Remote-control doll assembly

• US 4,231,184 A
• Filed: 07/07/1977
• Issued: 11/04/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GATA Box Limited
• Original Assignee: Horsman Dolls Incorporated
• Inventors: Corris, Charles J., Potter, Robert T., Kosicki, Witold W., Hollingsworth, Charles M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US05/813,499
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 46/17, 46/116-119, 46/264, 46/265, 46/256, 46/254, 46/266, 46/118, 40/457
• US Class Current: 446/175
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/20 with parts moved due to movements of other parts, e.g. limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2201/02 Water
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2209/104 of alkylene oxides containing two carbon atoms only
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2209/105 of alkylene oxides containing three carbon atoms only
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/041 containing aliphatic substituents
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/042 containing aromatic substituents
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/045 containing silicon-to-hydroxyl bonds
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/046 containing silicon-oxygen-carbon bonds
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/047 containing alkylene oxide groups
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/048 containing carboxyl groups
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/051 containing halogen
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/052 containing nitrogen
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2229/053 containing sulfur
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/24 without essential removal of material , e.g. forming, gorging, drawing, pressing, stamping, rolling or extruding; Punching metal
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/241 Manufacturing joint-less pipes
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/242 Hot working
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/243 Cold working
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/244 of specific metals
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/245 Soft metals, e.g. aluminum
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/246 : Iron or steel
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/247 : Stainless steel

Abstract

A remote-control doll assembly in which a high-frequency sound signal produced by squeezing a toy baby bottle actuates an internal motor to raise the arms of the doll and actuates an internal voice mechanism to simulate a crying sound. Insertion of the nipple of the bottle into the mouth of the doll opens a switch to interrupt the crying sound. In an alternative embodiment, a radio signal is used as a control signal. In another modification of the invention, a pressure-sensitive rattle is used to produce the control signal.

Claims

1. A remote-control-doll assembly including in combination a doll having arms and means for rotatably receiving said arms, a toy separate from said doll, selectively operable means on said toy for radiating a control signal, and means on said doll responsive to said control signal for actuating said doll to simulate a human action, said actuating means comprising a motor having a shaft, means for coupling said motor shaft to said arms, means responsive to said control signal for energizing said motor, an additional shaft coupled to at least one of said arms, a wheel carried by said additional shaft having a grooved rim, a fixed limit stop disposed so as to abut said wheel at the limits of a predetermined arc to limit the angular movement of said arms, and a spring having one end secured to said wheel, said spring wrapping around said rim as said additional shaft is rotated to exert a torque on said shaft.

2. A remote-control doll assembly including in combination a doll having portions forming a mouth, a squeezable baby bottle separate from said doll, said bottle comprising a nipple portion, selectively actuable means on said bottle for radiating a control signal, means on said doll responsive to said control signal for actuating said doll to simulate a human action, and means responsive to insertion of said nipple portion into said mouth for disabling said actuating means.