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US3699713A
US3699713A US199602A US3699713DA US3699713A US 3699713 A US3699713 A US 3699713A US 199602 A US199602 A US 199602A US 3699713D A US3699713D A US 3699713DA US 3699713 A US3699713 A US 3699713A
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Jurgis Sapkus
J Stephen Lewis
Robert N Sporrong
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/36—Details; Accessories
    • A63H3/48—Mounting of parts within dolls, e.g. automatic eyes or parts for animation

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  • the present invention exemplifies improvements over appendage animating means of this type.
  • a dolls arm is rotatably connected to a pinion gear having a hollow hub rotatably mounted in an arm opening.
  • the shoulder portion of the arm frictionally engages the hollow hub so that the arm may be swung by rotating the pinion gear with a rack which is swingably mounted in the dolls torso in driving engagement with the pinion gear.
  • the rack is carried by a plate which comprises a portion of the rear wall of the doll torso and which is swingably mounted in the torso.
  • Resilient means engage the rack-carrying rear wall portion for biasing it into a position where it lies flush with the remaining portion of the rear torso wall.
  • the rack-carrying rear wall portion may be depressed to swing the rack and rotate the pinion gear for swinging the dolls arm.
  • the dolls may be manually posed by overcoming the frictional drag between the shoulder portion and the hollow hub.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevational view, with parts broken away to show internal construction, of a figure toy having an appendage animating means of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial, side elevational view, with parts broken away to show internal construction, of the figure toy of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged, partial perspective view of the appendage animating means of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the appendage animating means of FIG. 1.
  • an appendage animating means constituting a presently preferred embodiment of the invention, generally designated 10, is shown in combination with a figure toy 12 having a lower torso portion 14 and an upper torso portion 16.
  • the lower torso portion 14 includes a front half 18 and a rear half 20 which are connected together by a plurality of pins 22, 24 and 26 on rear half 20 which engage suitable sockets (not shown) on front half 18.
  • Rear half 20 also carries a larger pin 28 which is engaged in a socket 30 on front half 18.
  • the upper torso portion includes a front half 32 and a rear half 34 which are connected together by a plurality of pins, like the ones shown at 36 on the front half 32, which engage sockets 38 provided on the rear half 34.
  • the upper torso portion 16 includes a reduceddiameter, midrift portion 40 engaged in the open top 42 of lower torso portion 14 and these portions are connected together by a resilient, rubber-like connector 44 having a headed upper end 46 engaged in an aperture 48 provided in a partition 50 disposed in the upper torso portion 16 at the base of a cylindrical neck 52.
  • Connector 44 includes a lower end 54 which is provided with an aperture 56 which, in turn, may be engaged over pin 28 before it is inserted into cavity 30.
  • Figure toy 12 also includes a head 58 which is connected to neck 52 by a mushroom pin 60 having a head 62 seated in a cavity 64 provided at the base of head 58 and a button connector 66 seated in annular channel 68 provided in neck 52. Additionally, figure toy 12 includes a pair of legs 70, 72 having upper ends 74 articulately mounted in leg openings 76 provided in the lower torso portion 14.
  • Upper torso portion 16 includes a pair of arm openings 78, 80 in which arms 82, 84, respectively, are rotatably mounted by shoulder pins 86 each having a first end 88 which carries a cross-bar, like the one shown at 90 for arm 82, embedded in a bulbous shoulder portion 92 thereof.
  • Each pin 86 includes a second end 94 which is bifurcated and which carries a head 96.
  • Each shoulder 92 is provided with an arcuate slot 98 through which an associated one of the pins 86 extends so that the arms 82, 84 may be swung laterally outwardly away from the upper torso portion 16. Shoulder portion 92 for arm 84 frictionally engages arm opening 80 and is maintained in engagement therewith due to the tensioning of pin 86 by trapping head 96 against a vertical web 100 affixed to the upper torso half 34.
  • Appendage animating means 10 includes a pinion gear 102 carried by a boss 104 joumalled in shoulder opening 78 by a flange 106 trapped in an annular channel 108 provided in upper torso portion 16.
  • Boss 104 includes an open cylindrical portion 110 which is frictionally engaged by shoulder 92 on arm 82 due to the force exerted by pin 86 which passes through an aperture 112 in boss 104 and is maintained therein by head 96.
  • Pin 86 carries a disc 114 serving as a thrust bearing for pinion gear 102.
  • Appendage animating means 10 also includes a rack 116 carried by an arm 118 formed integrally with an actuating plate 120, best seen in FIG. 4.
  • Plate 120 is shaped to form a continuation of the rear wall 122 of upper torso portion 16 and is swingably mounted in an opening 124 provided therein.
  • Plate 120 carries a trunion 126 journalled in vertical plates 128, 130 on rear wall 120 and maintained in position therein by suitable fingers, like the one shown at 132 in FIG. 2 extending from front, upper torso half 32.
  • Plate 120 carries a pair of stops 134, 136 (FIG. 1) which bottom out against rear wall 122 preventing plate 120 from passing beyond rear wall 122 under the influence of the bias imparted by connector 44 due to its engagement with a shelf 138 extending inwardly from plate 120.
  • arm 82 may be manually swung rearwardly in the direction of arrow 140 or counterclockwise in the direction of arrows 142 for 360of rotation by exerting enough force to overcome the friction between shoulder 92 and boss 104, which remains stationary due to the engagement of pinion 102 with rack l 16.
  • the appendage animating means 10 does not interfere with the normal play value of a figure toy wherein the child-user desires to manipulate the arms and legs to different posed positions where the arms and legs will remain until they are again acted upon by an outside force.
  • manually swingable rack means pivotally mounted in said body; gear means engaged by said rack means for rotation thereby; socket means rotatably mounting said gear means in said appendage opening;
  • pin means rotatably connecting one of said appendages to said gear means
  • An appendage animating means as stated in claim 2 including elastic means biasing said push plate to a position where said push plate lies in the same plane as said outer surface.
  • appendage animating means comprising:
  • socket means rotatably mounting said gear means in said appendage opening
  • a push plate swingably mounted in said body and forming a continuation of an outer surface of said body and means connecting said rack means to said push plate;
  • elastic means biasing said push plate to a position where said push plate lies in the same plane as said outer surface, said body comprising an upper torso portion and a lower torso portion, said elastic means comprising a connector connecting said torso portions together.

