A doll having a first leg secured to the torso for pivotal movement relative thereto with the other leg hingedly coupled to the torso for pivotal movement about a fore-to-aft axis. The head member is interconnected through gear devices to the first leg, relative displacement between the first and second leg members can result in tilting the torso relative to the second leg member and rotating of the head in response to pivoting of the first leg member.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The background of the invention will be discussed in two parts: 
1. Field of the Invention 
This invention relates to dolls and more particularly to a doll having the 
head member rotatable in response to pivoting of a leg member. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
Dolls having pivotable and articulated members, commonly known as "fashion 
dolls" have become increasingly popular among children since the dolls can 
be posed in many ways to simulate real-life positions. Accessories for use 
with such dolls have likewise become very popular to create play settings 
where real-life action can be duplicated with respect to a given type 
environment, such accessories including doll houses, escalators, 
automobiles, horses and the like. 
It is an object of this invention to provide a new and improved doll having 
a portion thereof movable in response to relative movement between the 
legs thereof. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The foregoing and other objects of the invention are accomplished by 
providing a platform for supporting the legs of a doll in a generally 
upright position, the platform having a disc-shaped member rotatable 
through a given angle by means of a cable operatively connected to the 
lens member of a toy camera, the disc member supporting one foot of the 
doll, the other leg thereof being retained by a leg supporting member 
rotatable about a fixed axis by a gear segment formed in the disc member. 
The doll has one leg thereof hingedly coupled about a fore-to-aft axis and 
the other leg thereof pivotable about a side-to-side axis, the legs being 
moved relative to each other with the doll mounted on the platform. The 
doll is provided with a member coupled to the pivotable leg member to 
rotate the head of the doll in response to pivoting of the leg member. 
Movement of the hinged leg member provides angular displacement between 
the longitudinal axis of the hinged leg member and the longitudinal axis 
of the torso of the doll, the cumulative of these movements resulting in 
the "posing" of the doll. This posing is viewed through the viewfinder of 
a toy camera to simulate the taking of a picture. 
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become 
apparent from a reading of the specification when taken in conjunction 
with the drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like elements 
in the several views.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring now to the drawings and particularly to FIG. 1, there is shown a 
simulated photography session wherein a child 10 holds a camera generally 
designated 12, for viewing through the viewfinder 14 thereof, a doll 
generally designated 16 "posed" on a stage or platform, generally 
designated 18. Flexible interconnecting cable means 20 interconnect the 
lens 22 of the camera 12 with the platform 18. Generally, as will 
hereinafter be described, the doll 16 is an articulated fashion doll 
having movable and positionable portions or members. The leg members 24 
and 26 are movable relative to each other, this relative movement being 
effected by the base or platform 18 on which the doll 16 is supported in a 
generally upright position. The cable means 20 interconnecting the 
platform 18 and lens 22 of the camera 14 has an outer stationary sheath 
with a cable 21 therein, the cable 21 being connected within platform 18 
to suitable means for providing the relative movement between the legs 24 
and 26. These means are actuated manually by the child 10 who views the 
doll 16 through the viewfinder 14 of the camera 12 and then rotates lens 
22 which operates the cable means 20 until the doll 16 is suitably posed. 
