US3611626A - Animated doll - Google Patents
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- An animated doll is described as including a dolls body, a head movably mounted on the body for side-toside nodding motion and legs mounted on the body for hand-assisted walking motion.
- the legs are operatively connected to a neck mechanism including a collar element, which provides the nodding motion for the head.
- the walking motion is translated, by means of a main shaft and a horizontally-disposed plate, both rotating in an oscillatory manner about a vertical axis, to rotary rocking motion of the collar element in the vertical plane about a horizontal axis to thereby provide the nodding motion for the head.
- the present invention relates generally to dolls and more particularly to an animated doll which is adapted to simulate the side-to-side nodding motion of the head of a walking infant.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide an animated doll employing techniques for assembly of the head to the doll proper which are uncomplicated and reliable, and which do away with the previously conventional blind connections.
- a still further object of the present invention is to provide an animated doll of rugged construction to withstand anticipated abuse and yet which is functional for its intended purposes.
- an animated doll which comprises a dolls body, a neck mechanism including a collar element mounted in the upper region of the dolls body, legs rotatably mounted on the body for walking motion, and drive means mounted in the body for translating the walking motion of the legs to oscillatory rotary motion in the vertical plane (side-to-side nodding motion) of the collar element.
- the drive means includes a horizontal plate attached to a main shaft in approximately the middle of the dolls body, with two drive slots in the horizontal plate fillfiti Patented Oct. 12, 197i M n i for receiving pins from the respective legs of the doll.
- the main shaft includes a substantially right-angle bend at its uppermost end which extends to the neck mechanism.
- the neck mechanism includes a neck block having a post extending upwardly therefrom and a collar element rotatably mounted about a horizontal collar shaft perpendicular to the post.
- the collar element has a lug depending through a block slot in the neck block.
- the lug includes a lug slot through which the bent end of the main shaft protrudes.
- FIG. 1 is a pictorial representation of a doll constructed according to the present invention depicting the side-toside nodding motion of the head;
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the three major parts of the mechanism for translating the walking motion of the doll to a side-to-side nodding motion for the head of the doll;
- FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of the torso and neck of the doll, exposing the rear half of the doll body, the section being taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1 in the direction of the arrows;
- FIG. 4 is a sectional side view representation of the torso and neck of the doll taken along the line 4l-4 of FIG. 3 in the direction of the arrows;
- FIG. 5 is a top sectional view, taken along the line 55 of FIG. 3 in the direction of the arrows, of a part of the drive means located in the body, showing its connection to a part of the neck mechanism;
- FIG. 6 is a top view sectional representation, taken along the line 66 of FIG. 3 in the direction of the arrows, of the action of the horizontal plate in the midportion of the body and its connection with a part of the walking mechanism and the main shaft.
- the doll comprises, as is conventional, a body generally designated by the reference numeral 10 to which a head 14, arms 16 and legs 18 are mounted.
- the arms 16 and legs 18 are secured to the body 10in conventional manner and the head 14 is articulately mounted at the top of the body 10.
- the body It ⁇ may be formed of front and rear parts 12 and 13, respectively, those parts meeting along a conventional longitudinally-disposed parting line 15 to define a hollow body.
- the parts 12 and 13 when assembled define arm sockets 22 and leg sockets 26 into which grooves 20 on the arms 16 and grooves 24 on the legs 18 are respectively received.
- the legs 18 are provided at their uppermost ends with rounded hip portions 28 in which the legs extend transversely to their interior termination at circular grooves 24, the axis of the grooves 24 being co-linear with the axis of turning movement of the legs 18.
- the three-part mechanism for providing animation to the doll includes a leg mechanism 30, a neck mechanism 50 and drive means 40 for translating the walking motion of the leg mechanism 30 to the side-to-side nodding motion in the neck mechanism to which the head 14 is attached.
- the leg mechanism 30 includes a cylindrical member 31 (one for each leg), with a connecting spring 32 attached thereto and an internal revolving member 36 with matching grooves 34 for the springs 32.
