Artificial eye with integrally molded eyelid

Abstract

An artificial eye suitable for realistic use in dolls that replicate human beings, animals, and other creatures such as dinosaurs, aliens, monsters, and the like. The artificial eyes, according to some embodiments of the present invention, have a one-piece eyeball and lid that are integrally molded. The integrally molded eye and lid of the present invention reduces the part count of the eye when compared to conventional two-piece eye/lid combinations, which lowers the cost of production by eliminating high cost, labor intensive secondary operations. Furthermore, the process used to create these high-quality artificial eyeballs is a high volume, low cost operation. Each embodiment of the present invention has one or more of the following elements: a bowl-shaped member, an eyelid integrally molded with the bowl-shaped member, a pupil visible through the bowl-shaped member, an iris-like member visible through the bowl-shaped member, and an attachment member to attach the artificial eye.

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