Referring now also to FIGS. 2 and 3, the platform 18 includes a housing 
structure having a circular inverted shallow circular shell portion 30 
with an outwardly extending generally rectangular portion 32, the portions 
30 and 32 being integrally formed to provide the housing with portion 32 
serving as a stabilizing extended base. The platform 18 is configured for 
supporting on a suitable surface such as a table or the like with the 
overall configuration and size being sufficient to support the doll 16 in 
a generally upright position with the longitudinal axis of the doll 
generally vertical. The circular portion 30 is provided with an integral 
circular opening 34 and a peripheral arcuate slot 36, the slot 36 having 
the mid-point thereof diametrically opposite the opening 34. A movable 
generally disc-shaped member 38 is rotatably coupled within the housing 
within shell portion 30 with the upper surface of the disc-shaped member 
38 in sliding abutting relation with the planar undersurface 40 of 
circular shell portion 30. The undersurface 40 is provided with three 
equi-angularly disposed downwardly extending tangs 42 which are positioned 
the same distance from the center of the circular portion 30, the tangs 42 
defining a circle which engages a circular aperture 44 centrally formed 
within the disc-shaped member 38. The disc-shaped member 38 is coupled 
within the circular shell portion 30 by snapping the aperture 44 of 
disc-shaped member 38 over the downwardly depending tangs 42. Extending 
upwardly from the surface of disc-shaped member 38 is a foot holding cup 
member 46 which is circular in cross section. The cup member 46 extends 
through arcuate slot 36 and is adapted to rotate along with disc-shaped 
member 38 through an angle defined by the extremities of slot 36, as 
indicated by the dotted line cup member 46'. Also formed in disc-shaped 
member 38 is a generally wedge-shaped opening 50 having an arcuate 
geartoothed segment on the periphery 52, the shape of opening 50 being 
configured for pivotal movement through generally the same angle as the 
angle defined by the slot 36, the geared periphery 52 of opening 50 
suitably engaging a second leg supporting member 54 confined for engaging 
the leg 24 of the doll 16. 
As best illustrated in FIG. 3, the circular opening 34 of the circular 
shell portion 30 has integrally formed therein a generally cup-shaped 
angularly disposed recess 56 which has leg supporting member 54 rotatably 
positioned therein for pivotal movement about its pivot axis 58 suitably 
secured to the bottom of recess 56 with the longitudinal axis of leg 
supporting member 54 disposed at an angle to the plane of the circular 
shell portion 30 of platform 18. The leg supporting member 54 has a 
bevelled gear portion 60 in meshing engagement with the gear periphery 52 
of opening 50, with movement of the disc-shaped member 38 rotating the 
member 54 about a fixed pivot axis 58. The longitudinal axis of leg 
supporting member 54 remains stationary with respect to the upper surface 
of the circular shell portion 30 while the other foot holding cup member 
46 moves or pivots within slot 36 to thereby provide relative movement 
between the legs 24 and 26 of the doll 16. 
The leg supporting member 54 is provided with a cup-shaped foot receiving 
portion 62 at the lower end thereof extending upwardly from the gear 
member 60. Extending upwardly therefrom is a central arcuate spine portion 
64 for abuttingly engaging the lower parts of the legs 24, while the upper 
free end of the leg supporting member 54 is provided with a 
horseshoe-shaped clip portion 66 for engaging the leg 24 just below the 
knee thereof. 
To provide the pivotal movement of the disc-shaped member 38, the member 38 
is provided with a cable receiving lug portion 68 depending downwardly 
from the undersurface of disc-shaped member 38. As shown in FIG. 2, the 
lug portion 68 is positioned approximately centrally with respect to the 
peripheral edge 52 of opening 50 and has secured therein one end of the 
cable 21 which passes through the sheath of cable means, the sheath having 
one end thereof secured within a suitable recess 70 formed in the 
periphery of circular shell portion 30, the recess 70 being in general 
alignment with the lug portion 68 to provide a generally straight line 
path for cable 21. 
In operation, as will hereinafter be discussed, when the cable 21 is 
withdrawn into the sheath of cable means 20, the lug portion 68 engaging 
the free end of cable 21 is urged downwardly to rotate the disc member 38 
in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 2. As this 
counterclockwise direction commences, the upwardly extending foot holding 
cup member 46 rotates or pivots in a counterclockwise direction within 
arcuate slot 36. Simultaneously, the engagement of the peripheral 
gearteeth 52 of opening 50 engage the gear member 60 of the leg supporting 
member 54 to thereby rotate the leg supporting member 54 about its axis 
58, likewise in a counterclockwise direction, without moving the leg 
supporting member 54 relative to its position on the platform 18. When the 
cup member 46 is thus moved to the end of arcuate slot 36 to the upper 
position shown in dotted lines and depicted 46', the cup-shaped member in 
this position is closer to the center of leg supporting member 54. With 
the foot holding cup member 46 in the solid line position, the distance 
between the centers of the gear portions 60 of leg supporting member 54 
and the cup member 46 is the greatest since it is on a diameter extending 
through the center of the axis of rotation of the disc member 38. As the 
cup member 46 is angularly displaced to either end of the arcuate slot 36, 
the distance between these centers becomes less until the least distance 
between centers is obtained at either end of the arcuate slot 36. 
