Patent ID: 6988928
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. An animated toy doll, comprising: a head including a top and a bottom defining a vertical axis; plural, changeable-position, movable facial-expression structures pivotally mounted to the head; and a shared rotary drive device rotatably disposed within the head, wherein the drive device is configured to rotate in plural directions around an upright long axis that is parallel to the vertical axis, and to move each of the facial-expression structures, as the drive device rotates in any one of the plural directions, producing plural position-changing motions in each of the facial-expression structures, wherein the shared rotary drive device includes a cylindrical drive drum body having different-diameter upper and lower portions and configured to rotate around the upright long axis, and wherein the facial-expression structures are configured to pivot around plural pivot axes and the plural pivot axes are at least substantially perpendicular to the upright long axis, and wherein the cylindrical drive drum body is operatively connected to the facial-expression structures such that rotary movement of the cylindrical drive drum body directly translates to pivotal movement of the facial-expression structures.