Squeezable face-covering toy and its squeeze mechanism

摘要

A squeezable face-covering toy includes a toy figure having a face, left and right arms and a squeeze mechanism mounted inside the toy figure. The squeeze mechanism includes four curved panels connected end-to-end by four hinges, and left and right arm supports configured to support the left and right arms respectively. A spring is fastened between two opposite hinges whereby squeezing the squeeze mechanism moves the arms from an initial face-covering position to a face-revealing position.

主权项

1. A squeezable face-covering toy comprising:
(a) a toy figure having a face on a front side thereof, a left arm on a left side thereof, and a right arm on a right side thereof; (b) a squeeze mechanism mounted inside a soft body of the toy figure, the squeeze mechanism comprising a front left panel and a front right panel hingedly connected by a front hinge, and a rear left panel and a rear right panel hingedly connected by a rear hinge opposite to the front hinge, the front left panel and the rear left panel being hingedly connected by a left hinge, and the front right panel and the rear right panel being hingedly connected by a right hinge opposite to the left hinge; (c) the squeeze mechanism further comprising left and right arm supports configured to support the left and right arms respectively, the left and right arm supports having proximal ends attached to the left and right hinges respectively, and distal ends terminating in front of the face of the toy figure in an initial face-covering position; and (d) a spring disposed within the squeeze mechanism and having two opposite ends fastened at two opposite hinges respectively; (e) whereby squeezing the opposite front and rear hinges inwards towards each other moves the opposite left and right hinges apart and simultaneously moves the distal ends of the left and right arm supports away from the face from the initial face-covering position to a face-revealing position, and releasing the front and rear hinges renders the left and right hinges and the distal ends of the left and right arm supports to return to the initial face-covering position under influence of return force of the spring.