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WO1993005857A1
WO1993005857A1 PCT/AU1992/000512 AU9200512W WO9305857A1 WO 1993005857 A1 WO1993005857 A1 WO 1993005857A1 AU 9200512 W AU9200512 W AU 9200512W WO 9305857 A1 WO9305857 A1 WO 9305857A1
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Peter John Mccloy
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/12—Double-faced dolls

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  • the present invention relates to an invertible toy.
  • the invention relates to a toy in the form of a doll or puppet that may be easily adapted by a child so as to convert the doll or puppet from one character to another character of a fictional story.
  • toys such as dolls and puppets are manufactured to supplement such books and the like, and in order to promote the stories, movies and films.
  • character merchandising of movies and films has become extremely popular and is a common vehicle for the promotion of the writers work.
  • An aim of the present invention is to provide a single toy that is capable of incorporating at least three characters in one toy.
  • the word "doll" is used throughout the following description to refer to the invertible toy of the present invention.
  • no gender or character limitations are to be placed on the invention as a result of this use.
  • the present invention provides an invertible doll having an upper portion and a lower portion, each having a front and a rear and having at least one face thereon, the upper and lower portions being separated by an item of dolls clothing which is capable of covering the lower portion when the upper portion is uppermost and covering the upper portion when the doll is inverted and the lower portion is uppermost, each portion also having a hood member, wherein at least one of the hood members is adapted for movement between first and second positions such that in the first position the front of the relevant portion is exposed while the rear is covered, and in the second position the rear of said relevant portion is exposed and the front is covered, and wherein the front and rear of said relevant portion both incorporate a face thereon.
  • both of the hood members are adapted for movement between first and second positions such that each of the upper and lower portions both have faces on the front and rear thereof.
  • the invertible doll incorporates four faces, and thus incorporates four different characters, whereas the broadest form of the invention referred to above provides an invertible doll having three faces and thus provides a doll incorporating three different characters.
  • the three faces are provided as two faces on the upper portion (on the front and rear thereof) and one face on the lower portion.
  • the hood member on the lower portion may be fixed on the lower portion to only reveal that one face.
  • the hood member on the upper portion is adapted for movement between first and second positions to be capable of revealing the front face while covering the rear face so as not to be visible, and to be moveable to the second position where the rear face is revealed while the front face is covered so as not to be visible.
  • the three characters may be characters from the story of Little Red Riding Hood, which would provide the three characters as Little Red Riding Hood herself, the Wolf and Granny.
  • the characters could be characters from the story of Hansel and Gretel, where the three characters are Hansel and Gretel themselves and the Wicked Witch. Of course, many other such fictitious characters may be adopted.
  • the doll may be provided with a hood member on each of the upper and lower portions that is adaptable to reveal each of the four faces.
  • the characters may be characters from the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, where the four characters are Goldilocks herself, the Father Bear, the Mother Bear and the Baby Bear.
  • Other alternatives may be the story of Little Red Riding Hood as described above, but with the inclusion of the Woodcutter, or alternatively some of the characters from the story of the Wizard of Oz, such as Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Lion and the Tin Man.
  • invertible doll in any of these forms is well suited for use by either boys or girls and does not suffer from the reasonably common misconception that dolls are only for girls to play with.
  • any child may readily adapt the hood member of the doll to reveal either of the faces on the upper or lower portions thereof by simply transferring the hood member from the first to the second position, and may reveal the other face or faces on the other of the upper or lower portion by simply inverting the doll such that the clothing item covers the lowermost portion and the uppermost portion is revealed.
  • Such an invertible doll may conveniently be sold through retail outlets together with a story book or audio cassette for the child to read and or listen to whilst revealing and hiding each of the relevant characters from the story.
  • the upper and lower portions are provided as heads only, without a torso or limbs such that the neck portions of the upper and lower portions may be secured together having a skirt or the like secured thereabout.
