about the axis 21 near far away of described at least one appendage 16 of comprising pivot assembly 18 (i.e. the second leg 30), rotation does not realize away from the resting position of its nature with described at least one appendage 16 of pivot assembly 18 (i.e. the first leg 28), and discharges the appendage that there is no pivot assembly 18 (i.e. the first leg 28) subsequently.
More particularly, and continue the exemplary embodiment with reference to figure 3, comprise being hinged and connected in median plane and can rotating buttocks 15 (comprising receiver 38) with the same manner about the axis 21 near far away of the second leg 30 of the first leg 28 and the second leg 30, the first legs 28.The rotation of buttocks 15 and receiver 38 can make at least a portion pivot assembly 18 (being hookup 36 and pillar 22) that is included in the second leg 30 also rotate about identical axis (i.e. the second nearly axis 21 far away of leg 30), its correspondingly transferring energy to elastomeric element 20 in case storage power therein.For example, swinging strut 22 can make the curling or tension of elastomeric element 20, and transferring energy is to elastomeric element effectively, and energy can be by elastomeric element 20 storages, until elastomeric element 20 can launch or not strain.When the first leg 28 discharged, elastomeric element 20 can discharge the energy of any storage, in case make enough energy be delivered to elastomeric element 20, discharges the first leg 28 and can make the first leg 28 turn back to its original resting position.In other words, the release of the first leg 28 can make pivot assembly 18 rotate to that wherein elastomeric element 20 is no longer curling, tension, or the position that stretches in addition.
Still with reference to figure 1-3, elastomeric element 20 at one end is connected at least one appendage, and is connected to pivot assembly 18 at its other end, thereby the rotation of pivot assembly 18 makes elastomeric element stretch and storage power.Elastomeric element 20 can be biased to resting position, and it can be that wherein elastomeric element 20 does not stretch and/or the position of storage power not.For example, elastomeric element 20 can be biased to the position of forward direction with action image 10, make when elastomeric element 20 releases energy, it will move image 10 turn back in front to the position.Elastomeric element 20 can provide realizes that any desirable appendage 16 or its part are about the necessary elastic force of being hinged of trunk 12.Elastomeric element 20 can be torque spring, as Figure 1-3, but in different embodiment, the combination of any suitable elastomeric element or elastomeric element can be combined to realize being hinged of appendage 16, include but not limited to, torque arm, helical spring, elasticity conjunction (elastic binder), its growth and its composition.
Figure 4 and 5 provide the perspective view according to another embodiment of toy motion image 10 of the present invention.Be similar to Fig. 1-3, action image 10 comprises trunk 12, is connected to 14 of trunk 12, and at least one appendage 16 that is connected to trunk 10 and can elasticity be hinged.In this specific embodiment, trunk 12 is connected to four appendages 16, and these four appendages 16 comprise the first arm 24, the second arm 26, the first legs 28, and the second leg 30.Each appendage 16 can be pivotally or is rotatably connected or be installed to trunk 12, makes each in the first arm 24, the second arm 26, the first leg 28 and the second leg 30 be hinged with respect to trunk 12 discriminably.In addition, in this specific embodiment, the second leg 30 can be equipped with the pivot assembly 18 that the elasticity for the second leg 30 is hinged.
With reference to figure 4, in addition with reference to figure 5, each at least one appendage 16 can comprise the parts that two or more pivotally connect particularly, upper member for example, intermediate member, and/or lower member.For example, the first leg 28 can comprise upper leg 32 and lower leg 34, and the second arm 26 can comprise upper arm 40 and lower arm 42.Each part of any in described at least one appendage 16 can link together in any desirable mode.In certain embodiments, upper leg 32 and lower leg 34 can only pivotally link together, but in other embodiments, pivot assembly 18 can be connected to lower leg 34 with upper leg 32.Pivot assembly 18 can be arranged essentially parallel to upper leg 32 or the nearly axis 21 far away of lower leg 34, and is configured to allow arbitrary part to be hinged about another part elasticity.For example, pivot assembly 18 can be configured to allow lower leg 34 to be hinged about axis 21 elasticity near far away of upper leg 32.In optional embodiment, pivot assembly 18 can allow appendage 16 or its part of any needs, respectively or be hinged about nearly distal flat surface or axle 21 elasticity of any requirement.In addition, can utilize pivot assembly 18 in order to the sub-component of appendage 16 is flexibly linked together.
