Granted Patent B2

US 12,311,279 · App. 18/061,431 · Granted May 27, 2025

Inventor: Ryanne Nigro (Las Vegas, NV)

Assignee: JINGLES BUNNIES LLC

A63H3/02A63H3/005

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. A stuffable toy comprising:

a textile outer sheath having a first side, a second side, and a hollow inner cavity between the first side and the second side, the textile outer sheath formed to substantially define a shape of the stuffable toy;

a first panel attached to the first side of the textile outer sheath having a non-attached edge that defines a first opening forming a first pocket;

a controller connected at a first end to a first interior location within a first appendage of the stuffable toy and connected at a second end to a second interior location within a second appendage of the stuffable toy; and

a channel positioned at least partially within the first panel at a location near the first opening,

wherein the controller passes partially through the channel and is operable to change a size of opening to the first pocket when appendages are pulled away from a central axis.

2. The stuffable toy of claim 1 , wherein the stuffable toy is an animal chosen from a group comprising an aardvark, an alligator, an American bison, a buffalo, an anteater, an antelope, an ape, an armadillo, a donkey, a baboon, a badger, a barracuda, a bear, a beaver, a bee, a bison, a boar, a bunny, a camel, a caribou, a cat, a cheetah, a chimpanzee, a chinchilla, a cow, a coyote, a deer, a dog, a dogfish, a dolphin, a donkey, an elephant, an elk, a fox, frog, a panda, a giraffe, a goat, a gorilla, a hippopotamus, a horse, a human, a hyena, a jackal, a jaguar, a kangaroo, a koala, a lemur, a leopard, a lion, a llama, a meerkat, a mink, a monkey, a moose, a mouse, a mule, an ox, a panther, a penguin, a pig, a pony, a rabbit, a raccoon, a ram, a rat, a red deer, a reindeer, a rhinoceros, a squirrel, a tiger, a wolf, wombat, a yak, and a zebra.

3. The stuffable toy of claim 1 wherein the controller comprises a ribbon, a rope, a fabric tie, a cord, an elastic cord, a fiber, or a twine.

4. The stuffable toy of claim 1 further comprising a loop.

5. The stuffable toy of claim 1 wherein the textile outer sheath is selected from one or more of cloth, leather, suede, plush, fustian, velvet, mohair, worsted yarn, silk, cotton, polyester, terry cloth, Lycra, neoprene, and fleece.

6. The stuffable toy of claim 1 further comprising a second controller.

7. The stuffable toy of claim 6 further comprising a second channel operable to secure the second controller.

8. A method of stuffing a stuffable toy comprising:

providing a stuffable toy having a textile outer sheath having a first side, a second side, and a hollow inner cavity between the first side and the second side, the textile outer sheath formed to substantially define a shape of the stuffable toy, a first panel attached to the first side of the textile outer sheath having a non-attached edge that defines a first opening forming a first cavity, a controller connected at a first end to a first interior location within a first appendage of the stuffable toy and connected at a second end to a second interior location within a second appendage of the stuffable toy, and a channel positioned at least partially within the first panel at a location near the first opening, wherein the controller passes partially through the channel and is operable to change a size of opening to a first pocket when appendages are pulled away from a central axis;

selecting one or more items to be placed in the first cavity;

placing the one or more items into the first cavity;

pulling the first appendage and the second appendage in opposite directions away from a central axis of the stuffable toy; and

reducing the size of the opening to the first cavity.

9. The method of stuffing the stuffable toy of claim 8 , wherein the stuffable toy is an animal chosen from a group comprising an aardvark, an alligator, an American bison, a buffalo, an anteater, an antelope, an ape, an armadillo, a donkey, a baboon, a badger, a barracuda, a bear, a beaver, a bee, a bison, a boar, a bunny, a camel, a caribou, a cat, a cheetah, a chimpanzee, a chinchilla, a cow, a coyote, a deer, a dog, a dogfish, a dolphin, a donkey, an elephant, an elk, a fox, frog, a panda, a giraffe, a goat, a gorilla, a hippopotamus, a horse, a human, a hyena, a jackal, a jaguar, a kangaroo, a koala, a lemur, a leopard, a lion, a llama, a meerkat, a mink, a monkey, a moose, a mouse, a mule, an ox, a panther, a penguin, a pig, a pony, a rabbit, a raccoon, a ram, a rat, a red deer, a reindeer, a rhinoceros, a squirrel, a tiger, a wolf, wombat, a yak, and a zebra.

10. The method of stuffing the stuffable toy of claim 8 , wherein the controller comprises a ribbon, a rope, a fabric tie, a cord, an elastic cord, a fiber, or a twine.

11. The method of stuffing the stuffable toy of claim 8 further comprising a loop.

12. The method of stuffing the stuffable toy of claim 8 wherein the textile outer sheath is selected from one or more of cloth, leather, suede, plush, fustian, velvet, mohair, worsted yarn, silk, cotton, polyester, terry cloth, Lycra, neoprene, and fleece.

13. The method of stuffing the stuffable toy of claim 8 further comprising a second controller.

14. The method of stuffing the stuffable toy of claim 13 further comprising a second channel operable to secure the second controller.

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