  • the skirt may then be of such a length as to cover each of the upper and lower portions whenever the lower and upper portions are uppermost.
  • an alternative arrangement may include the upper and lower portions also incorporating a part of a torso or a complete torso, and possibly the upper limbs.
  • the upper and lower portions are preferably in the form of a head, having two sets of front facial features attached to each other, one at the front and one at the rear of the respective portion, and having the hood member separating the two.
  • the upper or lower portion is only to include one face, then only the frontal features of one head would be provided.
  • face or “faces” as used throughout this specification refers to the frontal facial features utilised for the purposes of indicating a character. These frontal facial features may be provided, for example, with or without ears, with or without a hairline, with or without a chin or neck features, but will generally always include eyes, nose and mouth.
  • frontal facial features may be provided, for example, with or without ears, with or without a hairline, with or without a chin or neck features, but will generally always include eyes, nose and mouth.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic sectional view of the general form of a preferred embodiment of an invertible doll according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a schematic sectional view of the embodiment of Figure 1 having faces incorporated thereon;
  • Figures 3a and 3b are side views of the embodiment of Figure 2 in an upright and an inverted position
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the embodiment of Figure 2 having breakaway portions revealing the various parts thereof.
  • Illustrated in Figure 1 is an invertible doll 10 having an upper portion 12 and a lower portion 14 rigidly secured together at the point illustrated by the numeral 16. Located between the upper and lower portions 12 and 14 is an item of clothing 19 that is large enough to fall over the lower portion 14 when the doll 10 is in the position illustrated in Figure 1. Thus, the lower portion 14 would in this instance be covered so as not to be visible.
  • Both the upper and lower portions 12 and 14 include a hood member (18 and 20 respectively).
  • hood member 18 covers the rear 22 of the upper portion 12 but allows the front 24 thereof to be revealed.
  • the front 26 of the lower portion 14 is revealed while the rear 28 is covered by hood member 20.
  • the hood members 18 and 20 are both preferably secured to the upper and lower portions 12 and 14 respectively about the periphery thereof so as to be capable of being adapted by a child to allow movement front a first position covering the respective rear sides of the upper and lower portions, to second positions where those rear sides are revealed. This is preferably accomplished by stitching the hood members to the upper and lower portions respectively about the periphery thereof, and by making the hood members of such a size as to allow them to be easily manipulated over the upper or lower portion as required.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the invertible doll 10 of Figure 1 incorporating four faces A, B, C and D thereon. Faces A and B are included on the front and rear (24 and 22) of the upper portion 12, whereas faces C and D are included on the rear and front of the lower portion.
  • the appearance of the invertible doll at any one time is preferably such that only one face is revealed.
  • face A is the only face revealed
  • the hood member 18 covers face B and the item of clothing 19 in the form of a free hanging skirt covers both faces D and C (face D and the hood member 20 which hides face C are included in outline in Figures 3a and 3b) .
  • face D and the hood member 20 which hides face C are included in outline in Figures 3a and 3b
  • face B is revealed and face A is hidden.
  • the doll is inverted such that the lower portion 14 is revealed as the skirt 19 falls about the upper portion 12, and the hood member 20 may be manipulated as necessary to reveal either of the faces as required.
  • one of the upper or lower portions may only include one face and may have the hood member incapable of being manipulated, or may have a hood member as normal but have only the features of the rear of a head on the rear thereof.
  • Figure 4 also illustrates the invertible doll of this invention showing a face A revealed and having breakaway portions 30 and 32 revealing faces B and C which remain hidden from view.
  • the top side 34 of the material of the skirt 19 is preferably of a type that suits the character of face A, as is the material on the outer surface 36 of the hood member 18.
  • the front portion of the skirt 19 may include a depiction of clothing that also suits the character of face A.
  • suitable material and/or additional features may be included as necessary.
  • any of a range of possible characters may be included as the faces in the invertible doll of this invention.
  • the characters need not necessarily be from known stores or tales, but may be any of a number of characters as necessary.

