US1406023A - Walking doll - Google Patents

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WALKING DOLL.- APPLICATION FILEDIMAR. 19, 1921.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922 u mre'o STAT PATENT amen.

mmxrcm i'ro, or mew Yonx, N. Y.

WALKING non.

Application flled'xarch 19, 1921. Serial No. 453,612.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, UMEKIoHI I'ro, a citizen of Japan, residin at Bronx, in the county of Bronx'and' tatel of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Walking Dolls, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to' walking dolls and the principal object isto produce an artitle of this nature which shall be simple of construction, cheap to manufacture, and highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed. I

V Another'object is to; provide improved and simplified means for effecting the relative movements of the legs.

Another object is to provide simplified meansfor limiting the extent of movement of the legs.

Another object is to provide a simplified joint for permitting the doll to sit down;

With these and other objects in View, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a doll embodying the preferred form of my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear view of the same showing the joint as partly open to permit seating of the doll.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the oscillatory walk-inducing bar.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken substantially in line 44 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is a front view of a doll provided with a second and cheaper form of my in- 1 vention.

15 are pivoted I by a rod 16. Depending from member 13 is a nail or pin 17 on which is mounted a sleeve 18 of rubber orother soft material to eliminate noise when the doll is operated. The legs 15'are cut away. a t 19 'so'as to form a substantial continuation of members 14, and each carries at its'upper end a'pin 20. Pivotally, mounted on'sleeve 18 -is a bar 21 which is provided with two enlarged apertures 22 through each of which. projects .a respective .one of the pins 20. This construction will obviously operate so that as the body of the doll is moved forward with one footjons the floor, theother foot will be advanced to take a step, vthe length of the step being determined by the'siZe of apertures 2 2.

' The body portion of the doll isa block 23 which is hinged at 24 to the member 13, a a

normally maintained in alignment by two latches 25" secured respectively co-members 13 and 23 and each comprising a plate of metal having its free end rolled. The coaction of these rolls normally holds 13 and 23 allgned but when considerable force is applied the spring of the catch is overcome permitting movement of member 23 on its hinge 24 to' cause the doll to assume a sitting posture. A bail 27 is secured to member 23 in any desired manner and when the doll is in sitting sture, maintains the member 23 upright. trips 11 connect the upper porticns of arms 11 with the'body 23 so as to limit movement of the arms upwardly to the most advantageous position for effecting walking.

The legs are hinged atthe knees and provided with catches 25 similar to those at the hip joint, 'Pieces of leather 26 are tacked part way around the upper member of the legs at the knees extending normally over a this joint, but when the doll is bent to a sitting posture this leather overlays the 'joint so as to hold the clothing in proper formation, the free margin of the leather being cutcurved to the proper contour.

.In the modified form shown in Figures 4 and 5, the members 13 and 23 are combined being formed of a single non-jointed block cut away at'the lower corners at 28 to provide for the reception of the modified form of legs 15. The nail and sleeve 17 and 18 are as in the preceding form, but bar 21 is done away with and two screw eyes 29 are screwed into the inner sides of the legs and the eyes threaded over sleeve 18 to limit the movements of the legs.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiments of my in'-' venticn, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way de-' parting from the spirit of my invention, and

I, therefore do notlimit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my inven' tion limited only by the appended claims.

What isclaimed as new 1s:

1. doll comprising a body portion, a ,U-shaped framemounted onsaidbody portion, legs pivoted to the depending portions of said frame, a pin depending from' the bight of said frame, pins extending from the upper ends of said legs, and a lever pivotally mounted on the first said pin and engaging the pins of said legs.

loosely 2. doll comprising a body portion, a

' U-shaped frame mountedvon said body portion, legs pivoted toi't he depending portions of said frame, a pin depending from the big'ht' of said frame, a sleeve of soft'mate} rial mounted on said pin, pins extending from the upper ends of 'Sflld legs, and a lever Qn a pivoted on said sleeve and loosely the pins of said legs.

said (1011 in sitting posture.

'said body member, alatch comprising two metal plates each having its free edge rolled and each securedvto arespective one, of said members, and a U -shaped bail for holding said bodymember in erect position when said doll is in sitting posture.

4 53A, doll. comprising a body member, a leg supporting member hingedly securedto saidbody member, a latch comprising two metal plates each having its free edge rolled I and each secured to a respective one of said members, a U-shaped bail for holding said body member in' erect position when said.

doll is in sitting posture, two piece legs se cured to the second said member, and aprons secured overthe joints of said legs as and for the'purpose set forth,

In testimony whereof II have afiined uMnKioi-i firo, j

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