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(88) Date of publication A3: 13.01.2005 (43) Date of publication: 23.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/47 (21) Application number: 04708621.0 (22) Date of filing: 05.02.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A63F 3/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/003486 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/071602 (26.08.2004 Gazette 2004/35)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 05.02.2003 US 445416 P (71) Applicant: MATTEL, INC. El Segundo, CA 90245 (US)	(72) Inventors: YU, Brian Hawthorne, CA 90250 (US) HARDIE, Jeannie, Burns Gardena, CA 90249 (US) KEIFER, Jim Manhattan Beach, CA 90265 (US) (74) Representative: Müller, Gerald Christian et al Albert-Rosshaupter-Strasse 65 81369 München 81369 München (DE)