Improvements in Dolls.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dolls.
I, ADOLF KESTNER, of Bornpforte 3 Bezirk II Waltershausen near Gotha,
Thuringia, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
According to this invention which has reference to improvements in dolls, the
limbs and heads of the dolls are provided with fastening devices so constructed that
the limbs and heads can be readily removed and exchanged by anyone, without
assistance. The device is constructed with hooks attached to elastic fastening
connections which hooks can be pulled out of the limbs or the body of the doll,
and allowed to rest on a socket, leaving the openings of the hooks free, for other
hooks or eyes to be fastened thereon.
By these means, a broken limb or head can be easily removed and replaced by
a new one.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Figs. 1 and 2 are vertical sections at right angles to each other through part
of a doll constructed according to this invention shewing the fastening device for
the lower limbs.
Fig. 3 shows the limb according to Fig. 1 taken to pieces, ready to insert a new
limb.
Figs. 4 and 5 show two constructions of arms and hands fastening, in Fig. 4
the hand being removable while in Fig. 5 it is formed in one with the arm.
Figs. 6 to 9 show a method of fastening the head to the trunk, Figs. 6 and 7
being sections at right angles to each other.
Fig. 8 shows the fastening device from below; and
Fig. 9 the head separated from the trunk.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, elastic strings F are provided at their ends with open
hooks A, and the sockets B in which the ball portions E I of the limbs fit also
carry open hooks C. With this arrangement it is possible to pull the limbs D
so far out of their sockets B that the hooks A with their open ends can rest on
the ball portions EI which fit in the sockets B, as shewn in Fig. 3.
The hooks C can then be released from the hooks A of the limbs. The hooks C
are advantageously fastened to pieces of wood G, which are glued or fixed by any
other means to the sockets. The so released hooks A can be adjusted again,
after having received the new limb by pulling the limbs a little sidewise, when the
elastic will pull the limb back in its proper position.
In Fig. 4 the hand K is provided with a hook L and the hook A of the
elastic F can also rest on the outer edge of the socket B' of the fore arm.
Such elastic, releasable fastening of the limbs, can be attached to some or all
of the limbs of a jointed doll.
The fastening device, as represented in Figs. 6 to 9, which is used for the head,
comprises an eye b fixed on the block c arranged in the head a. The hook fis
provided with a stay or second hook i which is arranged a little lower than the
hook and serves to retain the hook f in the pulled out position to facilitate the
hooking or unhooking of the head.
The hook is connected to the wood block h arranged in the body of the
doll e, as a resistance block, by means of spring 9. If the head a, which rests with
its ball end a' in the socket d, is pulled out, for the purpose of changing the head,
the hook can be turned so, that the hook i can rest on the socket d, leaving the
hook perfectly free and open. The eye can easily be taken out of the hook f

page_text: and the head exchanged. The spring device g can be replaced by any other
spring arrangement.
A. KESTNER,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dolls.
I, ADOLF KESTNER, of Bornpforte 3 Bezirk II Waltershausen near Gotha,
Thuringia, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
According to this invention which has reference to improvements in dolls, the
limbs and heads of dolls are provided with fastening devices so constructed and
arranged that the limbs and heads can be readily removed and exchanged by an
inexperienced person without assistance. The fastening device is constructed with
hooks that are attached to elastic fastening connections and can be pulled out of
the limbs or the body of the doll, and allowed to rest on a socket so as to leave
the openings of the hooks free for other hooks or eyes to be engaged therewith.
By these means, a broken limb or head can be easily removed and replaced by a
new one.
In the drawings filed with my Provisional Specification,
Figs. 1 and 2 are vertical sections at right angles to each other, through part
of a doll constructed according to this invention and shewing the fastening device
for the lower limbs.
Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but with the parts detached from each other ready
for the insertion of a new limb.
Figs. 4 and 5 show two constructions of fastening devices suitable for the arms
and hands, the hand being removable in Fig. 4, while in Fig. 5 it is formed in one with
the arm.
Figs. 6 to 9 show a method of fastening the head to the trunk,
Figs. 6 and 7 being sections at right angles to each other;
Fig. 8 showing the fastening device as seen from below; and
Fig. 9 showing the head separated from the trunk.
Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, F F are elastic strings or connectors (hereinafter
called elastic connectors) each provided at its ends with open hooks A. B B are the
sockets in which the ball portions E I of the limbs D fit, the sockets being each
provided with an open hook C. With this arrangement it is possible to pull each
limb D so far out of its sockets B that the hooks A can rest on the ball portions EI,
as shewn in Fig. 3. The hooks C can then be released from the hooks A. The
hooks C may advantageously be fastened to pieces of wood G which are glued or fixed
by any other suitable means to the sockets. The released hooks A can be again
released, after having received the new limb, by pulling the connected limbs sidewise,
when the elastic connector F will pull the limb back in its proper position.
In Fig. 4 the hand K is provided with a hook L, and the hook A of the elastic
connector can also rest on the edge of the socket B' of the fore arm.
Such elastic releasable fastening devices can be attached to some or all of the limbs
of a jointed doll.
The fastening device represented in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive and which is suitable for
fastening the head to the trunk, comprises an eye b fixed to the block carranged in the
head a.
The hook is provided with a stay or second hook i which is
arranged a little lower than the hook fand serves to retain the hook f in the
pulled out position shown in Fig. 9, to facilitate the hooking or unhooking of the
head.

page_text: The hook is connected by means of a spring 9 to a wood block h, which is.
arranged in the body e of the doll to serve as a resistance block. If the head a,.
which rests with its ball end a' in the socket d, be pulled out for the purpose
of changing the head, the hook f can be partly turned round so that the hook i
will rest on the socket d, and leave the hook f perfectly free and open. The
eye b can then be easily disengaged from the hook fand the head exchanged.
The spring device g can be replaced by any other suitable spring arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A jointed doll in which the head or one or more of the limbs is or are secured.
in place each by an elastic connection such as F that is provided at its ends with
hooks A arranged to engage with fixed hooks C carried by the socket portions
of two of the parts of the doll to be connected together, the arrangement being
such that the several parts can be drawn apart and the hooks A retained in their
drawn out positions so that the hooks C can be readily engaged with or disengaged
from them substantially as herein before described.
2. A doll in which one portion such as the head is connected with another
portion such as the trunk by a fastening device comprising an eye b fixed to one.
of the parts and a hook f which is provided with a stay or second hook i and is
connected to a spring carried by the other part, the arrangement being such that.
when the two parts are pulled apart, the stay or second hook i can be caused to
rest on the socket portion of one of the parts and leave the opening of the
hook free, so that the eye b on the other part can be disengaged from the hook f
substantially as described with reference to and shewn in Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive of
the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of June 1899