Frictional joint for a toy figure

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9919230
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13705994

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Hip joint assemblies, and posable toy figures that incorporate the hip joint assemblies, including a pelvis housing having a front portion and a back portion, where the front and back portions in combination define side openings in the pelvis housing, and a contoured friction plate vertically disposed within the pelvis housing. The hip joint assembly further includes two leg sections, each leg section having a disk member attached via a hip post, and each leg combined with the pelvis housing so that the disk member lies within the pelvis housing and the hip post passes through a side opening so that the face of the disk member abuts a face of the contoured friction plate, and the frictional interaction between the disk face and the friction plate renders the attached leg posable as it pivots around the axis defined by its hip post.

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MATTEL INC333 CONTINENTAL BOULEVARD EL SEGUNDO CA 90245

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chan, Sun Ho New Territories, HK 1 9
Hu, Jian Sheng Guangzhou, CN 2 12
Lam, Wai Nang Kowloon, HK 2 12
Li, Josiah To Sang Monterey Park, US 8 37

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