Doll with simulated bowel movement

• US 5,713,778 A
• Filed: 07/31/1996
• Issued: 02/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Design Lab, LLC, Roseann Radosevitch, Steven A. Schwartz
• Original Assignee: Design Lab, LLC, Roseann Radosevitch, Steven A. Schwartz
• Inventors: Murphy, John, Radosevich, Roseann, Schwartz, Stephen A., Gerold, Gregory L., Beckman, Ralph A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carlson, Jeffrey D.
• Application Number:
  US08/688,792
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 446/295, 446/304, 446/305, 446/320, 446/330, 446/296, 434/127, 434/262, 434/268
• US Class Current: 446/304
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/24 Drinking dolls; Dolls producing tears; Wetting dolls

Abstract

A doll includes a torso having an opening. A simulated bowel movement may be moved through the opening between positions respectively inside and outside the torso.

Claims

1. A doll comprising:

a torso having an opening;

a simulated bowel movement configured to be moved through the opening between positions respectively inside and outside the torso;

a shaft connected to the simulated bowel movement and positioned in the torso;

a drive mechanism configured to drive the simulated bowel movement through the opening in response to a user'"'"'s manipulation;

a coupling connected between the drive mechanism and the shaft; and

a head connected to the torso at an end of the torso opposite an end of the torso that includes the opening;

wherein the coupling is configured to permit rotation of the head relative to the torso.

2. The doll of claim 1, wherein the coupling comprises a ball-and-joint socket.

3. The doll of claim 1, further comprising a latching element configured to maintain the simulated bowel movement in an extended position.

4. The doll of claim 1, wherein the simulated bowel movement is configured to be retracted into the opening in the torso in response to displacement of the simulated bowel movement toward a rear of the torso.

5. A doll comprising:

a torso having an opening,

a simulated bowel movement configured to be moved through the opening between positions respectively inside and outside the torso, and

a latching element configured to maintain the simulated bowel movement in an extended position,

wherein the latching element is configured to disengage from the torso in response to displacement of the simulated bowel movement toward a rear of the torso.

6. The doll of claim 5, further comprising a drive mechanism configured to drive the simulated bowel movement through the opening in response to a user'"'"'s manipulation.

7. The doll of claim 6, further comprising a shaft connected to the simulated bowel movement and positioned in the torso.

8. The doll of claim 7, further comprising a head connected to the torso at an end of the torso opposite an end of the torso that includes the opening.

9. The doll of claim 8, wherein the drive mechanism is positioned in the head and is configured to push against the shaft.

10. The doll of claim 8, further comprising a coupling connected between the drive mechanism and the shaft.

11. The doll of claim 6, wherein the drive mechanism comprises a first component and a second component coupled to the first component to convert axial motion of the first component in a first direction to axial motion of the second component in a second direction.

12. The doll of claim 11, wherein smaller axial motion by the first component results in larger axial motion by the second component.

13. The doll of claim 5, further comprising a biasing element to bias the simulated bowel movement to be inside the torso.

14. The doll of claim 5, further comprising a head connected to the torso and including a mouth, wherein the simulated bowel is configured to be extended from the opening in the torso in response to insertion of an object into the mouth.

15. The doll of claim 14, further comprising a bottle having an end configured for insertion into the mouth of the doll.

16. A doll comprising:

a torso having an opening,

a simulated bowel movement configured to be moved through the opening between positions respectively inside and outside the torso,

a latching element configured to maintain the simulated bowel movement in an extended position,

a shaft connected to the simulated bowel movement and positioned in the torso, and

a spring connected to the shaft and configured to retract the simulated bowel movement when the latching element is disengaged from the torso.

17. The doll of claim 16, wherein the simulated bowel movement is configured to be retracted into the opening in the torso in response to displacement of the simulated bowel movement toward a rear of the torso.