Abstract:
A trapeze apparatus and doll wherein the doll may be played with independently of the trapeze apparatus and it then has a natural appearance and poseable arms. The trapeze has a rotatably mounted bar with a pair of holes for receiving thumbs of the doll hands so that the slightly cupped hands of the dolls can partially encircle and hold onto the bar, the doll hands having a natural appearance when the doll is played with independently of the trapeze. The doll arms have connectors joining them to the doll body, which can be snapped between a first position for free swinging of the arms on a trapeze and a second position for resisting swinging to enable posing of the arms. Each connector includes a shaft with an enlarged end that can be held in a swivel joint on the body wherein the arm bears against part of the body to prevent swinging, or that can be unsnapped outwardly to another position wherein the inner end of the arms do not contact the body and therefore are free to swing.
Abstract:
A walking doll wherein each leg can be attached to the torso after the leg has been completely finished, to eliminate extensive handling of the entire doll. The leg has two housing halves, one formed with a mount for holding a fastener which locks onto a torso shaft pushed into the leg, and the other half constructed to trap the fastener on the mount until the torso shaft is inserted into the leg.
Abstract:
Drawing apparatus including a doll with pivotable joints, a desk which can capture the shoes of the doll so that the doll''s arms lie over the upper desk surface, a drawing instrument designed to be held by a hand of the doll to feed a crayon therefrom so that the doll can draw on paper laid on the upper surface of the desk, and a wand for movement by a child, the wand having a magnet that can be moved around a region beneath the upper desk surface to pull the drawing instrument and crayon therein along a sheet of paper on the desk. A template defining a design to be drawn is placed on the desk beneath a sheet of paper, so that movement of the crayon results in the template design being drawn on the paper. The drawing instrument includes a spring or flat plate of rubber with a hole through which a crayon can be inserted so that the crayon is held tightly in place, and so that the crayon tends to be fed outwardly with a predetermined force.