US 12,330,081 B2
Three-dimensional transformable toy
Ian M. Webb, Weston, FL (US); and Regina Sene Webb, Weston, FL (US)
Assigned to Sene Webb LLC, Weston, FL (US)
Filed by Sene Webb LLC, Weston, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,871.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,017, filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241524 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A63H 3/02 (2006.01); A63H 3/12 (2006.01); A63H 3/36 (2006.01); A63H 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 33/004 (2013.01) [A63H 3/02 (2013.01); A63H 3/12 (2013.01); A63H 3/36 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A three-dimensional transformable toy comprising:
a) a body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface defining a complete outer surface of the toy in a first configuration wherein in the first configuration the toy resembles an egg, the second surface defining a complete outer surface of the toy in a second configuration wherein in the second configuration the toy resembles an animal which has hatched from the egg, and the first and second surfaces having a hollow cavity formed therein;
b) a flexible fill material positioned between the first and second surfaces; and
c) an expandable/contractable member of elastic positioned between the first and second surfaces and which surrounds an opening to the hollow cavity, the expandable/contractable member permitting the opening to expand in size and contract in size as the body switches between the first and second configurations, the opening has an initial periphery which can increase in size by at least about 1.5 times when the opening is expanded wherein at least portions of the body can collapse through the expanded opening when the body is moved between the first and second configurations and vice versa and wherein the expandible/contractable member further creates a relatively flat bottom surface for the body which allows the toy to stand upright in both the first and second configurations.
 
10. A method of reversing the three-dimensional transformable toy, the three-dimensional transformable toy including a body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface defining a complete outer surface of the toy in a first configuration wherein in the first configuration the toy resembles an egg, the second surface defining a complete outer surface of the toy in a second configuration wherein in the second configuration the toy resembles an animal which has hatched from the egg, and the first and second surfaces having a hollow cavity formed therein; and an expandable/contractable member of elastic positioned between the first and second surfaces and which surrounds an opening to the hollow cavity, the expandable/contractable member permitting the opening to expand in size and contract in size as the body switches between the first and second configurations, the opening having an initial periphery which can increase in size by at least about 1.5 times when the opening is expanded and being of sufficient size when expanded wherein at least portions of the body can collapse through the expanded opening when the body is moved between the first and second configurations and vice versa, the method comprising the steps of:
a) pushing the first surface through the opening which causes the second surface to begin to emerge out of the opening;
b) continuing to push the first surface through the opening until the second surface forms a complete outer surface of the toy; and
c) creating a relatively flat bottom surface for the body which allows the toy to stand upright in both the first and second configurations.