Commemorative figurine

Abstract

A commemorative object for memorializing an event comprises a 3-D plastic figurine that is representative of the event to be memorialized. The figurine has an egg-shaped head/body made of a material suitable to be handwritten on with a writing implement, such as a felt-tip pen. Accordingly, a personalized message can easily and permanently be written directly on the figurine by a donator to a recipient.

1 . A commemorative object for memorializing an event, comprising a figurine having a three-dimensional body representative of an event to be memorialized, said body having a writable surface for substantially permanently receiving a personalized handwritten message commemorating the event.  
     
     
         2 . A commemorative object as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said body includes a main body member and limbs depending therefrom, at least part of said limbs being configurable into a variety of positions for allowing said figurine to represent a selected moment of the memorialized event.  
     
     
         3 . A commemorative object as defined in  claim 2 , wherein said limbs are at least partly made of a malleable material.  
     
     
         4 . A commemorative object as defined in  claim 2 , wherein an article representative of the event to be memorialized is mounted to said figurine, said article being displaceable relative to said main body member.  
     
     
         5 . A commemorative object as defined in  claim 1 , wherein said body includes a main body member and limbs depending therefrom, and wherein said writable surface is provided on a uniform exterior surface of said main body member.  
     
     
         6 . A commemorative object as defined in  claim 5 , wherein said main body member is egg-shaped.  
     
     
         7 . A commemorative object as defined in  claim 5 , wherein said writable surface is made of a material adapted to retain the ink transferred from a writing implement to the writable surface.  
     
     
         8 . A method of depicting an event to be memorialized, comprising the steps of: providing a figurine having a three-dimensional body representative of the event to be memorialized, and handwriting a personalized message on said body with a writing implement.  
     
     
         9 . A method as defined in  claim 8 , wherein said figurine has limbs depending from said three-dimensional body, and wherein the method further includes the step of: moving said limbs to a fixed position representing a particular moment of the event to be memorialized.  
     
     
         10 . A method as defined in  claim 8 , wherein said writing implement is a felt-tip pen.