Abstract:
Joint assemblies for joining the head, arms, and legs of a doll to the trunk, which enable lifelike bouncing movement of these appendages, comprising rubber armatures fixed in the truck and having elongated portions extending to the appendages. The elongated portions extending to the head and legs have outer sections of reduced diameter to cause pivoting to occur about a pivot point near the appendage, as occurs in a human body.
Abstract:
APPARATUS FOR USE IN BATTERY POWERED TOYS TO SWITCH THEM ON AND OFF. A SWITCH FOR MANUALLY STARTING A TOY THAT AUTOMATICALLY LATCHES ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING, COMPRISES A BATTERY COVER PLATE WHICH CAN BE PRESSED IN TO PUSH THE BATTERY MOMENTARILY AGAINST A CONTACT. A SWITCH FOR AUTOMATICALLY TURNING OFF A TOY WHEN IT FALLS OVER COMPRISES A CONTACT MEMBER THAT IS DEFLECTED BY BATTERY WEIGHT WHEN THE TOY FALLS TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, TO ALLOW THE BATTERY TO MOVE AWAY FROM AN OPPOSITE BATTERY CASE CONTACT.
Abstract:
A doll with a simulated wristwatch whose hands can be set to different times and with a phonograph which plays one of twelve sayings that state the time shown by the hands of the watch. The phonograph includes a record with twelve grooves, the grooves having lead-in portions spaced about the periphery of the record. When a cord is pulled to wind a spring motor, the record turns in reverse until it hits a stop, the stop therefore determining which groove will be engaged by the needle when the record is played. The stop can be shifted to choose a different record groove, by turning the hands on the watch, so that the saying which is played always corresponds to the time shown by the watch.
Abstract:
A doll which can walk forward while swinging its arms, and head or can dance in place with its arms and head swinging like a gogo dancer. The doll includes a driving unit within the doll torso which oscillates to sway the torso from side to side, and which pivots the legs back and forth to take a step at each oscillation. A linkage couples the driving unit to the arms so that the unit also pivots the arms and head as it oscillates within the torso. Switching from the walking mode to the dancing mode is accomplished by merely operating a switch to reverse the motor in the driving unit.