CN113082731A

CN113082731A - Head assembly and simulation doll

Info

Publication number: CN113082731A
Application number: CN202110524469.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨白钰
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-05-13
Filing date: 2021-05-13
Publication date: 2021-07-09

Abstract

The invention provides a head assembly, and relates to the field of simulation toys. The method comprises the following steps: the first cover body is provided with an eye socket, an eyeball piece, a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a third connecting plate and a shifting assembly are arranged in the first cover body, the second connecting plate is provided with a first limiting block, the first limiting block is positioned on two sides of the shifting assembly, and the second cover body is provided with a shifting groove for controlling the shifting assembly; the artificial toy can change the watching direction of eyes skillfully through manual operation, so that the expression of the artificial toy is more flexible. In addition, the invention also provides the simulation doll, which comprises the head assembly and a neck part, wherein one end of the neck part is clamped on the head assembly, and the other end of the neck part is connected with the limb assembly, so that the same beneficial effects as the above can be achieved.

Description

Head assembly and simulation doll

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of simulation toys, in particular to a head assembly and a simulation doll.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard, the process of the simulation doll is better and better, the materials are richer and richer, the appearance is more and more vivid, but some details are still unsatisfactory, for example, the eyes of most of the existing dolls are inflexible and lack of agility, the eyes are windows of the human soul and are also parts of the biographical eyes of the doll toy, whether the flexibility affects the final vividness of the doll greatly, the quality and the value of the simulation doll are affected, particularly, the details are determined to be out of order when people have higher and higher qualities, and the market can be occupied only by paying attention to the details, so the problem still remains to be solved by the technology.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a head assembly which can change the watching direction of eyes skillfully and manually so that the expression of a simulation toy is more flexible.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an animated doll which achieves the same benefits as described above.

The embodiment of the invention is realized by the following steps:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the application provides a head assembly, which includes a first cover body and a second cover body, wherein the first cover body is provided with an eye socket, an eyeball part, a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a third connecting plate and a shifting assembly are arranged in the first cover body, the eye socket is used for installing the eyeball part, the eyeball part is located between the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, the third connecting plate is located below the first connecting plate, the eyeball part is hinged and connected with the third connecting plate, the shifting assembly is rotatably connected with the first connecting plate, the second connecting plate is provided with a first limiting block, and the first limiting blocks are located on two sides of the shifting assembly;

the second cover body is provided with a toggle groove used for controlling the toggle assembly.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the toggle assembly includes a toggle button, a fixing rod, a first rotating rod and a second rotating rod, the fixing rod is disposed below the first connecting plate and penetrates through the second connecting plate, the first rotating rod is sleeved on the fixing rod, the first rotating rod is connected to the toggle button, the second rotating rod is disposed in the middle of the first rotating rod, and the second rotating rod is hinged to the third connecting plate.

In some embodiments of the invention, the third connecting plate is provided with a fixing member, and the second rotating rod is sleeved on the fixing member.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the eyeball part is provided with a connecting rod, the connecting rod is L-shaped, one end of the connecting rod is connected to the eyeball part, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected to the third connecting plate.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the second connecting plate is provided with a second limiting block, and the second limiting block is located below the second rotating rod.

In some embodiments of the invention, the first connecting plate is provided with a sliding slot, and the third connecting plate is provided with a shifting member extending to the sliding slot.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the inner side wall of the first cover body is provided with a first clamping strip, the inner side wall of the second cover body is provided with a second clamping strip matched with the first clamping strip, and the lateral sides of the first cover body and the second cover body are provided with a fastening structure.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a connecting member is disposed on an inner side wall of the first cover, and the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are detachably connected to the connecting member.

