Patent GB-1341522-A (GB)
IPC: A63H3/48
Filed: 1972-04-06
Abstract: 1341522 Dolls MATTEL Inc 6 April 1972 [13 Oct 1971] 15945/72 Heading A6S A shape-changing doll, &c. comprises a body member covered with a flexible material, and a non-inflatable shape-changing member pivoted in the body and also covered by the flexible material, the shape-changing member having an end swingable generally perpendicular to the flexible material at a selected area, the shape-changing member being swingable to move its end outwardly and thus cause the flexible material to bulge. In one form, a doll has biceps which are caused to bulge by bending-up its forearms. Each arm contains an upper arm 30, Figs. 2, 4, pivoted at its elbow by a pin 34 to a forearm 32 in which is a rotatable, hand-carrying pin 44. Teeth 52, 50 on the upper arm and forearm are held in mesh by a U-shaped spring clip 54 embracing the parts. A pin connector 24 and trunnion 80 pivotally mount each arm in the doll's body. With the upper arm 30 and forearm 32 nearly straight, Fig. 3 (not shown), a lever 82 pivoted by a pin 84 in a hole 86 of the forearm rests flat along a ledge 74 of the upper arm 30. By bending-up the forearm 32 to the position shown in Fig. 4, the lever 82 is tilted about the end 90 of the ledge 74. A bulged portion 88 at the remote end of the lever 82 is thus extended out of the general line of the upper arm 30, so that a flexible covering 92 surrounding the arm bulges to represent a flexed bicep muscle. In another form, a doll in the shape of a young girl is changed to that of a teenage girl by squeezing its waist to reduce the waist line, lengthen the torso and expand the bust. At the same time the doll's face is thinned, and its mouth opened. The upper and lower torso parts 106, 104, Figs. 5, 6, are telescoped slidably together at 108. A post 126 (see also Fig. 7) is carried by the lower torso 104, and pivots pairs of levers 116, 118 pivoted at their upper ends 130 to a waist portion 110 of the upper torso 106. When the waist portion 110 is squeezed, it bends inwardly about hinges 112, pivoting the links 116, 118 and raising the upper torso 106 relatively to the lower torso 104 from the Fig. 5 position to the Fig. 7 position. A frusto-conical block 144 carried by the waist 110 is simultaneously slidden upwards along the post 126 against the biass of a spring 160. Pairs of interconnected shapechanging levers 174, 188; 176, 190, pivoted at their lower ends to the frusto-conical block 144 and at their upper ends to the top 140 of the post 126, are thus turned, so that bulged portions 184, 186 on the lower levers are pushed forwards out of the chest of the doll, as shown in hatched lines in Fig. 5 and fully extended in Fig. 7. The doll's chest 226 is connected by a hinge 228 to the upper torso 106. Thus as the lever pairs 174, 188, &c. jackknife, the doll's bust expands. A spring-biassed pawl 166 retains the frusto-conical block 144 in bust-expanded position along the post 126 against the biass of the spring 160. A bifurcated lever 200 pivoting on the top end 140 of the post 126 rest on a pin 204 carried by the upper torso 106; as the latter is raised relatively to the post 126, &c., the bifurcated lever 200 turns anti-clockwise from the Fig. 5 to the Fig. 7 position, thus sliding upwardly a rod 208 passing through the doll's neck. Cams 230, Fig. 6, on the sides of the upper end of the rod 208, thus so slide as to permit plungers 234, 236 to move inwardly, allowing the doll's cheeks 238, 240 to contract from the plump cheeks of a child to the slim cheaks of a teenager, Fig. 8 (not shown). Simultaneously, the upward sliding of the rod 208 pivots a lever 214 from the position shown in Fig. 5 with the doll's mouth 222 closed, to the position shown in Fig. 7 with the doll's mouth open.