US3693292A

US3693292A - Swimming doll

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Publication number: US3693292A
Application number: US131902A
Authority: US
Inventors: Anthony Joseph Di Leva
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1971-04-07
Filing date: 1971-04-07
Publication date: 1972-09-26
Anticipated expiration: 1989-09-26

Abstract

A swimming doll made of separable parts comprising a main body part, leg, foot, arm and hand parts, as well as a head, all of which parts are detachable from one another, certain of the parts being connected by ball and socket joints adjustable relative to one another as with the leg and foot parts to provide a rudder effect so as to steer the swimming doll, and in the hand parts to control the speed of propulsion of the doll. The head part is connected to upstanding neck portion in such a manner, either through the twisting of the neck over a motion of the head relative to the neck, the head will be turned from side to side as when the arms are extended for propelling the doll. A self contained motor unit including transversely extending shaft, the ends of which extend outwardly through the sides of the main body for driving connection with the arms at the shoulders of the doll. This propulsion motor unit is removable from the back of the doll through an opening which has a tight fitting cover thereover, and which is pliable to operate a switch on the motor unit. Batteries for operating the electric motor according to one form of the invention are either contained in the body housing for the motor or in the legs of the doll. According to another form of the invention there is provided a spring operated motor that can be wound by extending a key through the cover back wall.

Description

United States Patent Di Leva [451 Sept. 26, 1972 SWIMMING DOLL [72] Inventor: Anthony Joseph Di Le va, 174 West 72nd St., New York, NY. 10023 22 Filed: April 7, 1971 211 App]. No.: 131,902

[52] US. Cl. ..46/247, 46/92, 46/163 [51] Int. Cl. ..A63h 33/26 [58] Field of Search ..46/92, 247, 163

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,269,056 8/1966 l-lockman et al. ..46/92 3,153,879 10/1964 Lucas ..46/92 3,247,6 l 3 4/1966 Parker ..46/92 Primary Examiner-Louis G. Mancene Assistant Examiner-Robert F. Cutting Attorney-Polachek, Saulsbury & Hough [57] ABSTRACT A swimming doll made of separable parts comprising a main body part, leg, foot, arm and hand parts, as well as a head, all of which parts are detachable from one another, certain of the parts being connected by ball and socket joints adjustable relative to one another as with the leg and foot parts to provide a rudder effect so as to steer the swimming doll, and in the hand parts to control the speed of propulsion of the doll. The head part is connected to upstanding neck portion in such a manner, either through the twisting of the neck over a motion of the head relative to the neck, the head will be turned from side to side as when the arms are extended for propelling the doll. A self contained motor unit including transversely extending shaft, the ends of which extend outwardly through the sides of the main body for driving connection with the arms at the shoulders of the doll. This propulsion motor unit is removable from the back of the doll through an opening which has a tight fitting cover thereover, and which is pliable to operate a switch on the motor unit. Batteries for operating the electric motor according to one form of the invention are either contained in the body housing for the motor or in the legs of the doll. According to another form of the invention there is provided a spring operated motor that can be wound by extending a key through the cover back wall.

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ANTHONY JOSEPH Di LEVA 7 ATTDRNEYJ SWIMMING DOLL This invention relates to a swimming doll.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a swimming doll wherein the legs are adjustably connected to the main body part in such a manner that they can be altered to effect the steering of the doll and wherein the foot parts can be adjustably connected to be set in a direction to further effect the steering of the doll.

