Tap dance doll

• US 5,147,238 A
• Filed: 11/09/1990
• Issued: 09/15/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Inventors: Kelley, William J., Stern, Howard R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rimell, Sam
• Application Number:
  US07/611,998
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 446/268, 446/317, 446/325, 446/326, 446/330, 446/338, 446/339, 446/340, 446/365, 446/366, 446/367, 446/373, 446/375, 446/377, 446/384, 446/390, 446/391, 446/297
• US Class Current: 446/330
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 11/18 Figure toys which perform a realistic walking motion
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds

Abstract

A doll including a torso, a pair of arms rotatably joined to the torso, a pair of legs rotatably fixed to the torso, a pair of feet rotatably fixed to the legs, apparatus within each of the legs for raising the feet, and apparatus actuated by movement of the arms for actuating the apparatus within each of the legs for raising the feet.

Claims

1. A movable figure toy comprising:

a torso;

a pair of arms;

means rotatably joining said arms to said torso;

a pair of hollow legs;

means rotatably joining said legs to said torso;

a pair of feet;

means rotatably joining said feet to the distal ends of said legs;

each of said legs further including drive links slidably mounted within said legs, one end of said drive links being pivotally mounted to said feet and the opposite end of said drive links including elongated slots for pivotable mounting to a pivot means positioned such that said drive links move through a center of rotation established by said means rotatably joining said legs to said torso;

each said arms including extension portions extending into said torso and;

connecting links connecting each said extension portions to said drive links in the legs so that when said arms are rotated, said connecting links actuate said drive links, causing said feet to simultaneously pivot.

2. The movable figure toy of claim 1 further comprising:

a head pivotally attached to said torso and means for pivotally connecting said head to said legs for pivoting said heads by pivotable movement of said legs.

3. The movable figure toy of claim 1 further comprising:

sounding means fixed within each of said legs and sound actuation means attached to said drive links so that movement of said drive links actuates said sounding means.