- the cylindrical member 31 is coaxial with the axis 35 for turning movement of the legs. Extending from the cylindrical member is a pin 33 for connecting the leg mechanism 30 to the drive means 40.
- the drive means 40 includes a main shaft 44 attached to a horizontal plate 38, the plate having drive slots 42 into which the pins 33 protrude on either side of the main shaft 44.
- the shaft 44 terminates in a substantially right-angle bend 46 at its uppermost end for connection of the drive means 40 to the neck mechanism 50*.
- the neck mechanism 50 includes a neck block 52 having an upwardly extending post 54 attached thereto.
- a collar element 56 is mounted on the neck block 52 for rotative movement about the axis of a generally horizontal frontto-back collar shaft 58.
- the collar element 56 is urged to a predetermined angular position with respect to collar shaft 58 by biasing springs 60 holding the collar element 56 to the post 54.
- the springs are generally transverse to the collar shaft 58.
- the collar element 56 further includes a groove 62, with a flared opening 54 in the groove of receiving the head 14 during assembly.
- a lug 66 with a lug slot 68 therein, the lug 66 protruding through a block slot 70' in the neck block '52.
- the bend 46 of the shaft 44 protrudes through the lug slot 68 to connect the drive means 40 to the neck mechanism 50*.
- the above mechanism is assembled and arranged such that the walking motion of the legs provides an oscillatory rotary motion to the cylindrical member 31 in a generally vertical plane about axis 35, the motion of each leg 18 being confined by mating of the groove 24 with the socket 26 in the body 10.
- the motion of cylindrical member 31 is imparted to the pin 33 as a front-to-back motion which causes oscillatory rotation of the plate 38 about an axis co-linear with that of main shaft 44, the motion of the plate 38 being in the generally horizontal plane of the plate 38.
- the rotary motion of the plate 38 and the shaft 44 in the horizontal plane imparted by the front-to-back vertical rotary motion of the pin 33 is illustrated in FIG. 6.
- the plate 38 is thereby provided with unobstructed freedom of rotary movement in the plane, as shown clearly in FIG. 4.
- the legs 18 are then joined to the body by mating of the grooves 24 with sockets 26 in the lower part of the back body member 13, while the pin 33 for each leg is simultaneously interlocked with a drive slot 42 in the horizontal plate 38.
- the collar element 56 is assembled with the neck block 52 by means of the collar shaft 58 and the biasing springs 60 to complete the neck mechanism.
- the neck mechanism 50 is then placed with the neck block 52 located and held in the receiving slot 88 on the back body member 13.
- the right-angle bend 46 of the main shaft 44 is inserted to lug slot 68 of the lug 66 depending from the collar element 56 through block slot 70.
- Arms 16 are then mounted by inserting the sockets 22 of the rear body member to grooves 20.
- the head 14 may now be fitted to the collar element 56 by turning the socket 102 of the head into the groove 62 of the collar element through the flared opening 64. In this way any blind connection of the mechanism directly to the head, typical in the prior art, is avoided and the head 14 becomes an aesthetic rather than a mechanical addition to the doll.
- the front body member 12 is then fitted to the rear body member with bifurcations in the supporting arms 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, placed in holding relationship with the main shaft 44 to enable unobstructed rotation of the shaft.
- the two halves of the body 12 and 13 may then be joined by an adhesive, fusing of the body material or the like.
- the right-angle bend 416 is thereby moved against the side of the lug slot 68 to impart to the lug 66 a counterclockwise rotation about the collar shaft in a vertical plane, thus providing a tilting motion to the collar element 56 and the nodding motion of the head 14 to the dolls right. If the child pulls the doll further towards her, the action of the mechanism is reversed and the head tilts in the other direction.
- the biasing springs 66 urge the collar element (and therefore the head) to a centered position relative to the post 54.
- the positions shown and described are mainly illustrative of the many and varied positions which can be obtained for an animated doll constructed in accordance with the present invention.
