Appeal No. 98-1048
Application 08/516,245
toy figures and particularly to the head attachment used
therein" (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is illustrative and
reads as follows:
1. A doll comprising:
a body;
a head attachment post integrally formed with said body
and defining an extending neck portion having a spherical
surface, a ball end joined to said neck portion and a narrow
portion formed at the junction of said spherical surface and
said ball end; and
a head defining an interior cavity for receiving a
portion of said head attachment post, said head including a
spherical recess having a surrounding wall and a tapered
aperture extending from said spherical recess forming an
inwardly extending edge between said spherical recess and said
tapered aperture,
said wall stretching to receive said ball end into said
interior cavity through said spherical recess and said
aperture and contracting to engage said narrow portion of said
head attachment post such that said inwardly extending edge is
seated within said narrow portion and said tapered aperture is
seated upon said ball end and said spherical recess is seated
upon said spherical surface.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Rovex 1,354,189 May 22, 1974
British Patent Document
Takara 64-7795 Feb. 10, 1989
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