Consequently, during this pivoting of disc member 38, the legs 24 and 26 
of the doll 16 are moved relative to each other to a greater or lesser 
distance depending upon the position of foot holding cup member 46. In 
addition, during this movement the leg supporting member 54 is rotated in 
the direction of movement of cup member 46 to thereby angularly displace 
the doll about its upright axis to change the position of the doll as 
viewed through the viewfinder 14 of the camera 12, for example, from a 
frontal view of the doll 16 to a three-quarter left, or three-quarter 
right view, depending upon the initial posing of the doll 16. The degree 
of pivoting or rotation of the doll 16 during the angular displacement of 
the disc member 38 is determined by the initial distance between the 
centers of the two foot supporting members as well as the diameter of and 
number of gearteeth of gear member 60, as well as the overall length of 
the gear peripheral edge 52 of the opening 50. Thus, a large amount of 
angular displacement can be effected by a small movement of the cable 21 
within the sheath of cable means 20. 
Referring now to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5; the doll construction details will be 
discussed. As shown in FIG. 1, the doll 16 has a torso including a lower 
torso member 180 and an upper torso member 182 coupled for pivotal 
movement about the longitudinal axis of the doll. Posable and bendable 
arms 184 and 186 are pivotally secured to the shoulder portion of the 
upper torso 182 which terminates in an upwardly extending neck portion 188 
to which is secured a head member 190. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the head 
has been removed but the head is secured by frictional engagement with the 
enlarged end 192 of a head pivoting member generally designated 194. The 
head 190 is provided with an opening frictionally engaging the end 192 to 
permit rotation of the head 190 with respect to the end 192 for pre-posing 
the head, while allowing rotation of the head 190 concurrently with end 
192 during operation of the toy. The member 194 has a main elongated shaft 
portion 192 with the lower end thereof having an enlarged circular bearing 
portion 198 captively rotatably retained by means of bearing portions 200 
formed on the interior of the upper torso 182. Below the bearing portion 
198 is an enlarged gear member 202. The upper end of shaft portion 196 
extends through an opening 204 in the neck portion 188 of the upper torso 
182, the opening 204 rotatably receiving the upper end of shaft portion 
196. Enlarged end 192 is mushroom-shaped and configured to suitably 
receive an opening in head 190 in frictional engagement for rotation of 
the head 190 concurrently with shaft 196. 
An intermediate member 206 is rotatably positioned within the doll 16, the 
member 206 being a generally elongate shaft having a bevelled gear 208 at 
one end thereof in meshing engagement with the gear 202 and having a 
second gear member 210 at the other end thereof within lower torso 180. 
The shaft of member 206 is rotatably coupled through an aperture 212 
formed in a cylindrical extension 214 of the lower torso 180, the 
extension 214 being configured for coupling the upper torso 182 to the 
lower torso 180 to thereby permit relative rotational movement between the 
upper and lower torso members 182 and 180, respectively. 
The lower torso 180 is provided with an integrally formed ribbed portion to 
form a second bearing surface 216 for supporting the lower gear 210 of 
member 206 in general vertical alignment along the longitudinal axis of 
the doll 16. As can be seen in FIGS. 4 and 5, the head pivoting member 194 
is angularly disposed with respect to the longitudinal center axis 
extending through the intermediate shaft member 206 with the gear 202 
being rearwardly disposed from the bevel gear 208. This angular 
inclination of head pivoting member 194 places the longitudinal center 
line thereof in a slightly forwardly inclined position so that with head 
member 190 positioned on the enlarged end 192 thereof the head will be 
canted slightly forward. 
