Toy figure with reconfigurable apparel portion
A toy figure includes an upper portion and a lower portion, with each of the upper portion and the lower portion being rotatable relative to the other one of the upper portion and the lower portion. The toy figure includes a reconfigurable apparel portion that includes an apparel section with a first side having a first pattern and a second side having a second pattern, the second pattern being different from the first pattern.
1 . A toy figure, comprising:
a body having an upper portion and a lower portion rotatably coupled to the upper portion, the upper portion having a longitudinal axis, the lower portion having its own longitudinal axis; and
a reconfigurable apparel portion, the reconfigurable apparel portion including a first apparel section and a second apparel section, each of the first apparel section and the second apparel section having a longitudinal axis, wherein each of the first apparel section and the second apparel section is rotatable about its longitudinal axis due to rotation of one of the lower portion or the upper portion about its respective longitudinal axis relative to the other of the lower portion or the upper portion.
2 . The toy figure of claim 1 , wherein one of the upper portion or the lower portion includes a first gear coupled thereto, each of the first apparel section and the second apparel section includes its own gear, and teeth of the first apparel section gear and teeth of the second apparel section gear engage teeth of the first gear.
3 . The toy figure of claim 2 , wherein rotation of one of the lower portion or the upper portion relative to the other of the lower portion or the upper portion causes the first apparel section gear and the second apparel section gear to rotate relative to the first gear.
4 . The toy figure of claim 3 , wherein the first gear is a crown gear with teeth oriented downward, the first gear being coupled to the lower portion, the first apparel section gear and the second apparel section gear are beveled gears, and each of the first apparel section gear and the second apparel section gear are coupled to the upper portion.
5 . The toy figure of claim 2 , wherein the first apparel section includes a first rotatable support defining a first longitudinal axis, the first apparel section gear is mounted on the first rotatable support, and the first rotatable support and the first apparel section gear are rotatable about the first longitudinal axis.
6 . The toy figure of claim 5 , wherein the upper portion has a second longitudinal axis about which it is rotatable, the lower portion has a third longitudinal axis about which it is rotatable, and the first longitudinal axis extends relative to each of the second longitudinal axis and the third longitudinal axis at an orientation other than being either perpendicular or parallel to either of the second longitudinal axis or the third longitudinal axis.
7 . The toy figure of claim 1 , wherein the first apparel section has a first side with a first pattern and a second side with a second pattern, and the second pattern being different from the first pattern.
8 . The toy figure of claim 7 , wherein the second apparel section has a third side with a third pattern and a fourth side with a fourth pattern, and the fourth pattern being different from the third pattern, and wherein the first pattern is the same as the third pattern, and the second pattern is the same as the fourth pattern.
9 . The toy figure of claim 8 , wherein the first apparel section and the second apparel section rotate simultaneously with each other so that the first side is oriented upwardly when the third side is oriented upwardly.
10 . The toy figure of claim 9 , wherein the reconfigurable apparel portion has a first configuration in which the first side and the third side are oriented upwardly and in which the second side and the fourth side are oriented downwardly, and the reconfigurable apparel portion has a second configuration in which the second side and the fourth side are oriented upwardly and in which the first side and the third side are oriented downwardly.
11 . The toy figure of claim 10 , wherein when the upper portion and the lower portion are in a first arrangement, the reconfigurable apparel portion is in its first configuration, and when one of the lower portion or the upper portion is rotated a full revolution relative to the other of the lower portion or the upper portion, the upper portion and the lower portion are in a second arrangement in which the reconfigurable apparel portion is in its second configuration.
12 . The toy figure of claim 11 , wherein the reconfigurable apparel portion includes a third apparel section, a fourth apparel section, and a fifth apparel section, each of the first apparel section, the second apparel section, the third apparel section, the fourth apparel section, and the fifth apparel section is mounted to the upper portion and located around a perimeter of the body of the toy figure, and the first apparel section, the second apparel section, the third apparel section, the fourth apparel section, and the fifth apparel section collectively form clothing for the toy figure.
13 . The toy figure of claim 1 , wherein when the lower portion rotates about its longitudinal axis relative to the upper portion, each of the first apparel section and the second apparel section rotates about its longitudinal axis and does not revolve around the longitudinal axis of the lower portion, and when the upper portion rotates about its longitudinal axis relative to the lower portion, each of the first apparel section and the second apparel section rotates about its longitudinal axis and revolves around the longitudinal axis of the lower portion as well.
14 . A toy figure, comprising:
an upper body portion having a longitudinal axis;
a lower body portion rotatably coupled to the upper body portion, the lower body portion having its own longitudinal axis; and
a reconfigurable apparel portion coupled to one of the upper body portion and the lower body portion, the reconfigurable apparel portion including apparel sections, each apparel section including a support and a material coupled to its support, each support defining a longitudinal axis about which that support and its respective material rotates, and each apparel section rotates about its longitudinal axis when one of the lower body portion or the upper body portion rotates about its respective longitudinal axis relative to the other of the lower body portion or the upper body portion.
15 . The toy figure of claim 14 , wherein the lower body portion has a crown gear coupled thereto, each apparel section has a beveled gear coupled its respective support, and each apparel section beveled gear engages the lower body portion crown gear.
16 . The toy figure of claim 15 , wherein rotation of one of the lower body portion or the upper body portion relative to the other of the lower body portion or the upper body portion causes each of the apparel sections to rotate about its longitudinal axis simultaneously with other apparel sections rotating about their longitudinal axes.
17 . The toy figure of claim 16 , wherein rotation of the upper body portion about its longitudinal axis relative to the lower body portion causes each of the apparel sections to revolve around the longitudinal axis of the lower body portion as well.
18 . The toy figure of claim 16 , wherein each apparel section material includes a first side with a first pattern and a second side with a second pattern, the second pattern being different from the first pattern, and each apparel section rotates simultaneously with other apparel sections so that a first side of each apparel section is oriented in a same direction as the first sides of other apparel sections.
19 . A toy figure, comprising:
an upper body portion defining a longitudinal axis;
a lower body portion rotatably coupled to the upper body portion; and
a reconfigurable apparel portion including a plurality of apparel sections, each apparel section including a support with a gear mounted thereon and a multiple-sided material coupled to the support, each support defining its own longitudinal axis about which its respective multiple-sides material rotates, each apparel section rotating about its longitudinal axis when one of the lower body portion or the upper body portion rotates relative to the other of the lower body portion or the upper body portion, and each apparel section revolves about the longitudinal axis of the upper body portion when the upper body portion rotates relative to the lower body portion.
20 . The toy figure of claim 19 , wherein material of each apparel section includes a first side with a first pattern and a second side with a second pattern, the second side being opposite the first side, and the second pattern being different from the first pattern, and the first side of each apparel sections is oriented in a same direction as the first sides of other apparel sections when the plurality of apparel sections rotate.