It is a further object of the invention to provide sufficient parts of the doll, including the head and the legs which will be provided with air space to give buoyancy to the doll and yet at the same time be detachable from the main part and be self contained and enclosed air containers for providing adequate buoyancy of the swimming doll.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a swimming doll having ball joint connections of the leg and foot parts which are adjustable with one another and which are sufficiently rigid when adjusted or set to permit the doll to stand on its footparts, the individual parts being adjustable for best distribution of the weight of the doll upon a floor support and yet provide in a doll wherein the same parts can be adjusted to effect the steering of the doll as it is being propelled through the water.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a swimming doll with a self contained battery motor drive unit that can be assembled in the back part as a unit and removable for the purpose of replacing the batteries in the unit and wherein the switch is operable by depressing a pliable back cover member to start and stop the electric propelling motor.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide in a swimming doll mechanism operable by the propelling motor for the arms which will effect a twisting or rotation of the head from one direction to another as the arms are operated to propel the doll through the water and at the same time provide a tight fitting head, which is air tight to maintain buoyancy of the head part upon the body.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a construction wherein the electric motor for driving the swimming doll may be powered from batteries located in the legs of the doll and yet permit detachable and adjustable ball joint connections of the legs with the main body part.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a swimming doll having the above objects in mind, which is of simple construction, has a minimum number of parts, inexpensive to manufacture, has parts that are easily adjustable and adapted to be replaced, will have much buoyancy, efficient and effective in use.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed construction taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a swimming doll figure embodying the features of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the swimming doll figure with one arm slightly removed from its drive shaft.

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the swimming doll figure with portions of the self contained motor drive unit broken away to show the arm and head drive mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional view taken through the doll and looking upon a self contained drive unit in which the switch and its covering is extended for engagement with a rear cover wall as viewed on line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view looking upon the interior of the doll and upon the interior of the self contained battery-motor-drive mechanism for the arms and head of the doll.

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the battery driven mechanism as viewed on line 6-6 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a transverse sectional view looking downwardly upon the motor driven drive mechanism with the arms attached thereto, taken generally on line 7-7 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the figure illustrating the manner in which the arms and head are turned when the swimming doll is lying prone in the surface of the water.

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view taken through the foot and lower leg to show the ball and socket connection of the foot to the lower end of the leg.

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary similar sectional view of a modified form of connection for the foot with the lower end of the leg wherein the foot contains the socket and the depending hollow leg has a split ball adapted to be tight fitted into the socket.

FIG. 11 is a fragmentary sectional view of a further connection of the foot with the lower end of the leg wherein the foot can be adjusted to the left or the right but wherein it may be adjusted with the toe extended rearwardly.

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary sectional view of the foot connected to the lower end of the leg by a connection means other than by a universal ball wherein the foot is limited to adjustment in a fore and aft direction.

FIG. 13 is a transverse sectional view taken through the head of the swimming doll and looking upon the drive connecting member for the head, there being provided an air tight buoyant neck and head portion, the neck portion being left air tight upon removal of the head therefrom, this view being taken generally on line 13-43 of FIG. 8.

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal side sectional view of the head and neck structure as viewed on line 14-14 of FIG. 13.

FIG. 15 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of a leg construction according to our modified form of the invention, wherein the leg may contain one of the batteries and has a ball formation for press fitting the leg on to the main body part.

FIG. 16 is a side elevational view of a swimming doll standing in an upright position, the portions of the body broken away showing thatin the body a spring wound driving mechanism for effecting the rotation of the arms and the movement of the head.

FIG. 17 is-a vertical sectional view taken through the full figure of the swimming doll including the head, arms, hands, legs, and foot connections with the body, this view being taken on line 17-17 of FIG. 16.

FIG. 18 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional view of the connection of the winding key with the back of the body to illustrate the sealing means for the connection thereof to render the body air tight.

Swimming dolls which are self-propelled by motoroperated mechanisms have much weight and all of the parts of the doll must be air tight and must be of sufficient buoyancy to contain the doll on the surface of the water. The head and legs should be hollow as well as the body, which contains the operating mechanism. The operating mechanism in its connection with the head and arms should be made in such a manner that upon extending through the body water will not be admitted. Where the head is to be activated as in the present mechanism, it must be attachable to the neck portion which should also be air tight in itself and wherein the head in its connection to the-neck portion will be air tight. Also in these swimming dolls, some means must be provided for effecting the steering of the doll so that it may move in a circle and be returned to its starting point. The various parts of the swimming doll figure should be removable and adjustable and according to the present invention the feet are adjustable relative to the legs for effecting the steering of the doll.

