Improvements in Dolls.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 8th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dolls.
I, ADOLF KESTNER, of Waltershausen, near Gotha, Thüringen, Germany,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in dolls in which the limbs and
heads are ball jointed and are attached to the bodies by means of hooks and eyes
or by means of two hooks one of which is attached to an elastic cord or spiral and
can be pulled out of the limb or body of the doll when it is desired to attach or
detach the limb.
According to this invention the pan or socket or the ball which engages in the pan
or socket, is provided with a lateral slot into which the connecting hook or eye
which is fastened by the clastic cord or spiral spring with the part to be attached,
when it is pulled out, enters and is firmly held. A disc connected with the
hook or eye abuts upon the walls of the slot, and holds the hook or the eye in such
a position that it is free for hooking the other hook or eye in and out. In this
manner by pulling the limbs of the doll, they can be easily removed and replaced
by any inexperienced person, without the possibility of the hands being injured by
the hooks or eyes that are mounted on the stretched cords.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 illustrates a jointed doll according to this invention, partly in elevation
and partly in section;
Fig. 2 shows the attachment in side elevation also partly in section as employed
for the head;
Fig. 3 shows the arm attachment disconnected;
Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the limbs connected;
Figs. 4 and 5 show in vertical section the attachment of the lower limbs
to the trunk of the doll, the limbs being respectively shown disconnected and
connected.
Figs. 6 and 6A show a disconnectable attachment for the hand, Fig. 6 showing
the same connected, and Fig. 6A showing it disconnected. This attachment is carried
out in the several limbs in the following manner.
The head is formed with ball which works in a socket a formed in the body,
the head being attached to the body by passing through the lower part of the trunk
a triple cranked wire c, which is secured in the trunk by means of wooden pegs d.
To the middle crank c2 of the wire c there is connected the elastic cord e terminating
at its upper part in the wire f, on which is fixed the disc g.
In the upper eye
of the wire there engages the hook which is connected in the known manner
with the semi-spherical block i witbin the head k. The socket a carries a board
formed with an opening and a lateral slot 12. The slot 2 is of a width such that
the wire f can pass through the same. If the said wire be drawn out, stretching the
elastic cord e, so that the disc g is drawn through the board 1, and if then
the wire f be inserted sideways in the slot 2, then the eye f¹ will be fixed
in such a position that the hook of the head can be readily disconnected from
the eye.
The attachment of the arms to eyes m, which are fixed in the plug m¹ inserted
in the trunk is effected in a similar manner. With an attachment of this kind, the
balls n are cut out laterally at n', and over these slots there is placed the disc
of the hook o, stretching the elastic cord o¹.
With the two side cranked portions c c of the wire c engages the hooks pl of
the wires p which are connected with the elastic cords g, and hold the lower limbs r.

page_text: The wire p has soldered on to it a disc g similar to that above described which
passes over the slot of the ball (see Figs. 4, 4 and 5).
In the same manner the legs s can be easily fastened in a removable manner by
means of a hook t, which is provided with a disc g, and open hooks u.
In order to employ the fastening also for the hands, an eye or hook is fixed
in the wrist or hand joint v by means of a small piece of wood v', and between the
hando and the forearm w there is inserted a ball joint which is slotted at c.
The hook y is also provided with a disc and is suspended from an elastic
The manner of disconnecting the same is similar to that already
cord z.
described.
It will be readily understood from the above description that the connection and
disconnection of the limbs and of the head is capable of being easily effected by
any inexperienced person.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1899
A.
KESTNER,
By L. W., per F. B.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dolls.
I, ADOLF KESTNER, of Waltershausen, near Gotha, Thuringen, Germany,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention has reference to improvements in dolls of the kind in which the
limbs and heads and the hands are ball jointed and are attached to the bodies and
the arms respectively by means of hooks and eyes or by means of two hooks one
of which is attached to an elastic cord or metal spring and can be pulled out of the
limb or body of the doll when it is desired to attach or detach the limb or head.