Within the hollow interior of lower torso 180 leg member supporting means 
are provided for legs 24 and 26. These leg member supporting means include 
a hinge member 218 and a rotatable member generally designated 220, the 
hinge member 218 having an outwardly extending boss 222 adapted to 
pivotally engage a matingly configured recess 224 within leg 24. 
Similarly, in alignment with boss 222, the rotatable member 220 is 
provided with a boss 226 for matingly engaging a recess 228 formed within 
the upper end of leg member 26, the bosses 222 and 226 being in general 
axial alignment with each other. 
The lower torso 180 is provided with a rectangular opening 230 through 
which the leg pivoting member 218 passes. The other end of lower torso 180 
is provided with a circular aperture 232 into which is inserted the 
bearing portion 234 of rotatable member 220. Integrally formed with 
rotatable member 220 and positioned internally within torso member 180 is 
an enlarged diameter gear member 236 which has the teeth thereof 
positioned about the periphery thereof and extending in a direction 
perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the member 220. The teeth of 
gear 236 are configured to engage the gearteeth of gear member 210 to 
provide rotation of intermediate shaft member 206 about its axis which is 
generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation of rotatable member 220, 
to thereby convert rotation about one axis into rotation about a second 
axis mutually perpendicular to the first axis. The leg member 26 is thus 
rotatably coupled for pivotal movement about a side-to-side axis, that is, 
an axis extending through the hip portions or sides of the lower torso 
180. 
The other leg member 24 is coupled to member 218 for hinged or pivotal 
movement about a fore-to-aft axis, that is, an axis extending from the 
front to rear of the lower torso 180, this axis being mutually 
perpendicular to the side-to-side axis. The hinge member 218 has a 
generally planar portion 240, which in the normal position shown in solid 
lines, is generally coextensive with the adjacent planar edge of the lower 
torso 180 with the boss 222 extending generally perpendicular thereto and 
outwardly therefrom. Extending inwardly and upwardly from the planar 
portion 240 is a hinge arm portion 242 having a circular hinged end 244 
formed integrally therewith, the hinged end 244 having an aperture 
extending therethrough for mounting on a shaft 246 for pivotal movement 
about the fore-to-aft axis or shaft 246. The lower end of member 218 is 
configured inwardly with a downwardly depending angularly inclined lip 
portion 248 which serves as a pivot stop when the inner edge of lip 248 
engages the interior edge of torso 180 adjacent the opening 230. 
With the head member 190 positionally fixed on the enlarged end 192 of the 
head pivoting member 194, as leg 26 is rotated or pivoted, the member 220 
pivots concurrently therewith thereby rotating the gear member 236 which 
is in meshing engagement with the gear member 210 of intermediate shaft 
member 206. Rotation of shaft member 206, through the coupling of its 
bevel gear 208 with the gear 202 rotates the head pivoting member 194 to 
thereby result in another portion of the doll 16 being moved in response 
to relative movement of the leg members 24 and 26. In this particular 
instance, the other portion which is being moved is the head 190. 
When the doll 16 (see FIG. 1) is mounted on the platform 18 with the foot 
of leg 26 within the foot holding cup member 46 and the leg member 24 
being suitably retained by leg supporting member 54, the distance between 
the two feet of the doll 16 changes as the disc-shaped member 38 is 
rotated or pivoted in response to rotation of the lens 22 of the camera 12 
by the child 10. This changing of the spacing between the feet of the doll 
16 is accommodated by the hinged member 218 to which the leg member 24 is 
coupled. 
Due to the hinged connection of leg member 24 to the torso to accommodate 
side-to-side relative movement, and the pivotable connection of leg member 
26 to accommodate front to rear relative movement, the net result is a 
compound movement of the doll 16 with respect to the platform 18 as the 
doll 16 has the leg members 24 and 26 moved relative to each other. 
