US 4,226,045 AGranted

Stackable toy

AssigneeKnickerbocker Toy Co., Inc.

InventorsRoger W. Lehmann, Vincent F. Siravo

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Abstract

A stackable toy comprising a doll having a centrally disposed, vertically movable pin, said pin being recessed within the doll when in retracted position and extending upwardly from the doll when in projected position, a socket being formed within the doll below the pin. The projected pin of one such doll is adapted to engage the socket of a second such doll to assemble the two dolls in stacked positions. Each doll is also provided with angularly disposed pin-shaped limbs, e.g. arms, and these limbs are equally engageable with a doll socket. A plurality of dolls made in accordance with this invention may be stacked by means of their respective centrally disposed pins as well as by means of their respective pin-shaped limbs. Various alternative means are provided for extending and retracting the centrally disposed pin. In its simplest form the pin is manually movable into either projected or retracted position. Other alternatives involve the use of helical cams or guide formations on the pin or in the body of the toy or both.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A stackable toy, comprising:

(a) a doll,
(b) a pin mounted in said doll for longitudinal movement relative to the doll,
(c) said pin being movable in one direction to outwardly projecting positiion and in the opposite direction to inwardly retracted position,
(d) a socket formed in said doll in registration with said pin,
(e) said socket being engageable with the pin of a second such doll when said pin is in outwardly projecting position,
(f) the pin of the first doll, when in outwardly projecting position, being engageable with the socket of a third such doll,
(g) whereby the first doll is stackable with the second and third such dolls,
(h) said doll comprising a body, a head and a base,
(i) said body and head having a continuous passage formed therein along the longitudinal axis of the doll and said passage being open at the top of said head,
(j) said pin being mounted within said passage and being longitudinally movable therein between retracted and outwardly projecting positions relative to the doll,
(k) means for moving the pin into retracted and projecting positions,
(l) said projecting and retracting means comprising a helical cam and cam follower means between the doll and the pin.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.