ANIMATED DOLL

• US 3,613,299 A
• Filed: 07/16/1969
• Issued: 10/19/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: View-Master Ideal Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Amici Francis Robert, Bornn Ralph
• Inventors: AMICI FRANCIS ROBERT, BORNN RALPH
• Application Number:
  US04/842,156
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• US Class Current: 446/353
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 11/18 Figure toys which perform a realistic walking motion
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/00 Toy figures with self-moving parts, with or without movement of the toy as a whole
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/001 simulating physiological processes, e.g. heartbeat, breathing or fever with fluid ingestion or emission A63H3/24

Abstract

AN ANIMATED DOLL IS DESCRIBED AS COMPRISING A DOLL BODY, A HEAD MOVABLY MOUNTED ON THE BODY FOR COMPLEX MOTION AND LEGS FOR WALKING MOTION. THE MOTION OF THE HEAD AND LEGS IS PROVIDED BY A MOTOR WHICH ROTATES A DRIVE SHAFT. THE DRIVE SHAFT TERMINATES AT ONE END IN AN ANGULARLY OFFSET SHAFT EXTENSION PROJECTING INTO THE HEAD OF THE DOLL AND AT THE OTHER END AS THE AXIS OF A CRANK. THE CRANK COOPERATES WITH A CRANK ARM WHICH HAS A CRANK PIN MOVABLE BY THE ROTATING ACTION OF THE CRANK IN AN ELONGATED SLOT IN THE BASE OF A BODY HOUSING. HARNESSES AND C-SPRINGS DEPEND INTO EACH LEG, THE SPRINGS MOUNTING THE LEGS AND THE HARNESSES LOADING THE SPRINGS FOR FLEXURE ALTERNATELY BY MEANS OF THEIR ATTACHMENT TO THE CRANK PIN.

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