Initially, referring to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, with the child 10 viewing the 
doll 16 through the viewfinder 14 in the position illustrated in FIG. 1, 
as the lens member 22 is rotated to effect a movement of the leg 26 
forwardly, the pivoting movement of leg member 26 rotates intermediate 
gear member 206 counterclockwise (as viewed from the top in FIG. 10) 
thereby rotating head pivoting member 194 along with head 190 in a 
clockwise direction, that is, the head 190 as viewed in FIG. 1, will turn 
away from the view of the child 10. The head 190 rotates with respect to 
the torso when the leg 26 pivots with respect to the torso, the ratio of 
movement of the head to the leg being approximately three to one; that is, 
a ten degree pivoting of the leg with respect to the lower torso 180 will 
result in a thirty degree pivoting of the head 190 with respect to the 
upper torso 182. Conversely, if the leg 26 is pivoted rearwardly with 
respect to leg member 24, this will result in a turning of the head 190 in 
the clockwise direction, that is, toward the view of the child 10. The 
gear coupling arrangement is such that the upper torso member 182 can be 
pivoted with respect to the lower torso member 180 without affecting the 
positional relationship of the interconnecting gear members 194, 206 and 
236. With the leg member 26 in a fixed position relative to leg member 24, 
the head 190 will remain fixed in its position relative to the lower torso 
member 180 as the upper torso member 182 is rotated. With the opening in 
the head 190 frictionally engaging enlarged mushroom-shaped end 192 of 
head pivoting member 194, the head 190 can be rotated relative to the end 
192 for prepositioning of the head 190 with respect to the child 10 prior 
to actuation of the platform 18 as hereinabove described. 
In addition to the pivoting of the head 190 during relative displacement of 
the leg members 24 and 26, the angular position of the longitudinal axis 
of the two-part torso changes relative to the longitudinal axis of leg 
member 24 due to the hinged relationship between leg member 24 and lower 
torso member 180. As viewed from the front of FIG. 4, the solid line 
position of leg member 24 depicts the leg member 24 in its normal position 
relative to the two-part torso, with the long axis of leg member 24 
extending on a line generally coincident with the intermediate gear member 
206. During movement of the doll 16 when positioned on platform 18, the 
leg 24 extends outwardly to the dotted line position, thereby angularly 
displacing the longitudinal center line or axis of the leg member 24 with 
respect to the longitudinal axis or center line of the two-part torso. 
With the hinged leg member 24 fixed in a relatively stationary position 
due to the overall length of leg supporting member 54, this angular 
displacement results in a tilting of the longitudinal center line of the 
torso toward or away from the longitudinal center line of the leg member 
24 thus providing movement of the doll torso relative to the leg member 24 
during rotation of the disc member 38. The hinge member 218 to which leg 
member 24 is coupled permits a tilting of the body or torso through an 
angle of approximately fifteen degrees as viewed from the front in FIG. 4. 
Due to the fixed position of the fore-to-aft axis 246, the hinge member 
218, and consequently leg member 24, are constrained to one direction of 
relative movement, that is, the leg 24 can only move from side-to-side 
relative to the lower torso member 180. As viewed from the side of the 
doll 16, the longitudinal center line of the leg 24 maintains a fixed 
position relative to the longitudinal center line of the two-part torso. 
On the other hand, the pivotal leg member 26 has one degree of freedom 
about its pivot axis extending through the center of rotatable member 220, 
this axis extending from side-to-side through lower torso 180. As viewed 
from the front in FIG. 4, the longitudinal center line of the let member 
26 remains generally parallel to the longitudinal center line of the 
two-part torso of the doll 16. As viewed from the side, the longitudinal 
center line of the leg member 26 is disposed angularly with respect to the 
longitudinal center line of the two-part torso of the doll 16. Thus, 
during rotation of the disc-shaped member 38 of platform 18, the angular 
position of the leg member 26 will be varied in a front to rear plane with 
respect to the doll torso. Each leg thereby provides movement with respect 
to the longitudinal center line of the torso in an angular direction 
mutually perpendicular to the direction of displacement of the other leg. 