Referring now particularly to FIGS. 1 to 14, represents generally a doll figure that comprises a main hollow body 21 to which

arms

22 and 23 are attached at the shoulders for rotation about a transverse axis and with first one arm entering the water to make a stroke and then another arm entering the water to make another stroke. This main hollow body 21 has a neck portion 24 that is preferably air tight as will be seen as the description continues and a removable head 25 that is attached to this neck portion in an air tight manner and such that it can be turned with the neck portion so that the head will be animated or twisted transversely while propulsion of the swimming doll is being effected by the rotational swinging of the

arms

22 and 23. To the lower ends of the arms there are connected preferably

detachable hand members

26 and 27, detachable in a manner as shown in FIG. 17, but these

hand members

26 and 27 respectively connected to the

arms

22 and 23 can be formed integral with the arms. By having the

hands

26, 27 detachable, the smaller or larger hands can be used so as to add or detract from the speed of propulsion of the doll through the water. The large hands will give a greater forward thrust.

Depending from the body 21 are right and

left legs

28 and 29 which are connected to the body preferably as shown in FIG. 17, indicated respectively at 31 and 32. Thus, the

legs

28 and 29 can be adjusted in and out of parallel alignment with the axis of the body to alter the steering of the swimming doll as it is propelled through the water. The direction of movement through the water can also be altered by the adjusting of

foot parts

33 and 34 which are also connected by adjustable connection of a type such as shown in any one of the showings of FIGS. 9, l0, l1 and 12. These connections of the legs to the body and as well the feet to the distant ends of the legs is done in a tight fitting manner yet the parts are adjustable to provide a setting of the legs and feet and in effect a rudder for steering the swimming doll as it is powered through the water. All of these parts including the head, neck, arms and feet, are preferably hollow so as to provide buoyancy to the swimming doll. It also can be seen that all of these same parts can be more or less assembled upon the body 21 and the hands and feet upon the arms and legs in a snap fastening manner since these parts are all made preferably of semi-rigid and light-weight plastic. Each of the several parts, except the body and the head are integrally closed whereas in order to have the body and the head air tight and an effective sealing engagement of a closure pull cover 35 and of the head 25 with the neck portion as best seen in FIGS. 13 and 14 is needed. It should be apparent at this point that this swimming doll has through the construction of the several parts provided sufficient air tight parts as to make possible the easy flotation of the doll upon the water surface.

The main body 21 has an elongated and wide opening 37 with peripheral beading 38 with which a cooperating and sealing engagement is effected of an inwardly extending compressable' tight fitting lip 39 upon the cover part 35 whereby the cover part 35 is made secure and water tight in its connection with the opening bead 38. The cover has a depending handle or pull projection 41 extending downwardly from its lower end which can be grasped when it is desired to peel the cover 35 from the opening in order to have access to the self-contained electric motor propulsion unit 42 that is tight fitted and supported upon an inwardly extending ledge 43 against rearward displacement of the unit 42 within the doll body 21 and held in place against the forward wall of the body 21 and upon the ledge 43 by the tight fitting cover 35. This unit 42 has a press button On and Off switch assembly 44 that is enclosed by a rubber seal skirted about the switch as indicated at 46 and has a circular press button 47 that is normally held outwardly against the action of a coil spring 48. The cover plate 35 is weakened in the area adjacent to the circular plate button 47 at 49 so that the switch 44 can be actuated to turn off and on the self contained battery-motor-drive unit 42.

Extending transversely through the upper portion of the main body 21 is a drive shaft 51 to the opposite ends of which

arms

22 and 23 are tightly fitted to be rotated by the shaft 51 and at the time of placing the doll in the water for a swimming operation one of the arms is turned upon the end of the shaft in advance of the other arm and into the position shown generally in FIG. 8. When the doll is stood up on a flat surface and upon its

feet

33 and 34 and in the majority of the figures both arms will extend downwardly from the shoulder along the sides of the body 21.