In some embodiments of the invention, the bottom of each of the first cover body and the second cover body is provided with an easy-to-detach opening, a limiting ring is arranged below the easy-to-detach opening, and the bottom of the second connecting plate is provided with an abutting groove.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an artificial doll, which includes the above-mentioned head assembly, and further includes a neck member, one end of the neck member is clamped to the head assembly, and the other end of the neck member is connected to a limb assembly.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the invention has at least the following advantages or beneficial effects:

the embodiment of the invention provides a head assembly, which comprises a first cover body and a second cover body, wherein the first cover body is provided with an eye socket, an eyeball piece, a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a third connecting plate and a shifting assembly are arranged in the first cover body, the eye socket is used for installing the eyeball piece, the eyeball piece is positioned between the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, the third connecting plate is positioned below the first connecting plate, the eyeball piece is hinged and connected with the third connecting plate, the shifting assembly is rotatably connected with the first connecting plate, the second connecting plate is provided with a first limiting block, and the first limiting blocks are positioned at two sides of the shifting assembly;

In the prior art, the eyes of most simulation toys either do not rotate, or rotate autonomously or achieve the rotating effect through some motor assemblies, and in either way, the flexibility is not enough to attract some users with extremely high product requirements, and the problem is improved by the invention. According to the invention, the third connecting plate hinged with the shifting assembly is driven through manually controlling the shifting assembly, so that the eyeball part hinged with the third connecting plate is driven, the rotating effect of the eyeball part is realized, and when a user slides the shifting assembly leftwards, the eyeball part rotates leftwards; when the user rotates the toggle button to the right, the eyeball part rotates to the right. When the subassembly is stirred in the rotation of controlling, be located stir the first stopper of subassembly both sides can with stir the mutual butt of subassembly, the purpose lets the eyeball spare have the restriction and rotate about in the orbit for the eyeball spare is in the orbit all the time, avoids rotating the excessive condition that causes the eyeball spare to turn white the eye. The first limiting block is arranged, so that the attractiveness of the product is improved, the details are optimized, and the higher quality standard is achieved. Compared with most products on the market, the invention has the following advantages: the eyeball part rotation flexibility can be achieved under the condition that no mechanical structures such as a motor, a gear and the like are used, the manufacturing is simpler, the manufacturing cost is lower, the weight of the whole device is lighter, the mind requirements of consumers are met, and in addition, on the basis of improving the product quality, greater economic benefits are created.

In addition, the invention also provides a simulation doll which comprises the head assembly and a neck part, wherein one end of the neck part is clamped on the head assembly, and the other end of the neck part is connected with a limb assembly, so that the same beneficial effects as the head assembly and the limb assembly can be achieved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a combination structure of an eye assembly, a toggle assembly and a fixing assembly in an internal structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a first cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an eye piece according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a first connecting plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a second connecting plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of an internal structure of the first cover according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a second cover according to an embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a combination structure of a first cover and a second cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of the first cover and the second cover according to the embodiment of the invention.

Icon: 100-first cover body, 101-eye socket, 102-eyeball part, 1021-connecting rod, 104-connecting piece, 105-easy-to-detach opening, 106-limiting ring, 107-first clamping strip, 110-first connecting plate, 111-sliding groove, 112-stirring piece, 120-second connecting plate, 121-abutting groove, 130-fixing rod, 140-stirring button, 150-first rotating rod, 160-second rotating rod, 161-fixing piece, 170-third connecting plate, 180-second limiting block, 190-first limiting block, 200-second cover body, 201-stirring groove and 202-second clamping strip.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, if the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or the orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are usually placed in when used, the orientations or positional relationships are only used for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but the terms do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements indicated must have specific orientations, be constructed in specific orientations, and operate, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, the terms "horizontal", "vertical", "overhang" and the like do not require that the components be absolutely horizontal or overhang, but may be slightly inclined. For example, "horizontal" merely means that the direction is more horizontal than "vertical" and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" represents at least 2.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Examples

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, an embodiment of the present invention is shown.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, 8, and 9, the embodiment provides a head assembly, which includes a first cover 100 and a second cover 200, where the first cover 100 has an eye socket 101, an eyeball piece 102, a first connecting plate 110, a second connecting plate 120, a third connecting plate 170, and a toggle assembly are disposed in the first cover 100, the eye socket 101 is used for mounting the eyeball piece 102, the eyeball piece 102 is located between the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120, the third connecting plate 170 is located below the first connecting plate 110, the eyeball piece 102 is hinged to the third connecting plate 170, the toggle assembly is rotatably connected to the first connecting plate 110, the second connecting plate 120 is provided with a first stopper 190, and the first stopper 190 is located at two sides of the toggle assembly;

the second cover 200 is provided with a toggle groove 201 for controlling the toggle assembly.

