Crying toy dolls

#The present disclosure relates to toy dolls, and more particularly to toy dolls that are adapted to discharge a liquid in response to a predetermined user manipulation of the toy dolls.

#Examples of toy dolls adapted to discharge a liquid are disclosed in the following patent documents, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties for all purposes: U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,689,432, 2,907,139, 3,412,504, 3,444,645, 3,445,955, 3,745,696, 3,758,983, 3,769,745, 3,789,539, 3,841,020, 3,959,919, 4,050,185, 4,151,675, 4,160,338 4,339,889, 4,356,663, 4,443,200, 4,900,287, 5,002,514, 5,083,962, 5,083,965, 5,094,644, 5,254,028, 5,509,808, 5,941,750, 6,033,229, 6,234,862, US20050255788, PCT/US05/016886, GB0761894, GB1142372, GB1176168, and GB1199160.

#Toy dolls according to the present disclosure include a body and a fluid-transport mechanism supported by the body that is configured to receive a liquid from a liquid delivery device and dispense the liquid from the toy doll. The fluid-transport mechanism may include a reservoir for collecting the liquid, a plunger disposed within the reservoir, and an activation mechanism configured to move the plunger from a fluid-delivery position to a fluid-receipt position when the liquid delivery device is inserted into the input region.

#FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a toy doll according to the present disclosure and including a liquid delivery device in the form of a toy baby bottle.

#FIG. 2 is a cut-away cross-sectional view of the head of the toy doll of FIG. 1, illustrating a fluid-transport mechanism for receiving liquid via the doll's mouth and dispensing liquid via a discharge port adjacent the doll's eyes.

#FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the fluid-transport mechanism illustrated in FIG. 2.

#A non-exclusive example of a toy doll 10 according to the present disclosure is illustrated in FIG. 1 and is generally indicated at 12. As shown, dolls 12 may include a body 14 with a head 16 having a mouth opening 18 and eyes 20; however, dolls according to the present disclosure are not limited to human and/or standard configurations.

#Dolls 10 may be accompanied by a liquid delivery device 22. In FIG. 1, device 22 is in the form of a toy baby bottle 24 having a squeezable bottle portion 26 and a nipple 28 adapted to dispense liquid from the bottle portion when it is squeezed by a user; however, other liquid delivery devices are equally within the scope of the present disclosure.

#Dolls 10 include a fluid-transport mechanism 30 supported by body 14 and configured to receive liquid from a liquid delivery device and subsequently discharge the liquid from the doll. For example, in the illustrated doll 12, the fluid-transport mechanism 30 is configured to receive liquid (e.g., water) from the toy baby bottle 24 via the doll's mouth opening 18, and to deliver the liquid to a pair of discharge ports 32 in the form of tear ducts 34 positioned adjacent the doll's eyes. In use, a user inserts the toy baby bottle through the doll's mouth opening and squeezes the bottle portion to dispense liquid therefrom. When the user removes the toy baby bottle from the doll's mouth opening, at least a portion of the liquid received from the toy baby bottle is discharged through tear ducts 34, thereby giving the appearance of crying.