US 4,040,206 AGranted

Base and rotatably mounted doll with relatively movable part

AssigneeTomy Kogyo Co., Inc.

InventorOsamu Kimura

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Abstract

A doll which is at least partially articulated having a leg and a rod extending through said leg for use in transmitting motion to at least one articulated part of the doll can be mounted on a base through the use of cooperating parts on the base and the leg. Such cooperating parts hold the leg so that the doll can either be rotated about an axis or held in a fixed position. With the doll the rod is rotatably mounted in the leg and is connected by a coupling structure to a drive structure which is located on the base. An adjustment structure is provided on the base for controlling the operation of the cooperating parts so that the doll can either be rotated about an axis as indicated or can be held in a fixed position. In both of these positions the drive means can be utilized to rotate the rod. When the rod is rotated as the leg is held against rotation at least one articulated part of the doll is moved. When the rod is rotated as the leg is free to rotate the doll itself is rotated as a result of the motion transmitted through the rod.

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Dependent claims

In the combination of a base, a doll which is articulated for relative movement of at least some parts thereof having a leg supported on said base and a rod extending from said base through said leg for use in transmitting motion to at least one relatively movable articulated part of said doll, the improvement which comprises:

said rod being a shaft and being rotatably mounted in said leg,
cooperating mounting means on said base and on said leg for holding said leg so that said doll can either be rotated as a unit relative to said base about an axis or so that said leg is held in a fixed position relative to said base,
adjustment means for controlling the operation of said mounting means so that said doll can either be given said rotation as a unit about an axis or so that said leg is held in said fixed position,
drive means for rotating said shaft located on said base,
coupling means for transmitting rotation from said drive means connecting said drive means to said shaft so that during the operation of said drive means said shaft is rotated, and
friction clutch means connecting said shaft with said doll for causing enough friction between said shaft and said doll to cause said doll to rotate as a unit when said adjustment means are used to control said mounting means so that said doll can be given said rotation as a unit,
said friction clutch means permitting said shaft to transmit motion to said articulated part of said doll when said adjustment means are used to control said mounting means so that said leg is held in a fixed position.

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