An Improved Toy Doll, applicable as a Means for Advertising and other similar Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy Doll, applicable as a Means for Advertising and
other similar Purposes.
I, ANNA MARIE DOUGLAS, of Dalkeith House, Leamington, in the County of
Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object an improved toy doll, applicable as a means for
advertising and other similar purposes, which is calculated to attract a considerable
amount of attention either when used as a toy or for advertising purposes.
I construct the body of the doll, toy, or figure in such a manner that a head
may be mounted on or formed at each end thereof or at the top and bottom which
is the equivalent and this may be done from a hollow tube wire or other framework
so that if necessary a weight may be mounted internally which would always
gravitate to the lower part thereof for the purpose of keeping the toy steady in
position. The two ends are mounted with heads or other figures which are totally
or partly different in color and design to the other figure or toy, being fitted with
arms and a dress which is either partly or wholely reversed when the toy is inverted.
This figure is mounted upon pirots or other arrangements at the waist or centre
thereof and placed upon a suitable stand-or it may be held in the hand-so that
when it is reversed the dress falls over and covers one head or other object leaving
the other head or object which is entirely different in design in view. It will be
evident that clockwork or other mechanism capable of being wound up occasionally
may be attached in such a manner that the object, whether dolls' heads or other
figures, may be automatically reversed at stated intervals, and in such a manner
that the reversing action may be accomplished either very gradually or very
suddenly. I do not confine myself to always use the sliding balance or other
weight as when the mechanism is attached this might in some cases be dispensed
with.
Dated this 17th d..
100.1
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Toy Doll, applicable as a Means for Advertising and
other similar Purposes.
I, ANNA MARIE DOUGLAS, of Dalkeith House, Leamington, in the County of
Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement. :-
My invention has for its object an improved toy doll applicable as a means for
advertising and other similar purposes which is calculated to attract a considerable
amount of attention either when used as a toy, or for advertising purposes.
I construct the body of the doll toy or figure in such a manner that a head may
be mounted on or formed at each end thereof or at the top and bottom which is
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page_text: the equivalent and this may be done from a hollow tube, wire or other framework
so that if necessary a weight may be mounted internally which would always
gravitate to the lower part thereof for the purpose of keeping the toy steady in
position. The two ends are mounted with heads or other figures which are totally
or partly different in color and design to the other figure or toy being fitted with
arms and a dress which is either partly or wholly reversed when the toy is inverted.
This figure is mounted upon pivots or other arrangements at the waist or centre
thereof and placed upon a suitable stand-or it may be held in the hand-so that
when it is reversed the dress falls over and covers one head or other object leaving
the other head or object, which is entirely different in design, in view. It will be
evident that clockwork or other mechanism capable of being wound up occassionally
may be attached in such a manner that the object whether dolls' heads or other
figures may be automatically reversed at stated intervals and in such a manner
that the reversing action may be accomplished either very gradually or very
suddenly. do not confine myself to always use the sliding balance or other
weight as when the mechanism is attached this might in some cases be dispensed
with.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto two double sized sheets of drawings upon
which I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements and the mode
of carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1, is a part sectional and part elevational view of one of my improved
dolls or figures.
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Figure 2, is an elevation of the inner framework of the doll or figure.
Figure 3, is a plan of Figure 2.
Figure 4, is one view of a doll showing a modified combination.
Figure 5, a view of the reverse of the figure shown in Figure 3.
Figure 6, is a front view showing a further modification in the combination.
Figure 7, is a view of the reverse of the figure shown in Figure 6.
The body of my doll or figure is preferably formed upon the light wire frame-
work B and has the central stem upon which the lead or other weight C is
mounted in such a manner as to slide freely upon the said stem. At each end or
top and bottom of the body B the figures A and A¹ are mounted and these heads
are in relative contrast to each other as for instance a merry monk upon the one
end and a monkey upon the other as seen in Figure 1.
A suitable dress, wrap, or
covering H is placed upon the upper portion of the body in each case being
provided with the full skirt which is divided at each side into the back and front
skirts H' and H and is attached to the waist of the figure. The body B is fixed
centrally at the waist upon the cross bar which forms the pivots by which the
body B is supported upon any suitable frame or stand in such a manner that
whichever way it is turned or reversed upon its pivots the divided skirt of the
dress falls over and hides the lower head and body and leaves the upper head and
body, from the waist, exposed to view as for example Figure 6 shows a black
woman A at the one end and a white woman A¹ at the other end the back and
front H and H' of the divided skirt hiding the reverse head and body in either
case. The figures are retained in a steady vertical position by the weight C which
upon the turning of the figure gravitates down to the positions shown by Figures 1
and 2 while the divided skirts or other equivalents are slightly weighted at their
lower ends so that upon the turning of the figure they swing freely over and do not
become in any way entangled and also assist to retain the figure in a vertical
position. The turning of the figure is preferably effected by clockwork which
may be contained in the case E or may be placed in a box under the figure the
motion in the latter case being then conveyed to the pivot by chain or other
suitable gear which would be hidden by one of the supports F.
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Various modifications of the head or object may be carried out as for example, a
modern Cinderella, the one figure A in this case representing a slavey or general
servant as in Figure 4 which is transformed into the ball room belle A¹ illustrated

page_text: by Figure 5 or I may have a series of two or three sets which I name "evolution
dolls" and which may consist of a small white monkey changeable into an infant
in long clothes. A gorrilla with black body and grey face convertible into a black
African child in nigger dress or a white monkey into a merry monk such as shown
by Figure 1 in all of these the body of the monkey may rest erect upon the cross
bar with arms drawn up and falling a little over the bar so as to conceal the
attachment of the dress of the reverse figure while it is obvious that numerous
other contrasting combinations may be produced.
The dolls or figures thus mounted and automatically reversed either gradually
or suddenly at required intervals are particularly applicable for the attraction of
attention to any advertising show card case or window in or near which the figures
are placed or with which they may be in many ways combined.
The body of the doll may be formed of any suitable material and the weight
may fall within a tube or equivalent recess formed in the material of the body to
receive it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. An improved toy doll applicable as a means for advertising and other
similar purposes substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn
upon the accompanying two sheets of drawings.
2nd. A pivoted double reversible doll or figure in combination with a divided
and reversible skirt substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn.
3rd. In pivoted and reversible dolls or figures the weight C mounted to
gravitate within the body B substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth
and shewn.
Dated this 8th day of December 1894.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.