Reconfigurable plush toys

Abstract

A plush toy includes a pliable, stuffed body portion and a plurality of appendage couplers. The body portion corresponds to a particular type of animal. The plush toy further includes a set of appendages that correspond to the same or a different type of animal as the body portion. The appendage couplers are configured to mate with the appendages to allow the user to create a new, imaginary animal.

1 . A plush toy comprising: 
 a pliable, stuffed body portion including a plurality of appendage couplers, wherein the body portion corresponds to a particular type of animal; and    a set of appendages that correspond to the same or a different type of animal as the body portion, and the appendage couplers are configured to mate with the appendages.    
   
   
       2 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the appendages are pliable.  
   
   
       3 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein the appendage couplers are configured to mate with a plurality of different types of appendages.  
   
   
       4 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein the appendages include at least one set of legs.  
   
   
       5 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein the appendages include at least one set of arms.  
   
   
       6 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein the appendages include a tail.  
   
   
       7 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein the appendages include a nose.  
   
   
       8 . The plush toy of  claim 1  wherein the appendages include a set of ears.  
   
   
       9 . The plush toy of  claim 1  wherein the appendages include a head.  
   
   
       10 . The plush toy of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the appendage couplers include a magnet.  
   
   
       11 . The plush toy of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the appendage couplers includes at least one of the group consisting of: a zipper, a button or buttonhole, VELCRO, a hook or an eye, a ball or a socket, a snap, a spring, and an adhesive surface.  
   
   
       12 . The plush toy of  claim 1  wherein the body portion is separable into at least two parts, and configured to mate with another type of body.  
   
   
       13 . Articles of manufacture comprising: 
 a first plush toy separable into at least two parts; and    a second plush toy separable into at least two parts, wherein 
 at least one of the parts from the first plush toy is configured to mate with the second plush toy, and  
 at least one of the parts from the second plush toy is configured to mate with the first plush toy.  
   
   
   
       14 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 a plurality of plush toys separable into at least two parts, wherein at least one of the parts from one of the plush toys is configured to be attachable to and removable from one of the other plush toys.    
   
   
       15 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13 , wherein the at least two parts of the plush toys are rejoinable to one another.  
   
   
       16 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13 , wherein the at least two parts of the plush toys are attachable to the same and different locations on one another.  
   
   
       17 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13 , wherein the parts of the first and second plush toys are stuffed with pliable material.  
   
   
       18 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13 , wherein at least one of the body parts is selected from the group consisting of: a leg, an arm, a tail, a nose, an ear, a head, an abdomen, a chest, a mouth, a tooth, a neck, a rear end, a back, a lower torso portion, an upper torso portion, a middle torso portion, a fin, a wing, a hand, a foot, a paw, eyeglasses, a beak, hair, fur, a trunk, and a hump.  
   
   
       19 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13  wherein at least one of the body parts is attachable to and removable from another of the body parts using at least one of the group consisting of: a zipper, a button or buttonhole, a hook or an eye, a ball or a socket, a snap, an adhesive surface, and VELCRO.  
   
   
       20 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13  further comprising a story guide configured to guide the user through a series of questions regarding a composite article that includes a mixture of the body parts from the first and second plush toys.  
   
   
       21 . The articles of manufacture of  claim 13  further comprising a media component configured to provide information regarding at least one of the first and second plush toys.