With reference now to Fig. 5,, show the side view of the exemplary embodiment of describing in Fig. 4.In Fig. 5, the first leg 28 is arranged perpendicular to the second leg 30, makes when pivot assembly 18 engages, and action image 10 can be played the part of " horizontal playing " action.More specifically, leg 28 can pivotally be connected to trunk 12 by being hinged, and this is hinged can provide frictional fit, makes leg 28 be movable to upright position shown in Fig. 5, and keeps this posture.In other words, be hinged and pose by adjustable brace 28.On the contrary, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, leg 30 is connected to trunk 12 and remains on basically vertical position by pivot assembly 18.As described in detail above, pivot assembly allows the first leg 28 to be hinged about trunk 12 elasticity at median plane, makes action image 10 can complete various movements, for example horizontal playing.
For operational motion image 10, the user can and keep leg 30 in basically fixing position in leg 30 place's grasp motion images 10, about at least a portion of nearly axis 19 rotations far away or torsion action image 10.In certain embodiments, the user can be according to the direction rotation trunk 12 of arrow B, and can be articulated and connected the appendage 16 (comprising leg 28) that can guarantee any connection all can be around trunk 12 rotations.In other embodiments, at least one appendage 16 can be independent of trunk 12 rotations.When the part of action image 10 is hinged about nearly axis 21 far away according to the direction of arrow B (keep simultaneously leg 30 fixing), elastomeric element 20 can be strained, and is curling or receive in addition and storage power, as mentioned above.Therefore, the part that is hinged of once motion image 10 is released, and elastomeric element 20 can discharge the energy of any reception, makes the part that is hinged of pivot assembly 18 spinning movement images 10 return towards resting position according to the direction of arrow A.Therefore, the removable action image 10 of elastomeric element 20 is got back to its any position (that is, its resting position) before the direction according to arrow B is rotated.Although described action image 10 according to the operation of some direction of rotation, yet action image 10 can be formed at when discharging at direction A or B and is hinged (suppose action image rotate) about nearly axis 21 far away on the rightabout before release.
Although Figure 4 and 5 show the upper and lower parts that comprise for all four appendages 16, yet appendage 16 can comprise any amount of suitable components, comprises single part.For example, the first arm 24 can be single appendage and be not connected to the upper member of lower member.Alternatively, the second arm 26 can comprise first and second portion, for example upper arm 40 and lower arm 42.In addition, the top of the appendage of above-mentioned sign, the centre, and lower member can correspondingly comprise thigh, and leg, pin or arm, forearm, hand, however these parts can comprise any suitable part of appendage.
Toy figure 10 can be by any suitable material or the combination manufacturing of material, for example plastics, foamed plastics, timber, cardboard, punching press paper, metal, soft nature or synthetic material, it includes but not limited to, cotton, elastomer, polyester, plastics, rubber, its growth and composition thereof.Suitable plastics can comprise high density polyethylene (HDPE) (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE) (LDPE), polystyrene, acronitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), Merlon, PETG (PET), polypropylene, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) etc.Suitable foamed plastics can comprise polystyrene expansion or that extrude, polypropylene expansion or that extrude, its growth of eva foam, and composition.
Elastomeric element 20 is defined as bias component at this, and it is expanded/rotation (and recovery) along at least one axis, and can include but not limited to spring, elastoplast, memory foam or rubber.Elastomeric element 20 can be by any suitable material or the combination manufacturing of material, and for example soft nature or synthetic material, include but not limited to plastics, metal, elastomer, polyester, rubber, its growth and composition thereof.
Believe the above-mentioned open different inventions that comprise a plurality of independent uses of setting forth.When each in the middle of these inventions is open with preferred form, wherein specific embodiment as disclosed herein and the limited significance that is not considered that illustrates because multiple variation is possible.Theme of the present invention comprise all novelties with non-obvious combination and different elements disclosed herein, feature, the recombinant of function and/or characteristic.In addition, wherein any description " " or " first " element or its equivalent thisly openly are construed as the combination that comprises one or more this elements, neither essential two or more this elements of also not getting rid of.
In addition, use term " exemplary " in order to describe embodiment or accompanying drawing at this.Any embodiment that is described in this is not as being typically the embodiment that thinks preferred or useful, but as embodiment or the accompanying drawing of the possible embodiment of invention.For example, many embodiment described here directly point to exemplary embodiment, it comprises two legs, and one of them can flexibly be hinged about the trunk of toy figure, still can envision any part that any appendage or any amount of appendage can be hinged toy figure.
