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(88) Date of publication A3: 24.03.2005 (43) Date of publication: 29.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/13 (21) Application number: 04776353.7 (22) Date of filing: 07.06.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A63F 7/06(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/018136 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/108235 (16.12.2004 Gazette 2004/51)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 05.06.2003 US 476468 P 04.06.2004 US 861778 (71) Applicant: MATTEL, INC. El Segundo, CA 90245 (US)	(72) Inventors: BEDFORD, Jonathan Hawthorne, CA 90250 (US) KEIFER, Jim Manhattan Beach, CA 90265 (US) HARDIE, Jeannie, Burns Gardena, CA 90249 (US) SCHULTZ, Lucy Torrance, CA 90502 (US) (74) Representative: Müller, Gerald Christian et al Hansmann & Vogeser Albert-Rosshaupter-Strasse 65 81369 München 81369 München (DE)