As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the eyeball part 102 is similar to the real eyeball of the human body, and is a sphere, and fits with the orbit 101, so the number of the eyeball parts 102 and the orbit 101 is 2. As the user slides the toggle assembly left and right, the eyeball piece 102 always rotates within the eyebox 101. The first and second connecting

plates

110 and 120 are positioned above and below the eyeball element 102, respectively, and extend to a distance in order to allow the first and

second connecting plates

110 and 120 sufficient area to accommodate the remaining components. The eyeball element 102 is abutted against the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120, so that the eyeball element 102 is prevented from moving up and down, but the degree of tightness of the abutment does not influence the rotation of the eyeball element 102 on the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120.

In the prior art, the eyes of most simulation toys either do not rotate, or rotate autonomously or achieve the rotating effect through some motor assemblies, and in either way, the flexibility is not enough to attract some users with extremely high product requirements, and the problem is improved by the invention. According to the invention, the third connecting plate 170 hinged with the toggle assembly is driven by manually controlling the toggle assembly, so that the eyeball part 102 hinged with the third connecting plate 170 is driven, the rotation effect of the eyeball part 102 is realized, and when a user slides the toggle assembly leftwards, the eyeball part 102 rotates leftwards; when the user rotates the toggle button 140 to the right, the eyeball member 102 rotates to the right. When the subassembly is stirred in the rotation of controlling, the first stopper 190 that is located stir the subassembly both sides can with stir the subassembly mutual butt, the purpose lets eyeball piece 102 have the restriction in orbit 101 and rotates about for eyeball piece 102 is in orbit 101 all the time, avoids rotating the condition that excessively causes eyeball piece 102 to turn white the eye. The first limiting block 190 improves the attractiveness of the product, optimizes the details and achieves higher quality standards. Compared with most products on the market, the invention has the following advantages: the eyeball part 102 can rotate flexibly under the condition that no mechanical structures such as a motor, a gear and the like are used, the manufacturing is simpler, the manufacturing cost is lower, the weight of the whole device is lighter, the mind requirements of consumers are met better, and in addition, on the basis of improving the product quality, greater economic benefits are created.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, the toggle assembly includes a toggle button 140, a fixing rod 130, a first rotating rod 150, and a second rotating rod 160, the fixing rod 130 is disposed below the first connecting plate 110 and penetrates through the second connecting plate 120, the fixing rod 130 is sleeved with the first rotating rod 150, the first rotating rod 150 is connected to the toggle button 140, the second rotating rod 160 is disposed in the middle of the first rotating rod 150, and the second rotating rod 160 is hinged to the third connecting plate 170.

In the present embodiment, the fixing lever 130 is located at the center of the sides of the first and

second connection plates

110 and 120. The first rotating rod 150 is sleeved on the fixing rod 130 as a sleeve rod, but is not solid, so that the first rotating rod 150 can rotate on the outer ring of the fixing rod 130. The toggle button 140 is a part directly contacted with the hand, when the toggle button 140 is manually rotated, the first rotating rod 150 connected with the toggle button 140 drives the second rotating rod 160 to rotate, and the third connecting plate 170 connected with the second rotating rod 160 in a hinged manner rotates, so that the eyeball part 102 connected with the third connecting plate 170 is driven to rotate, and the effect of rotating the eyeball part 102 is achieved.