This drive shaft 51 is a part of the unit 42 and is journaled in the upper end 52 of a molded support body 53. Portion 52 of the body 53 contains a drive shaft 51, the driven gear 54 andan upwardly extending worm gear 55 extending upwardly from a motor 56 and motor drive shaft 57. With the operation of the motor 56 the drive shaft 51 for the arms will be driven. Sealing washers are provided on the drive shaft 51 within the portion 52 of the body 53 to seal off the drive shaft 51 against any water that may lie within the body 21 outside of the unit 42. A spring biased sealing washer device 58 extends upwardly along the motor drive shaft 57 for engagement with a plastic wall 59 that divides the hollow upper portion 52 with the end body portion 53.

Spring biased sealing

washers

59 and 61 seal off the opening in the sides of the body 21 through which the ends of the drive shaft 51 extend for connection with the

respective arms

22 and 23 so as to keep out as much as possible any water tending to flow along the ends of this drive shaft into the main body 21. It will be apparent that as the motor 56 is driven the shaft 51 will be driven so that the

arms

22 and 23 will be rotated to cause propulsion of the swimming doll upon the water surface.

This self-contained unit 42 contains batteries 62 that are connected through

spring contacts

63, 64

wires

65, 66 to the electric motor 56 as best seen in FIGS. 5 and 6.

At the lower end of the body 53 a chamber 67 is provided to contain the batteries 62 and this chamber is closed to contain the batteries by a tight fitting cap 68 upon the unit 42 being drawn outwardly from the ledge 43, FIG. 6. The upper portion 52 of the unit 42 bears against an inwardly extending stop projection 69 and between the stop projection 69 and the ledge 43 the unit 42 is tightly gripped to the interior of the body 21.

It will be seen in FIGS. 13 and 14 that the neck portion 24 comprises an upstanding hollow and substantially air tight space 71 upwardly through which vertically extending shaft 72 extends and has tight gripping engagement with the top of the neck portion at 73 and upon this shaft 72 being rotated the neck can be twisted so that the neck and the head 25 tightly engaging the neck portion will be turned to the right or to the left. The lower end of the shaft 72 is supported at 74 on the top of the upper portion 52 upon the same being resiliently pressed theredown by the upper end of the more or less resilient neck portion 24. The space 71 is closed and the shaft 72 on passing upwardly passes through a horizontal wall 75 at the base of the neck portion 24 over the shoulder. The material of this wall 75 serves to provide an effective sealing off of the space 71 within the neck portion 24.

The shaft 72 has a laterally extending portion 76 with depending cam engageable lugs 77 and 78 from the opposite ends of the same that engage respectively angularly displaced

cams

79 and 81 fixed to the drive shaft 51 so as to cause the shaft 72 to be angled upon each engagement of the

cam

79 and 81 first in one direction and then in the other as best illustrated in FIG. 7. The neck material will be twisted and the head 25 secured thereto will be turned. The head 25 is snap fastened on to enlarged upper end of the neck portion 24 with particular indented engagement under the chin as indicated at 82, FIG. 14. The head space is thus also filled with air to give added buoyancy to the doll.

In FIG. 9 there is shown a foot 34 having a ball formation 83 thereon adapted to be received in a socket 84 on the lower end of the hollow leg 29. In FIG. there is shown slightly different construction, wherein leg 29a has a split depending ball formation 85 adapted to be proceded by a socket formation 86 in the upper part of a foot 34a.

In FIG. 11 a foot formation 34b is shown to include a ball formation extending upwardly at 87 along an axis inclined and parallel to the upper face of the foot 34b and which enters a socket formation 88 of a depending leg 29b having its opening downwardly and forwardly inclined as seen at 89 so that the foot 34 can be adjusted fore and aft and if the opening 89 is laterally enlarged foot 34b can be adjusted to the right or to the left, all is designed to effect the steering of 'the swimming doll as it is propelled through the water. FIG. 12 a still different construction is provided wherein a foot 340 has downwardly extending and rearwardly curved elongated slot 91 for receiving a depending tongue from a hollow leg 29c. This leg 290 also has an upwardly and rearwardly extending slot 93 for accommodating a steadying tongue 94 whereby as illustrated the foot 340 can be adjusted fore and aft of the lower end of the leg 290.

