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A63H

TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
Subclass:
TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS

Description

A63H covers the design and manufacture of toys and play articles intended for entertainment and amusement, including mechanical, structural, and functional aspects of toy construction. This subclass encompasses traditional toys such as tops, dolls, hoops, and building blocks, as well as puzzle toys, figurines, action toys, and similar recreational objects designed for children or general play. The classification includes innovations in toy mechanisms, materials, assembly systems, and interactive features that enhance play value. Related toy-adjacent technologies involving sports equipment or electronic gaming are classified separately under A63B (sports) and A63F (electronic games/amusements).

Scope Notes

Glossary: Toy Toys A plaything to be actively played with by children or others; something contrived for amusement rather than for practical or serious use. Toy figure Toy figures A toy that is a caricature or a stylised or symbolic form of a human being, animal, cartoon, fictional character or mythological being. | Limiting references: Blowing smoke-rings Changeable or secret pictures Firecrackers Hand-thrown impact-exploded noise makers Kaleidoscopes | Application references: Throwing toys as part of a game Traffic games with figures moved by players Spring toy guns Examples (not mentioned above) of devices, articles or apparatus which are applicable to humans instead of toys, or of "full-size" working devices or machines with a practical use: . Eyelashes, eyebrows for humans Artificial eyes for humans Picture books Parachutes for aeronautics Ultra-small engines, e.g. for driving models Models or scenery for general purposes Music, sound or noise production in general Transformers Electric motors per se Converters

Related Keywords

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  • A63H 37/00 Jokes; Confetti, streamers, or other dance favours
  • A63H 9/00 Special methods or compositions for the manufacture of dolls, toy animals, toy figures, or parts thereof