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Poupée réversible formée d'une partie supérieure (12) et d'une partie inférieure (14) comprenant chacune une face endroit et une face arrière et comportant au moins un visage (A, B, C ou D) sur celle-ci. Les parties supérieure et inférieure (12 et 14) sont séparées par un vêtement (19) de poupée qui est apte à recouvrir la partie inférieure (14) lorsque la partie supérieure (12) se situe en haut, et à recouvrir la partie supérieure (12) lorsque la poupée est renversée et que la partie inférieure (14) se situe en haut. Chaque partie comporte également un élément de capuche (18 et 20) qui est conçu de sorte qu'au moins un des éléments de capuche (18 ou 20) soit mobile entre des première et deuxième positions. Dans la première position, la face avant de la partie choisie est exposée alors que la face arrière est recouverte et cachée, et dans la deuxième position la face arrière de la partie choisie est exposée et la face avant est recouverte et cachée. Les faces avant et arrière de la partie choisie comportent toutes les deux un visage.
PCT/AU1992/000512 1991-09-24 1992-09-24 Jouet reversible Ceased WO1993005857A1 (fr)

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AT569U3 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-04-25 Adsum Dolls Handel Vera Rathei Spielzeugpuppe
US8506344B2 (en) 2009-04-27 2013-08-13 Mattel, Inc. Reconfigurable clothing article for a doll
US9168462B2 (en) 2008-10-10 2015-10-27 Mattel, Inc. Doll with dress that transforms to wings
US9724615B2 (en) 2010-06-02 2017-08-08 Mattel, Inc. Toy figure with reconfigurable clothing article and output generating system
US9873059B1 (en) 2017-03-10 2018-01-23 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Convertible toy
US9975053B1 (en) 2017-04-28 2018-05-22 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Transformable toy with reversible head
US10201762B2 (en) 2017-04-28 2019-02-12 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Transformable toy with reversible head and integrated book
US10448696B2 (en) 2016-12-05 2019-10-22 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Decorative slipper with changeable animal faces
US11235253B2 (en) 2019-01-29 2022-02-01 Lorelei Charlotte, LLC Doll

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FR531847A (fr) * 1921-03-11 1922-01-21 Tête de poupée à deux faces et à perruque réversible
DE439337C (de) * 1925-10-27 1927-01-10 Harold Taylor Payne Spielzeugfigur mit mehreren Gesichtern
DE444409C (de) * 1926-05-20 1927-05-17 Adolf Baron Von Der Lippe Puppenkopf mit zwei Gesichtern
US1966986A (en) * 1933-10-25 1934-07-17 Martin Helen Doll
US2325750A (en) * 1942-02-06 1943-08-03 Vries Margaret De Convertible doll
FR940704A (fr) * 1962-02-16 1948-12-21 Poupée
AU205151A (en) * 1951-04-17 1951-06-21 Keith John Allender, A Improvements in or relating to dolls or puppets and like models and figures
FR1441145A (fr) * 1964-07-25 1966-06-03 Poupées
US3538638A (en) * 1968-02-08 1970-11-10 Marvin Glass & Associates Three-faced doll with phonograph
US3851419A (en) * 1973-08-06 1974-12-03 Marvin Glass & Associates Reversible doll
FR2290232A1 (fr) * 1974-11-06 1976-06-04 Vu Thi Mui Lisa Poupee transformable en sujets divers
GB1550179A (en) * 1977-11-28 1979-08-08 Bancroft C Dolls
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US1396766A (en) * 1919-07-11 1921-11-15 Bertha M Mcclelland Doll
FR531847A (fr) * 1921-03-11 1922-01-21 Tête de poupée à deux faces et à perruque réversible
DE439337C (de) * 1925-10-27 1927-01-10 Harold Taylor Payne Spielzeugfigur mit mehreren Gesichtern
DE444409C (de) * 1926-05-20 1927-05-17 Adolf Baron Von Der Lippe Puppenkopf mit zwei Gesichtern
US1966986A (en) * 1933-10-25 1934-07-17 Martin Helen Doll
US2325750A (en) * 1942-02-06 1943-08-03 Vries Margaret De Convertible doll
AU205151A (en) * 1951-04-17 1951-06-21 Keith John Allender, A Improvements in or relating to dolls or puppets and like models and figures
FR940704A (fr) * 1962-02-16 1948-12-21 Poupée
FR1441145A (fr) * 1964-07-25 1966-06-03 Poupées
US3538638A (en) * 1968-02-08 1970-11-10 Marvin Glass & Associates Three-faced doll with phonograph
US3851419A (en) * 1973-08-06 1974-12-03 Marvin Glass & Associates Reversible doll
FR2290232A1 (fr) * 1974-11-06 1976-06-04 Vu Thi Mui Lisa Poupee transformable en sujets divers
GB1550179A (en) * 1977-11-28 1979-08-08 Bancroft C Dolls
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AT569U3 (de) * 1995-05-10 1996-04-25 Adsum Dolls Handel Vera Rathei Spielzeugpuppe
US9168462B2 (en) 2008-10-10 2015-10-27 Mattel, Inc. Doll with dress that transforms to wings
US8506344B2 (en) 2009-04-27 2013-08-13 Mattel, Inc. Reconfigurable clothing article for a doll
US9724615B2 (en) 2010-06-02 2017-08-08 Mattel, Inc. Toy figure with reconfigurable clothing article and output generating system
US10448696B2 (en) 2016-12-05 2019-10-22 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Decorative slipper with changeable animal faces
US9873059B1 (en) 2017-03-10 2018-01-23 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Convertible toy
US9975053B1 (en) 2017-04-28 2018-05-22 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Transformable toy with reversible head
US10201762B2 (en) 2017-04-28 2019-02-12 Jay At Play International Hong Kong Limited Transformable toy with reversible head and integrated book
US11235253B2 (en) 2019-01-29 2022-02-01 Lorelei Charlotte, LLC Doll

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