FIG. 15 there is shown a modified leg construction, wherein one of the batteries is located in the leg opening. Such a leg construction is indicated generally at 29d and includes leg body 95 which is hollow and provides a chamber 96 to contain a single dry cell battery 97 that is dropped on to a contact 98 lying in a cross wall 99 at the lower end of the opening 96. The upper end of the body is open and carries a plug 101 that is tight fitted into the opening and has a ball joint projection 102 that is worked through an opening 103 in a body 21a. This ball 102 can be removed through the opening 103 and upon the plug 101 being pulled outwardly, access is had to the battery 97 so that the same can be replaced. The plug 101 has a bottom contact 104 that will engage with the positive terminal off the battery 97 and a side contact 106 that engages with a wire 107 leading downwardly to the bottom terminal 98.

Wires

108 and 109 extend outwardly through the plug from the

contacts

104 and 106. It should be apparent that this leg 29d can be adjusted relative to the body and with such tightness through the connection of the ball joint 102 with the body 21a that the leg can be set at any location to effect a change in the steering of the doll as it is propelled through the water. The lower end of the leg 29d can receive any one of the foot connections shown in FIGS. 9 through 12.

Referring now to FIGS. 16, 17, and 18, there is shown a somewhat modified construction in which doll arms and the head are operated by a wind up spring motor. In this spring motor form of the invention a spring motor indicated generally at 111 is mounted in a hollow body housing 112 that has the ball and

socket connections

31 and 32 above mentioned for the connection of right and left

legs

113 and 114 to the hollow body part 112 in which the spring motor 111 is mounted. This spring motor has a main body 115 in which is journaled a transversely extending drive shaft 116 that extends outwardly beneath the shoulder height of the body 112 and on the opposite ends of which there is connected right and left propelling arms 117 and 118 respectively having

hand parts

119 and 121 connected to the lower ends of the arms respectively by ball and

socket connections

122 and 123 for adjustment or for removal therefrom. The

legs

113 and 114 respectively have

foot parts

124 and 125 that are connected to the lower ends of the legs and ball and socket means 126 and 127 in which each ball depends from the lower ends of the legs and are split to facilitate the snap fastening of the

foot parts

124 and 125 thereover. Such a foot part assembly shown in FIG. 10 and described above. It will be apparent that

foot parts

124 and 125 can be adjusted to any angle to serve as rudders for directing the swimming doll through the water in the desired direction. The adjustment of these

foot parts

124 and 125 taken with the adjustment of the

hollow leg parts

113 and 114 through their ball and

socket connections

31 and 32 makes it possible to effect easy steering of the swimming doll through the water.

The body part in order to provide the ball and

socket connections

31 and 32 respectively have depending split

hollow ball formations

128 and 129 laterally spaced from one another and the

legs

113 and 114 have

ball sockets

131 and 132 which are integrally formed on the upper end of the legs and which completely close the air space within the legs and frictionally receive

ball formations

128 and 129 so that the legs can be set in any desired direction as well as can be the

foot parts

124 and 125. It will be apparent that all of the parts are connected by ball formations and can be snap fastened in place or removed easily for replacement, each part having thereby frictional engagement with the other and will remain in a set position until moved by force.

Extending upwardly from the upper end of the body part 112 is a neck portion 133 which has a reduced upper end 133' outwardly through which extends a vertical shaft 134 that has a squared upper end through which a small plate insert 136 is connected. This insert forms a part of a ball member 137 that will be rotated by the shaft 134 and to which a hollow head formation 138 is removably attached. Any rotation of the member 137 is imparted to the head 138 so that it will be turned to one side or the other at the same time the head is fitted in an air tight manner over the member 137 to give buoyancy to the swimming doll.

