Appeal No. 96-0674
Application 08/533,287
claims on appeal.
Claim 1 recites a "bendable and posable" toothbrush toy4
comprising a toothbrush portion detachably secured to a handle
portion by means of a twist-and-lock connector. The handle
portion is in the form of an animate character having limbs
which are posable relative to remaining portions of the
handle. The twist-and-lock connector includes a male
connector 6 formed integrally with the toothbrush portion and
having at least one radially extending projection 9 and a
cylindrical socket 5 disposed in the handle having at least
one axial groove 11 for
receiving the radially extending projection, an inclined
surface 12 defined by a cut-out portion which cooperates with
the projection on the toothbrush portion to retain the
toothbrush portion in the handle portion and an abutment 14
restricting the toothbrush portion to rotate only in one
As defined in the specification, an object is "bendable" if the object4
may be bent, but automatically returns to its original pose after it is
released and an object is "posable" if the object will maintain a pose to
which it is bent (pages 3 and 4).
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