Base and rotatably mounted doll with relatively movable part

• US 4,040,206 A
• Filed: 09/02/1975
• Issued: 08/09/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
• Original Assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc.
• Inventors: Kimura, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Shay, F. Barry
• Application Number:
  US05/609,204
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 46/136, 46/138, 46/140
• US Class Current: 446/352
• 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 13/12 Gymnastic or acrobatic toy figures

Abstract

A doll which is at least partially articulated having a leg and a rod extending through said leg for use in transmitting motion to at least one articulated part of the doll can be mounted on a base through the use of cooperating parts on the base and the leg. Such cooperating parts hold the leg so that the doll can either be rotated about an axis or held in a fixed position. With the doll the rod is rotatably mounted in the leg and is connected by a coupling structure to a drive structure which is located on the base. An adjustment structure is provided on the base for controlling the operation of the cooperating parts so that the doll can either be rotated about an axis as indicated or can be held in a fixed position. In both of these positions the drive means can be utilized to rotate the rod. When the rod is rotated as the leg is held against rotation at least one articulated part of the doll is moved. When the rod is rotated as the leg is free to rotate the doll itself is rotated as a result of the motion transmitted through the rod.

Claims

1. In the combination of a base, a doll which is articulated for relative movement of at least some parts thereof having a leg supported on said base and a rod extending from said base through said leg for use in transmitting motion to at least one relatively movable articulated part of said doll, the improvement which comprises:

said rod being a shaft and being rotatably mounted in said leg,

cooperating mounting means on said base and on said leg for holding said leg so that said doll can either be rotated as a unit relative to said base about an axis or so that said leg is held in a fixed position relative to said base,

adjustment means for controlling the operation of said mounting means so that said doll can either be given said rotation as a unit about an axis or so that said leg is held in said fixed position,

drive means for rotating said shaft located on said base,

coupling means for transmitting rotation from said drive means connecting said drive means to said shaft so that during the operation of said drive means said shaft is rotated, and

friction clutch means connecting said shaft with said doll for causing enough friction between said shaft and said doll to cause said doll to rotate as a unit when said adjustment means are used to control said mounting means so that said doll can be given said rotation as a unit,

said friction clutch means permitting said shaft to transmit motion to said articulated part of said doll when said adjustment means are used to control said mounting means so that said leg is held in a fixed position.

2. The combination claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said cooperating mounting means comprise a holder on said base and an extension on said leg of said doll, said extension fitting within said holder,

said cooperating mounting means also including control means for preventing relative movement between said extension and said holder and for permitting relative movement between said extension and said holder in accordance with the operation of said adjustment means.

3. The combination claimed in claim 2 wherein:

said adjustment means comprises means for regulating the position of said extension within said holder.

4. The combination claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said coupling means comprises a coupling member located on said base, a non-round shaft fitting within and extending from said coupling member and a coupler connected to said shaft within said leg, said non-round shaft fitting within said coupler and said coupling member so that when said coupling member is rotated such rotation will be transferred to said shaft.

5. The combination claimed in claim 4 wherein:

said friction clutch means comprises a clutch member carried by said shaft and engaging said leg within the interior of said leg and spring means biasing said clutch member into engagement with said leg.

6. The combination claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said drive means includes a crank capable of being manually turned, gear and shaft means for transmitting motion connecting said crank to said coupling member.

7. The combination claimed in claim 6 wherein:

said adjustment means comprises an elongated lever pivotally mounted within said base, said elongated lever including a cam means for use in controlling the position of said elongated lever and a control member movably mounted on said base, said control member including a follower for engaging said cam means in order to regulate the position of said lever.

8. The combination claimed in claim 1 wherein:

said cooperating mounting means comprise a cylindrical holder on said base and an extension on said leg of said doll, said extension fitting within said holder and being movable in the direction of the axis of said holder,

said cooperating mounting means also including interlocking means on said extension and said holder which engage one another in one position of said extension relative to said holder so as to prevent movement of said extension relative to said holder,

said coupling means comprises a coupling member located on said base, a non-round shaft fitting within and extending from said coupling member and a coupler connected to said shaft within said leg, said non-round shaft fitting within said coupler and said coupling member so that when said coupling member is rotated such rotation will be transferred to said shaft,

said friction clutch means comprises a clutch member carried by said shaft and engaging said leg within the interior of said leg and spring means biasing said clutch member into engagement with said leg,

said adjustment means comprises an elongated lever pivotally mounted within said base, said elongated lever including a cam means for use in controlling the position of said elongated lever and a control member movably mounted on said base, said control member including a follower for engaging said cam means in order to regulate the position of said elongated lever, and

said drive means includes a crank capable of being manually turned, a mechanical drive train including an elongated shaft for transmitting motion from said crank to said coupling member, said drive train shaft extending along the length of said elongated lever, said drive train shaft being capable of being placed under tension through the use of said control member so as to act as a spring means biasing said cam means against said follower.

9. The combination claimed in claim 8 wherein:

said doll has a body part pivotally mounted on said base-supported leg, a second leg pivotally mounted on said body part and arms pivotally mounted on said body part,

mechanical drive means connecting said base-supported leg shaft with said body part and said arms for rotating said body part and said arms as said base-supported leg shaft is rotated,

said doll also including means for limiting the rotation of said body part with respect to said base-supported leg and means for limiting rotation of said second leg relative to said body part, and friction means for limiting the movement of said body part relative to said base-supported leg and for limiting movement of said second leg relative to said body part.