Spring motor 111 includes a plate body 141 having rearwardly extending

portions

142 and 143 in which the shaft 116 is journaled. Lying flush on the rear face of the plate 141 is a ring gear 144 that is rotated by shaft 145 from gearing 146 and spring 147 adapted to be wound by a removable key 148 that is extendable through a self-closing sealing diaphragm 149 and connected to a winding shaft 151. The ring gear 144 engages with a pinion gear 152 on the shaft 116. The shaft 116 is driven continuously in one direction and with one arm advanced ahead of the other and overhand stroke of the arms will be effected.

Since it is also designed to have the head 138 turned first in one direction or the

other cams

153 and 154 provided on the shaft so as to alternately work the ver tical shaft 134 up and down for engagement of pinion gears 156 and 157 alternately engageable with the ring gear 144 to first turn the shaft 134 and the head 138 in one direction and then turn the shaft in the opposite direction on each half revolution of the shaft 116. The

cams

153 and 154 respectively engage

cross pins

158 and 159 to positively effect locking of the shaft pins 156 and 157 with the teeth of the ring gear 144. Thus with rotation of the arms 117 and 118 as effected by i the drive shaft 116 it will also be effected by the same ring gear 144 that engages gear 152 on this shaft 116, engaging and disengaging of

gears

156 and 157 with the opposite top and bottom portions of the ring gear 144 so that the head 138 through the alternate rotation of the shaft 134 is turned to the right and then turned to the left. The amount of turning movement is effected by the shape of the

cams

153 and 154.

In FIG. 2, it will be seen that there has been provided upon the drive shaft 51 for the

arms

22 and 23, a split ball formation 51' and in each of the arms there is provided a socket formation 51" for tightly receiving the ball 51'. There is a tight grip of the arm upon the ball so that the driving connection between the shaft 51 and the

arm

22 or 23 is effected, while at the same time with the use of some force the arm can be adjusted to help with the steering of the doll in the water and for an adjustment for effecting the best application of force in the propelling of the doll through the water. This ball and socket formation is similar to the arrangement shown in connection with the

feet

33 and 34 of FIGS. 9 to 12 and of which a variation of the ball and socket arrangement for the arms can be effected as well as for the feet. The adjustment of the arms can also serve to change the directional movement of the doll and at the same time can change the arms for effecting different strokes of the doll. One arm can be turned to an angle relative to the other arm or both arms can be used together as with the breast stroke.

It should now be apparent that the arms as well as the other limbs of the doll can be easily separated from the doll body 21. These arms as well as the other limbs can be replaced with other arms of various shapes and size as desired, whereupon the same being broken they can be readily replaced. All parts including the arms are snapped fitted to the body and the hands and feet are snap fitted to the arms and legs.

It should now be further apparent that both a battery operated mechanism and a spring motor has been provided according to the two forms of the invention which will effect not only the rotation of the arms to provide a propelling force to the doll in the water, but also will effect a twisting to right and left of the head simultaneously.

What is claimed is:

1. A swimming doll comprising a hollow main body part, a propulsion motor mounted in said body part and having a transversely extending shaft extending at its ends outwardly through the sides of said main body part, propelling arms respectively adjustably and detachably fixed to the opposite ends of said shaft, hollow right and left legs depending from said main body part and snap-on frictionally tight fitting ball and socket means connecting the respective legs thereto for universal, adjustment, including a lateral and spreading said one of said legs relative to the other by set adjustment relative, whereby to provide in effect a rudder for controlling steering the swimming doll through the water.

2. A swimming doll as defined in claim 1, and each of the legs having a foot part and snap-on frictionally tight fitting detachable means connecting the foot part to the lower end of the leg for angular adjustment with respect thereto whereby the foot part can be angularly adjusted to further serve as a rudder for steering the doll through the water.

3. A swimming doll as defined in claim 1, and said propulsion motor including an electric motor having a drive connection with said transverse shaft and electric switch, and one of said batteries wired to the motor and the electric switch and at least one of said legs containing a battery, said means for adjustably connecting the leg to the body part including a ball member, said leg being open at its upper end and said ball member being tight fitted into the leg opening over a battery disposed therein, contact terminals on the plug and leg for engagement with the terminals of the battery, wires extending through the leg and outwardly through the ball member for connection with the motor and switch.

