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Therapeutic stuffed toy
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Inventors: Frye, Ruth E.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Oechsle; Anton O.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Crutsinger & Booth
A therapeutic stuffed toy according to the present invention comprises an outer stuffed fabric member, such as a "teddy bear," having an interior pocket containing a hermetically sealed container of a non-toxic liquid whose freezing point is below that of water and boiling point is above that of water. The container is removable from the pocket through an opening in the outer fabric member for the purpose of first preparing it for use by heating when the toy is to be used as a hot "compress", and cooling when the toy is to be used as a cold "compress". In another embodiment, the thermal material is in the form of salt dampened with propylene glycol or water. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention comprises a toy, whose outer layer or member is made of conventional material, such as a machine washable acrylic plush fabric, and may take the shape of a human or animal figure, or a cartoon character, for example.
Numerous other shapes are, of course, also possible.
The outer layer or member is stuffed with a conventional insulating material having a relatively low coefficient of thermal conductivity, such as polyester fill or polyurethane foam.
When in use, a hermetically sealed envelope or container containing a liquid or solid particulate material is, placed into an interior pocket of the toy to form a heat sink.
The pocket forms a cavity inside the body of the figure and prevents the insulating material from coming out when it is opened.
The pocket is preferably situated on a side of the outer member corresponding to midway up where a side seam of a conventional toy animal figure is located.
In a first embodiment of the invention, the container is filled with liquid which preferably has a low freezing point and a high boiling point.
In a second embodiment, the container is filled with a solid particulate material dampened with liquid.
In a third embodiment, the container is filled with solid particulate material such as metallic spheres or table salt.
The container is removable from the pocket for the purpose of first preparing it for use by heating when the toy is to be used as a hot compress, and cooling when the toy is to be used as a cold compress.
The opening in the outer member is openable and closable by a conventional means such as a zipper, or a mating fastener means such as a strip of loop fastener material which engages a corresponding strip of hook fastener material, for example.
When the pocket is closed, the outer fabric layer or member effectively "insulates" from the user the envelope or container of liquid.
The opening and closing means is designed to be "child-proof," however, the liquid within the container is non-toxic to prevent injury to a child if access to it is gained and it is ingested
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