Mold for producing a toy figure

Abstract

A mold for producing a toy figure standing upright on a support surface and made from loose material, the mold having two mold halves which can be placed together at their edges of identical contour and which form an inner space that can be filled with the loose material and that corresponds to the desired toy figure, while the two edges forming an admission opening extend in a plane corresponding to the support surface, wherein the edges, of identical contour, of the mold halves are designed so that they extend at the locations of the respectively greatest diameters in any cross-sectional plane.

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         9 . A mold for producing a toy figure standing upright on a support surface and made from loose material, the mold comprising two mold halves formed asymmetrically to each other and having first edges, the mold halves being placeable together at the first edges situated in a parting surface while two additional edges form an admission opening and extend in a plane of the support surface, wherein the parting surface with the edges of the mold halves is formed as a curved surface. 
     
     
         10 . The mold according to  claim 9 , wherein the first edges of the mold halves are situated at locations of respectively greatest extension in any cross-sectional plane. 
     
     
         11 . The mold according to  claim 9 , wherein the mold halves consist of plastics with a wall thickness of at least 2 mm or of thinner sheet metal. 
     
     
         12 . The mold according to  claim 9 , wherein the mold halves in an assembled condition have child-oriented handles situated on an outwardly directed surface which serve for pulling the mold halves apart. 
     
     
         13 . The mold according to  claim 9 , wherein the mold halves in an assembled condition are detachably connected with each other by locking devices. 
     
     
         14 . The mold according to  claim 13 , wherein the locking device are snap locks. 
     
     
         15 . The mold according to  claim 9 , further comprising accessories for the toy figure, the accessories being insertable into a finished toy figure at corresponding points. 
     
     
         16 . The mold according to  claim 15 , wherein the accessories consist of wood, plastics or woven fabrics. 
     
     
         17 . The mold according to  claim 9 , wherein the loose material is sand, clay or snow. 
     
     
         18 . The mold according to  claim 9 , wherein the loose material plaster or cement.