Toy Figure with Articulating Limbs and Body

Abstract

A posable toy figure having a body, a head, and limbs that are held together by at least one elastic cord. The limbs are comprised of multiple limb pieces that are also held together by the elastic cords. Each limb has multiple flat contact surfaces. Each limb is biased against the body at an abutment joint. Each limb is selectively moveable about the abutment joint into one of a few stable orientations relative the body. In each of the different stable orientations, a different one of the flat contact surfaces of a limb abuts against the body. Limb pieces create secondary abutment joints that enable the limbs to be configured into different stable poses. This provides the toy figure with a large, yet limited, number of posable configurations. The various posable configurations are readily indexed and can be easily repeated.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A posable toy figure, comprising:
 a body;   an elastic cord that extends though said body;   a limb having multiple flat contact surfaces thereon, said limb being biased against said body with said elastic cord at an abutment joint, wherein said limb is selectively moveable about said abutment joint into different orientations relative said body, wherein in each of said different orientations a different one of said flat contact surfaces abuts against said body at said abutment joint.   
     
     
         2 . The toy figure according to  claim 1 , wherein said limb is free to rotate about said elastic cord at said abutment joint. 
     
     
         3 . The toy figure according to  claim 1 , wherein said body has a flat surface that abuts against one of said flat contact surfaces of said limb at said abutment joint. 
     
     
         4 . The toy figure according to  claim 1 , wherein a cord groove is formed across one of said flat contact surfaces, wherein said groove is sized to receive a segment of said elastic cord therein. 
     
     
         5 . The toy figure according to  claim 1 , wherein said limb includes multiple limb pieces that are biased together by said elastic cord. 
     
     
         6 . The toy figure according to  claim 5 , wherein said limb contains a second abutment joint interposed between said multiple limb pieces. 
     
     
         7 . The toy figure according to  claim 1 , wherein said limb terminates with a connector, wherein said connector is selected from a group consisting of a suction cup, a magnet, and a pad of tacky gel. 
     
     
         8 . The toy figure according to  claim 1 , wherein said body has a front surface, a rear surface and a top surface that extends between said front surface and said rear surface, wherein said toy figure further includes a head that is coupled to said body with a second elastic cord. 
     
     
         9 . The toy figure according to  claim 8 , wherein said head can be selectively positioned into abutment with said front surface, said top surface or said rear surface of said body, wherein said second elastic cord maintains said abutment. 
     
     
         10 . A toy figure comprising:
 a body;   an elastic cord that extends through said body;   a plurality of limbs, wherein each of said limbs includes limb pieces that are biased together at abutment joints by said elastic cord, wherein one of said limb pieces at each of said abutment joints contains a contact surface that is traversed by a cord groove into which said elastic cord passes.   
     
     
         11 . The toy figure according to  claim 10 , wherein at least one of said limb pieces is free to rotate about said elastic cord at each of said abutment joints. 
     
     
         12 . The toy figure according to  claim 10 , wherein said body has flat surfaces thereon, wherein each of said limbs is biased against one of said flat surfaces by said elastic cord. 
     
     
         13 . The toy figure according to  claim 10 , wherein each of said limbs terminates with a connector, wherein said connector is selected from a group consisting of a suction cup, a magnet, and a pad of tacky gel. 
     
     
         14 . The toy figure according to  claim 10 , wherein said body has a front surface, a rear surface and a top surface that extends between said front surface and said rear surface, wherein said toy figure further includes a head that is coupled to said body with a second elastic cord. 
     
     
         15 . The toy figure according to  claim 14 , wherein said head can be selectively positioned into abutment with said front surface, said top surface or said rear surface of said body, wherein said second elastic cord maintains said abutment. 
     
     
         16 . A toy figure, comprising:
 a body;   a head;   a plurality of limbs, wherein each of said plurality of limbs is made from abutting limb parts, and wherein each of said plurality of limbs terminates with a suction cup termination;   elastic cords that extend through said body and bias said head and said plurality of limbs to said body at abutment joints.   
     
     
         17 . The toy figure according to  claim 16 , wherein each of said abutment joints contains a contact surface that is traversed by a cord groove into which one of said elastic cords passes. 
     
     
         18 . The toy figure according to  claim 16 , wherein each of said plurality of limbs is free to rotate about one of said elastic cords at each of said abutment joints. 
     
     
         19 . The toy figure according to  claim 16 , wherein said body has flat surfaces thereon, wherein each of said plurality of limbs is biased against one of said flat surfaces by one of said elastic cords. 
     
     
         20 . The toy figure according to  claim 16 , wherein each of said limbs terminates with a connector, wherein said connector is selected from a group consisting of a suction cup, a magnet, and a pad of tacky gel.