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US4006555A (en) * 1975-06-11 1977-02-08 General Mills Fun Group, Inc. Doll with incrementally movable arm
DE2640637A1 (de) * 1976-01-14 1977-07-21 Mattel Inc Spielzeugfigur
US4136481A (en) * 1976-09-11 1979-01-30 The Mettoy Company Limited Toy figures
US4182075A (en) * 1978-02-06 1980-01-08 Mattel, Inc. Cap-firing arm for a toy figure
EP0030427A1 (de) * 1979-12-10 1981-06-17 Mattel, Inc. Gliederpuppe
US4561854A (en) * 1985-02-20 1985-12-31 Coleco Industries, Inc. Creature with snap action jaw
US4669998A (en) * 1985-02-11 1987-06-02 Coleco Industries, Inc. Humanoid figure assembly and method for assembling same
FR2597358A1 (fr) * 1986-01-24 1987-10-23 Mattel Inc Dispositif d'articulation de membres pour figurine-jouet.
US4738649A (en) * 1986-02-07 1988-04-19 Coleco Industries, Inc. Figure toy with punching arm mechanism
US4750900A (en) * 1987-05-20 1988-06-14 Mattel, Inc. Quick draw mechanism for figure toy
US4988323A (en) * 1990-02-06 1991-01-29 Hasbro, Inc. Wrestler character figure
US6422916B1 (en) * 2000-10-13 2002-07-23 Kabushiki Kaisha Volks Toy doll
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FR2309260A1 (fr) * 1975-05-01 1976-11-26 Hasbro Development Corp Personnage jouet possedant des membres articules pouvant etre amenes a des positions posees
US4006555A (en) * 1975-06-11 1977-02-08 General Mills Fun Group, Inc. Doll with incrementally movable arm
DE2640637A1 (de) * 1976-01-14 1977-07-21 Mattel Inc Spielzeugfigur
US4136481A (en) * 1976-09-11 1979-01-30 The Mettoy Company Limited Toy figures
US4182075A (en) * 1978-02-06 1980-01-08 Mattel, Inc. Cap-firing arm for a toy figure
EP0030427A1 (de) * 1979-12-10 1981-06-17 Mattel, Inc. Gliederpuppe
US4669998A (en) * 1985-02-11 1987-06-02 Coleco Industries, Inc. Humanoid figure assembly and method for assembling same
US4561854A (en) * 1985-02-20 1985-12-31 Coleco Industries, Inc. Creature with snap action jaw
FR2597358A1 (fr) * 1986-01-24 1987-10-23 Mattel Inc Dispositif d'articulation de membres pour figurine-jouet.
US4738649A (en) * 1986-02-07 1988-04-19 Coleco Industries, Inc. Figure toy with punching arm mechanism
US4750900A (en) * 1987-05-20 1988-06-14 Mattel, Inc. Quick draw mechanism for figure toy
US4988323A (en) * 1990-02-06 1991-01-29 Hasbro, Inc. Wrestler character figure
US6422916B1 (en) * 2000-10-13 2002-07-23 Kabushiki Kaisha Volks Toy doll
USD531234S1 (en) * 2004-11-09 2006-10-31 Volks Inc. Doll
USD537130S1 (en) * 2004-12-03 2007-02-20 Volks, Inc. Body for a doll

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