- the doll is of a relatively simple and rugged construction and is capable of withstanding abuse for long periods of use yet remaining in operational condition. It will be appreciated that the head and extremities of the doll are sculptured to simulate a young infant, which coupled with the general feel of the body and the animation imparted to the doll, will give the doll excep tionally lifelike properties.
- An animated doll comprising a doll body, legs rotatably connected to said doll body for walking motion, a neck mechanism including a collar element having a depending lug movably mounted near the top of said doll body for side-to-side rotary nodding motion about a generally horizontal front-to-back axis, a head mounted on said collar element and drive means within said doll body for translating said walking motion to provide, by operative connection of said lug to said legs by said drive means, said side-to-side nodding motion.
- said neck mechanism further includes: a neck block, an upwardly extending vertical post protruding from said neck block, means mounting said collar element to said post for rotative movement about a generally horizontal frontto-back axis, and biasing means urging said collar element to a predetermined angular position with respect to its axis.
- said drive means includes a horizontally-disposed plate and a main shaft approximately perpendicular to said plate, said shaft being attached to said plate, said plate being rotatable in a horizontal plane with said shaft about the axis of said shaft and defining drive slots on either side of said shaft.
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ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TO THEREBY PROVIDE THE NODDING MOTION FOR THE HEAD.
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Cited By (5)
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US4141176A (en) * | 1977-09-12 | 1979-02-27 | Mattel, Inc. | Posable doll, means for movably mounting same and toy camera |
US4217726A (en) * | 1977-09-12 | 1980-08-19 | Mattel, Inc. | Doll with movable legs, head, tiltable torso |
FR2493169A1 (en) * | 1980-11-04 | 1982-05-07 | Marvin Glass & Associates | DOLL WHICH WORKS |
US4968280A (en) * | 1989-09-29 | 1990-11-06 | Mattel, Inc. | Animated figure with interactive head and torso |
US20180256992A1 (en) * | 2015-09-04 | 2018-09-13 | Gymworld Inc. | Connecting member for self-assembly toy |
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US4141176A (en) * | 1977-09-12 | 1979-02-27 | Mattel, Inc. | Posable doll, means for movably mounting same and toy camera |
US4217726A (en) * | 1977-09-12 | 1980-08-19 | Mattel, Inc. | Doll with movable legs, head, tiltable torso |
FR2493169A1 (en) * | 1980-11-04 | 1982-05-07 | Marvin Glass & Associates | DOLL WHICH WORKS |
US4386479A (en) * | 1980-11-04 | 1983-06-07 | Marvin Glass & Associates | Walking doll |
US4968280A (en) * | 1989-09-29 | 1990-11-06 | Mattel, Inc. | Animated figure with interactive head and torso |
US20180256992A1 (en) * | 2015-09-04 | 2018-09-13 | Gymworld Inc. | Connecting member for self-assembly toy |
US10391415B2 (en) * | 2015-09-04 | 2019-08-27 | Gymworld Inc. | Connecting member for self-assembly toy |
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Owner name: CBS INC., 51 WEST 52ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 1001 Free format text: NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT;ASSIGNOR:IDEAL TOY CORPORATION, A CORP OF DE;REEL/FRAME:004210/0055 Effective date: 19831108 Owner name: IDEAL TOY CORPORATION 184-10 JAMAICA AVENUE HOLLIS Free format text: NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT;ASSIGNOR:IDEAL TOY CORPORATION, A NY CORP.;REEL/FRAME:004210/0050 Effective date: 19720410 |
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Owner name: VIEW-MASTER IDEAL GROUP, INC., 200 FIFTH AVENUE, N Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. AS OF JANUARY 21, 1986.;ASSIGNOR:CBS INC., A CORP OF NY;REEL/FRAME:004648/0575 Effective date: 19861107 Owner name: VIEW-MASTER IDEAL GROUP, INC., A CORP OF DE,NEW YO Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:CBS INC., A CORP OF NY;REEL/FRAME:004648/0575 Effective date: 19861107 |