Animated doll
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorWilliam Willett
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Abstract
An animated doll having an enlarged head and enlarged feet relative to its body, and including a combination of independent, interactive features. The interactive features include a head position assembly, which controls rotation of the head, and an eye assembly mechanism, which drives and controls the opening and closing of eyelids on the doll. The doll may also include a communication port to receive removable external components, which are associated with a pre-recorded response.
Claims33
An interactive doll with an animated head and a base, the doll comprising:
- a motor operatively connected to the head, the head rotatable relative to the base through a plurality of predetermined positions including a first head position;
- a head position assembly interposed between the head and the base, the head position assembly having a contact surface;
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- a position monitoring structure attached to the head, wherein the position monitoring structure is positioned such that the contact surface of the head position assembly triggers the position monitoring structure when the head is in the first head position.
An animated doll comprising:
- a body;
- a first body part movable relative to the body having a first motor operatively connected to the first body part, the first body part movable at least between a first position at which a first limit switch is triggered and a second position at which a second limit switch is triggered;
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- a second body part movable relative to the first body part having a second motor operatively connected to the second body part, the second body part movable at least between a first position at which a third limit switch is triggered and a second position at which a fourth limit switch is triggered.
An interactive doll comprising:
- a body;
- a head rotatably mounted on the body, where rotation of the head to a predetermined location triggers a head limit switch;
- an eye assembly including moveable eyelids attached to the head movable between a closed position and an opened position where a first eyelid limit switch is triggered in the opened position and a second eyelid limit switch is triggered in the closed position;
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- a processor operatively connected to the head limit switch, the first eyelid limit switch, and the second eyelid limit switch, wherein the processor is configured to control the position of the head and eyelids.
An animated doll comprising:
- a base configured to disguise a power source;
- a body mounted on the base having a size that is not in proportion to the base;
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- a motor driven head rotatably mounted on the body configured to disguise a motor assembly which is operatively connected to the power source and the head and having a size that is not in proportion to the body size.
An interactive doll capable of producing plural differentiated responses, the doll comprising:
- a communications port operatively coupled to the doll and adapted to removably receive external components;
- a processor operatively coupled to the communications port in the doll and adapted to identify and select at least one predetermined response associated with an attached component;
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- a power assembly operatively coupled to the doll and adapted to provide power to the processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.