According to this invention the pan or socket, or the ball which engages in the
pan or socket, is provided with a lateral slot into which the connecting hook or eye
which is fastened by the elastic cord or spiral spring with the part to be attached
enters and is firmly held after being pulled out. A disc connected with the hook
or eye abuts upon the walls of the slot and holds the hook or the eye in such a
position that the other hook or eye can be easily attached or detached. In this
manner by pulling the limbs of the doll, they can be easily removed and replaced
by any inexperienced person, without the possibility of the hands being injured by
the hooks or eyes connected to the stretched cords.
In the drawings left with my Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 illustrates partly in elevation and partly in section, a jointed doll constructed
according to this invention;
Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section showing the attachment employed for the
head which is shown disconnected from the body.
Fig. 3 shows the arm attachment disconnected.
Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical sections in planes at right angles to each other showing
the attachments for one of the lower limbs to the body.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 5 but with the parts detached from each other.
Figs. 6 and 64 show a disconnectable attachment for the hand, Fig. 6 showing
the parts connected, and Fig. 64 showing them disconnected.
:-
This mode of attaching the several parts of a doll together is as follows:-
The head is made with a spherical portion 6 that works in a socket a formed in
the body. Passing through the lower part of the trunk is a triple cranked wire c,
which is secured in the trunk by means of wooden pegs d. To the middle crank c²
of the wire c is connected the lower end of the elastic cord e, the upper end of which
is connected to the wire on which is fixed a disc 9. In the upper eye f¹ of the
wire there engages a hook h which is attached to the semi-spherical block i that

page_text: rests within the spherical portion b of the head k. The socket a is provided with
a piece of wood or other suitable material which is formed with a round opening l
and a lateral slot 12. The slot 12 is of such a width that the wire can pass through
the same.
If the said wire be drawn outward, stretching the elastic cord e, so
that the disc y is drawn through the piece l, and if then the wire f be inserted
sideways into the slot 12, then the eye of the wire will be held in such
a position that the hook of the head can be readily disconnected from the
said eye.
The attachment of the arms to eyes m fixed in plugs m¹ secured in the trunk, is
effected in a similar manner. In an attachment of this kind, the ball n is cut out
laterally at n' and over the slot thus formed the disc g of the hook o can be caused
to rest as shown in Fig. 3, after stretching the elastic cord o¹ by pulling the arm.
With the two side cranked portions c¹ c¹ of the wire e engage the hooks p' of the
wires p which are connected with the elastic cords 9 for holding the lower limbs r
in place. Each of the wires p is provided with a disc similar to that above
described, which passes over the slot of the ball (see Figs. 4, 4^, and 5).
In the same manner the legs s can be casily fastened in a removable manner by
means of hooks u and t the former being provided with discs g.
In order to employ the fastening also for the hands, an eye or hook o² is fixed in
the wrist or hand joint by means of a small piece of wood vl, and between the
hand and the forearm w there is inserted a ball joint r which is slotted at . The
hook y is provided with a disc g and is attached to an elastic cord 2. The manner
of disconnecting the same from the hand is similar to that already described for
the head and other parts.
It will be readily understood from the above description that the connection
and disconnection of the limbs and of the head is capable of being easily effected
by any inexperienced person.
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. An attachment for connecting the head or a limb to the trunk, or the hand to
the forearm of a ball-jointed doll, consisting of a hook and eye or of two hooks one
of which is connected with an elastic cord or spring and carries an abutment such
as the disc g which when the cord or spring is stretched is capable of being passed
over a lateral slot formed either in the socket or in the ball portion of the joint so
that the hook or eye attached thereto will then be held in the drawn out position
and permit of the other hook or eye being readily engaged with or disengaged from
it substantially as described.
2. In a doll in which the head and limbs are jointed together by attachments
such as specified in the preceding claim, a wire c secured by means of lateral pegs d
in the trunk of the doll and formed with three cranked portions ccc to which
the elastic attachments of the head and of the lower limbs are secured substantially
as described.
Dated this 29th day of August 1892.