4. A swimming doll as defined in claim 1, and said transversely extending shaft having a snap-on friction tight fitting ball and socket connection with each of the arms.

5. A swimming doll comprising a hollow body part, a propulsion motor mounted in the hollow body part and having a transversely extending shaft means with its ends respectively extending outwardly through the sides of the body part, right and left propelling arms respectively connected to the opposite ends of the shaft to be driven by the same, right and left legs depending from the body part and foot parts adjustably connected to the lower ends of the legs by snap-on frictionally tight fitting ball and socket means permitting universal, including angular lateral sideways adjustment of the foot relative to the lower end of the leg so as to serve as a rudder upon the swimming doll being propelled through the water.

6. A swimming doll comprising a hollow main body part, a propulsion motor mounted in said hollow main body part and having transversely extending shaft means extending at its ends outwardly through the sides of said main body part, propelling arms respectively fixed to the opposite ends of said shaft, hollow right and left legs depending from said main body part, an upwardly extending neck projection on the main body part, a head carried on the upper end of the neck projection, said upwardly extending closed neck projection being formed of twistable material, a vertically extending shaft connected to said neck projection, means extending from said motor and connected to said shaft to drive said shaft first in one direction of rotation and then in the opposite direction whereby twisting of the neck portion and a turning of the head while the swimming doll is being propelled through the water will be effected.

7. A swimming doll as defined in claim 6, and said drive means for a vertically extending shaft including the laterally extending arm connected to said shaft,

cam elements carried on the transverse drive shaft for the propelling arms and engageable with the ends of the transverse member in timed relationship to effect the turning of the shaft first in one direction and then the other.

8. A swimming doll comprising a hollow main body part, a propulsion motor mounted in said body part and having a transversely extending shaft extending at its ends outwardly through the side of said main body part, propelling arms respectively fixed to the opposite ends of said shaft, right and left depending from said main body part, said hollow main body portion having an upwardly extending neck portion, a vertically extending drive shaft journalled in the neck portion and having a connecting member on its upper end, and a hollow head detachably connected in a tight fitting manner to the connecting member at the upper end of the shaft so that the head portion may be turned in one direction or the other and relative to the neck portion, and said propelling motor having means for effecting the turning movement of the shaft in first one direction and then the other as the arms are rotated to effect the propelling of the swimming doll through the water.

9. A swimming doll comprising a hollow main body part, a propulsion motor mounted in said body part and avin transvers l xtendin shaft means exte din t l ts enfis outwardly through the sides of the ma ln bc xl y part, propelling arms respectively fixed to the opposites ends of said shaft, right and left legs depending from said main body part, said legs including detachable foot parts, said arms having detachable hand parts, all of said parts including the leg parts, the foot parts and the hand parts being basically connected by ball and socket arrangements in a snap fitting tightly engaged manner but permitting universal movement of the parts to set the same for propulsion in the water to control the propulsion and the steering of the swimming doll being propelled through the water.

Claims

7. A swimming doll as defined in claim 6, and said drive means for a vertically extending shaft including the laterally extending arm connected to said shaft, cam elements carried on the transverse drive shaft for the propelling arms and engageable with the ends of the transverse member in timed relationship to effect the turning of the shaft first in one direction and then the other.

9. A swimming doll comprising a hollow main body part, a propulsion motor mounted in said body part and having transversely extending shaft means extending at its ends outwardly through the sides of the main body part, propelling arms respectively fixed to the opposites ends of said shaft, right and left legs depending from said main body part, said legs including detachable foot parts, said arms having detachable hand parts, all of said parts including the leg parts, the foot parts and the hand parts being basically connected by ball and socket arrangements in a snap fitting tightly engaged manner but permitting universal movement of the parts to set the same for propulsion in the water to control the propulsion and the steering of the swimming doll being propelled through the water.