As a net result, this construction provides compound movement in four 
different ways with the doll 16 mounted on the platform 18 as viewed in 
FIG. 1. In the first movement, the head 190 rotates relative to the upper 
torso 182 when the leg members 24 and 26 are displaced relative to each 
other. In a second motion, the longitudinal center line of the hinged leg 
member 24 is being displaced angularly relative to the longitudinal center 
line of the two-part torso of the doll 16, as viewed from the front of the 
doll 16. This movement occurs as the foot holding cup member 46 traverses 
slot 36 thereby changing the lateral spacing between the feet of leg 
members 24 and 26 as previously discussed. A third direction of motion 
occurs as a result of the pivoting of leg member 26 relative to the 
two-part torso of doll 16 during traversal of the foot holding cup member 
46 within slot 36. A fourth degree of motion is obtained on an overall 
basis when the child 10 is viewing the posing of the doll 16 through the 
viewfinder 14, the child 10 then rotating the lens member 22 to effect the 
traversal of foot holding cup member 46 within slot 36. This degree of 
motion results from the changing of the angular position of leg member 24 
relative to platform 18 by means of the gear coupling (see FIGS. 2 and 3) 
effected between the geartooth segment 52 coacting with the gear member 60 
of leg supporting member 54, this gear coupling changing the overall 
facing direction of the doll 16 relative to the platform 18. By reference 
to FIGS. 1 and 2, as the disc-shaped member 38 is rotated clockwise to the 
dotted line position 46', as shown adjacent the lower edge of arcuate slot 
36, the gear member 60 also rotates clockwise, thus rotating leg 
supporting member 54 clockwise to effectively reposition the entire doll 
16 in a clockwise direction, this angular displacement of the doll 16 
relative to the platform 18 having the amount thereof determined by the 
ratio of the diameter of gear member 60 to the diameter of the gear 
segement 52. 
In operation of the toy of FIG. 1, the child 10 positions the doll 16 by 
placing the right foot of leg member 24 for captive retention within the 
cup-shaped foot receiving portion 62 of leg supporting member 54, the 
child then engaging clip portion 66 just below the knee of leg member 24. 
The left foot of leg member 26 is then positioned within foot holding cup 
member 46 for concurrent movement therewith. The child 10 then poses the 
doll by positioning the arms 184 and 186, by rotatably positioning the 
upper torso 182 with respect to lower torso 180 and also by rotating head 
member 190 relative to the enlarged end 192 of head pivoting member 194, 
member 194 remaining stationary during this rotation. The child 10 views 
the doll 16 through the viewfinder 14 of camera 12, and then rotates lens 
22 which rotates disc-shaped member 38 to displace leg members 24 and 26 
relative to each other as the foot holding cup member 46 is moved within 
slot 36 of platform 18. Simultaneously, with the movement of foot holding 
cup member 46, the leg supporting member 54, as well as leg member 24, is 
rotated in the direction of movement of member 46. As this movement 
occurs, the two-directional relative displacement of the legs 24 and 26 
rotates the head 190 of the doll 16 while simultaneously repositioning the 
doll 16 relative to the platform 18 to present more or less of a frontal 
view of the doll 16 for viewing through the viewfinder 14. Additionally, 
the changing of the lateral spacing between the foot members of the leg 
members 24 and 26 tilts the two-part torso by relative angular 
displacement of the lower torso 180 with respect to the hinge member 218 
resulting in animated compound posing motion of various parts of the doll 
relative to each other, and of the doll 16 relative to the platform 18. 
While there has been shown and described a preferred embodiment, it is to 
be understood that various other adaptations and modifications may be made 
within the spirit and scope of the invention.