When the present invention has write up and during with reference to specific embodiment wherein, those skilled in the art are apparent can produce different changes and distortion, and does not break away from the spirit and scope of the invention.Therefore, the intent of the present invention is to cover to the invention provides them and be included into distortion and variation within the scope of the claim of enclosing and their equivalent.For example, most of element can be formed by molded plastics.Yet in selectable embodiment, element can be formed by the material except plastics, as long as this material has the sufficient intensity of the expectation function of satisfied assembly.

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1. a toy figure comprises:
Trunk;
Pivotally be connected at least one appendage of described trunk, described at least one appendage has nearly axis far away; With
Be arranged on the elastomeric element in described at least one appendage, wherein said elastomeric element is oriented the described near axis far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described at least one appendage, and is configured at least a portion in the described toy figure of resting position biasing.
2. toy figure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said toy figure only comprises an elastomeric element.
3. toy figure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastomeric element is that the first elastomeric element and described toy figure also comprise:
Be configured in the second elastomeric element in described the second appendage, described the second appendage has nearly axis far away, and wherein said the second elastomeric element is oriented the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described the second appendage.
4. toy figure as claimed in claim 1 also comprises:
Buttocks part, wherein said at least one appendage pivotally are connected to this buttocks part and described trunk is rotationally attached to this buttocks part, make described at least one appendage pivotally be connected to described trunk by described buttocks part.
5. toy figure as claimed in claim 4, wherein said buttocks part is connected to trunk by T-shaped connector, and this T-shaped connector is configured to allow described buttocks part with respect to described trunk 180 degree rotations.
6. toy figure as claimed in claim 4, wherein said at least one appendage comprises the first leg and the second leg.
7. toy figure as claimed in claim 6, wherein said the first leg are rotationally attached to described buttocks part and comprise elastomeric element, and but described the second leg pivotally is connected to described buttocks part does not comprise elastomeric element.
8. toy figure as claimed in claim 7, wherein said the second leg pivotally is connected to described trunk by the frictional fit ball-and-socket joint, and this frictional fit ball-and-socket joint is configured to allow described the second leg about this joint spherical earth rotation and the toy figure that can pose is provided.
9. toy figure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastomeric element are a kind of in torsion spring, torsion bar, helical spring or elasticity conjunction.
10. a toy figure comprises:
Trunk;
Pivotally be connected to the buttocks part of described trunk;
Pivotally be connected at least one appendage of described buttocks part; With
Be configured in the elastomeric element at least one in described at least one appendage, wherein said elastomeric element is oriented to the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described at least one appendage.
11. toy figure as claimed in claim 10, wherein said elastomeric element are configured at least a portion towards the described toy figure of resting position biasing.
12. toy figure as claimed in claim 11, wherein said elastomeric element are configured in the described buttocks part of location bias of forward direction basically.
13. toy figure as claimed in claim 10, wherein said buttocks part is connected to described trunk by T-shaped connector, and this T-shaped connector is configured to allow described buttocks part with respect to described trunk 180 degree rotations.
14. toy figure as claimed in claim 10, wherein said at least one appendage comprises:
Be rotationally attached to the first leg of described buttocks part; With
Pivotally be connected to the second leg of described buttocks part.
15. toy figure as claimed in claim 14, wherein only described the first leg comprises elastomeric element.
16. toy figure as claimed in claim 10, wherein said elastomeric element are a kind of in torsion spring, torsion bar, helical spring and elasticity conjunction.
17. being the first elastomeric element and described toy figure, toy figure as claimed in claim 10, wherein said elastomeric element also comprise:
Be configured in the second elastomeric element in the second appendage, this second appendage has nearly axis far away, and wherein said the second elastomeric element is oriented to the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described the second appendage.
18. a toy figure comprises:
Trunk;
Be connected at least one appendage of described trunk, and have the first that pivotally is connected to second portion; With
Be configured in the elastomeric element in described at least one appendage, wherein said elastomeric element is oriented to the axis near far away that is arranged essentially parallel to described at least one appendage.
19. toy figure as claimed in claim 18, wherein said elastomeric element are configured at least a portion at described at least one appendage of resting position biasing.
20. toy figure as claimed in claim 18 also comprises:
Buttocks part, wherein said at least one appendage pivotally are connected to described buttocks part and described trunk is rotationally attached to described buttocks part, make described at least one appendage pivotally be connected to described trunk by described buttocks part.
21. toy figure as claimed in claim 18, wherein said elastomeric element are arranged on the first elastomeric element in the first appendage, and described toy figure also comprises:
The second elastomeric element in described the first appendage, wherein in the first of described the first elastomeric element of resting position with respect to described the first appendage of the second portion of described the first appendage biasing, and described the second elastomeric element with respect to described trunk at described the first appendage of resting position biasing.
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