Handicapped doll with removable limbs

• US 5,232,369 A
• Filed: 08/14/1992
• Issued: 08/03/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anna M. Mavrikis
• Original Assignee: Anna M. Mavrikis
• Inventors: Mavrikis, Anna M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thomas, L.
• Application Number:
  US07/930,262
• Time in Patent Office: 354 Days
• Field of Search: 434/262, 434/274, 434/236, 446/390, 446/394, 446/296, 446/295, 446/376, 446/97, 446/279, 446/268, 446/275, 446/276, 446/313, 446/330, 446/409, 446/901
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/003 specially adapted for a particular function not connected with dolls as electric lighting devices A63H3/006
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/16 made of parts that can be put together facial parts only A63H3/365
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/34 with removable parts

Abstract

A wheel chair, a handicapped doll having a removable hair piece and removable limbs is provided which consists of a torso with a head attached thereto and two sets of limbs extending from the torso. A mechanism is for adjusting and detaching portions of each limb at major joint locations, so that a handicapped person can identify with and relate to the handicapped doll.

Claims

1. A handicapped doll with removable limbs which comprises:

a) a torso having a head attached thereto;

b) limbs extending from said torso;

c) means for adjusting and detaching portions of limbs at major joint locations, so that a handicapped person can identify with and relate to said handicapped doll, wherein each said adjusting and detaching means is a snap fastener pivot joint for removably attaching portions of said limbs at said major joint locations and having two drive screws to hold each of the two parts of said snap fastener pivot joint to said doll, and wherein said limbs are an arm in which the major joint locations are at a shoulder, an elbows and a wrists and a leg in which the major joint locations are at a thigh, a knee and an ankle; and

d) a snap cover to fit upon one of said shoulder joint locations, when said arm is detached at said shoulder from said torso.

2. A handicapped doll with removable limbs as recited in claim 1, further including a simulated bandage cap to fit upon one of said portions of limbs.

3. A handicapped doll with removable limbs as recited in claim 1, further including a hair piece removably attachable to said head of said doll.

4. A handicapped doll with removable limbs as recited in claim 1, further including:

a) a toy wheelchair;

b) a first strip of a mating hook/loop pile fabric fastener attached to a back rest of said toy wheelchair; and

c) a second strip of a mating hook/loop pile fabric fastener attached to a back of said torso, so that said handicapped doll can be retained in said toy wheelchair in a seated position, thereby allowing a handicapped person that uses a real wheelchair to identify with said handicapped doll.