Doll and face-licking puppy combination
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsKelly Matheny, James Molina
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Abstract
A combination doll and toy puppy include interacting magnetic elements therein which mimic a face-licking action by the puppy. The doll includes a partially hollow head within which one or more magnets are movably supported behind the cheek portions of the doll's face. A battery-powered electric motor driven gear drive mechanism is operative within the doll's head to move the one or more magnets behind the doll's cheeks. The puppy includes a flexible extending tongue having a magnetic element supported in the end portion thereof. When the puppy is brought sufficiently close to the doll's face, the magnet in the puppy's tongue is attracted to the moving magnet within the doll's cheek area to mimic the face-licking action.
Claims9
A combination doll and animal figure comprising:
- a doll having a head defining an interior, a face and cheek areas;
- a first magnetic element within said head;
- moving means supported within said head moving and supporting said first magnetic element proximate one of said cheek areas;
- an animal figure having an elongated flexible tongue;
- and
- a second magnetic element supported within said flexible tongue, said first and second magnetic elements being magnetically attractive to each other,
- said flexible tongue being held against said one cheek area and moved thereon by magnetic attraction between said first and second magnetic elements as said first magnetic element moves.
A combination doll and animal figure comprising:
- a doll having a hollow head defining a cheek;
- a magnet and a magnet support within said head, said magnet support including means for moving said magnet against said check;
- an animal figure having an extending flexible tongue including a tongue end;
- and
- a magnetic element within said tongue end magnetically attracted to said magnet,
- said tongue end being attracted to said magnet and moved against said cheek as said magnet support moves said magnet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.