ELECTRONICALLY AND MANUALLY ANIMATED TALKING DOLL

• US 3,685,200 A
• Filed: 09/14/1970
• Issued: 08/22/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Evelyn Noll
• Original Assignee: Evelyn Noll
• Inventors: Noll, Evelyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Shay, F. Barry
• Application Number:
  US05/072,035
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 46/232,118,243S,247,175AR,135
• US Class Current: 446/299
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/005 with self-moving head or facial features with a choice of features A63H3/365; movable eyes A63H3/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/08 Dolls, faces, or other representations of living forms with moving parts in the nature of toys A63H
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2019/086 Dolls

Abstract

An animated doll adapted to reproduce a transcribed voice from a tape recording prepared specially therefor and automatically moving parts of the face in timed relation to the reproduced audible voice, and providing means in combination therewith to be manually operated for the coordinated movement of parts of the face; all of which is directed to amusement, education and for the development of coordination and dexterity in individuals observing and operating the doll. Means are also provided for shutting off the voice and moving an automatically moved face part independently of the use of the reproduced voice.

Claims

1. An automatically and manually animated talking doll adapted to reproduce a transcribed voice and to impose meaningful expression to at least one body part and including, a body having a head and including have at least one movable body part, an electrically powered audio replay means housed within the body and having a loudspeaker powered by an audio amplifier, said at least one body part responsively positioned by means powered by said audio amplifier, and an electrically powered switch means housed within the body and operable when manually actuated to disconnect said second mentioned means from the audio amplifier and to electrically reconnect the same in a circuit independent of said audio amplifier so as to responsively move said at least one body part while said audio amplifier is disconnected.

2. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1 and wherein the loudspeaker of the audio replay means is of a diameter substantially coextensive with the diameter of and housed within the head of the doll on an axis projected forwardly through the face wall of the head and in a plane normal thereto at the major cross section of the head.

3. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the head is supported upon a pivot carried by a neck projecting from the body, and wherein said means positioning said at least one body part, namely a jaw part of said doll, is an electromagnet fixedly mounted in said neck and connected to said jaw part to move the latter with respect to the head by a link, there being jaw part return means connected with said link.

4. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the loudspeaker of the audio replay means is of a diameter substantially coextensive with the diameter of and housed within the head of the doll on an axis projected forwardly through the face wall of the head and in a plane normal thereto at the major cross section of the head, the head being supported upon a pivot carried by a neck projecting from the body, wherein said means positioning said at least one body part, namely a jaw part of the doll, is an electromagnet fixedly mounted in said neck and connected to said jaw part to move the latter with respect to the head by a link, and wherein the said at least one body part, the mouth, is yieldingly biased by spring means in opposition to force applied by the first mentioned means positioning the same.

5. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audio replay means substantially occupies the body, and wherein a second body part is meaningfully positioned by means including a manually depressible body panel connected by a shiftable cable, flexible and guided through a tubular member, to the said second body part to move the same against spring return means.

6. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audio replAy means substantially occupies the body, and wherein a movable second body part is meaningfully positioned by independent means including a manually depressible body panel connected by a shiftable cable, flexible and guided through a tubular member, to the said second body part to move the said second body part against spring return means.

7. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audio replay means substantially occupies the body, and wherein the head is a movable part supported on a pivot carried by the body, there being means to move the head comprising a manually depressible body panel connected by a shiftable cable, flexible and guided through a tubular member, to the head forward of the pivot therefor to move the same against spring return means.

8. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audio replay means substantially occupies the body, wherein the head is a movable part, and wherein eye lids in the head are a movable part with means to close the same comprising a manually depressible body panel connected by a shiftable cable, flexible and guided through a tubular member, to the eye lids to move the same downwardly against spring return means.

9. The animated talking doll as set forth in claim 1, wherein the audio replay means substantially occupies the body, and wherein the head is a movable part supported on a pivot carried by the body, there being independently and oppositely operable means to turn the head each comprising a manually depressible body panel connected by a shiftable cable, flexible and guided through a tubular member, to the head forward of the pivot therefor to move the head against spring return means.