As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first connecting plate 110 is provided with a sliding slot 111, the third connecting plate 170 is provided with a toggle member 112, and the toggle member 112 extends to the sliding slot 111.

In the present embodiment, the toggle member 112 penetrates the sliding slot 111, so that the toggle member 112 can slide in the sliding slot 111. In addition to the toggle button 140 being able to rotate the eyeball element 102, the sliding toggle element 112 is added to rotate the eyeball element 102, and this is done in the following way: when the toggle member 112 moves left and right in the sliding slot 111, the third connecting plate 170 connected to the toggle member 112 rotates simultaneously, and the eyeball member 102 is driven to rotate because the eyeball member 102 is connected to the third connecting plate 170. The additional rotation mode is provided for the purpose of having an alternative scheme when other rotation methods fail, so that the whole product is not abandoned.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present invention, the third connecting plate 170 is provided with a fixing member 161, and the second rotating rod 160 is sleeved on the fixing member 161.

In this embodiment, the fixing member 161 is sleeved in the second rotating rod 160, so that the fixing member 161 and the second rotating rod 160 are relatively movable, when the second rotating rod 160 is fixedly connected with the third connecting plate 170, the sliding groove 111 can only be a linear structure, and in this embodiment, when the second rotating rod 160 moves, the fixing member 161 and the second rotating rod 160 are in a non-fixed connection relationship, and the fixing member 161 has a moving space in the second rotating rod 160, so that the sliding groove 111 can be an arc-shaped structure, so that the toggle member 112 moves from low to high to low in the arc-shaped sliding groove 111, and therefore the eyeball member 102 can be driven to rotate in a larger range, and the eyeball member 102 can be more flexibly viewed when rotating.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present invention, the eyeball member 102 is provided with a connecting rod 1021, the connecting rod 1021 is L-shaped, one end of the connecting rod 1021 is connected to the eyeball member 102, and the other end of the connecting rod 1021 is connected to the third connecting plate 170.

In this embodiment, the L-shaped connecting rod 1021 makes the eyeball member 102 rotate more sensitively, and is disposed at a position of the eyeball member 102 close to the bottom, so as to reduce the occupied space of the inner cavity of the first cover 100. The detachable connection between the connecting rod 1021 and the eyeball member 102 allows for the value of a simulated handheld toy to be reflected not only in the beauty of the limbs but also in the color, clarity, etc. of the eyeball member 102, and since the cartoon character is usually the part of the face occupied by the eyeball member 102, the manufacturing cost of this part of the eyeball member 102 is not too low. In this embodiment, the eyeball element 102 can be separated from all the parts driving it to rotate, and when the rest parts are damaged, the eyeball element 102 with higher manufacturing cost can be reserved for the next installation and use.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present invention, the second connecting plate 120 is provided with a second stopper 180, and the second stopper 180 is positioned below the second rotating lever 160.

In this embodiment, the first stopper 190 is provided to prevent the first rotating rod 150 from moving downward, and the second rotating rod 160 connected to the first rotating rod 150 abuts against the first stopper 190 to prevent the first rotating rod 150 from falling off from the fixing rod 130. Although, when the first cover 100 and the second cover 200 are fastened, the toggle groove 201 on the outside of the second cover 200 can function as a support for the toggle button 140, so that the first rotating rod 150 connected to the toggle button 140 can not be detached from the fixing rod 130 temporarily. The arrangement of the first limiting block 190 strengthens the stable relation among all parts, and the use is more reliable.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, in some embodiments of the present invention, a first clamping strip 107 is disposed on an inner side wall of the first cover 100, a second clamping strip 202 matched with the first clamping strip 107 is disposed on an inner side wall of the second cover 200, and a fastening structure is disposed on sides of the first cover 100 and the second cover 200.

In this embodiment, the first clamping strip 107 and the second clamping strip 202 are buckled to achieve the folding of the first cover 100 and the second cover 200, and besides, the buckling stability between the first cover 100 and the second cover 200 is further enhanced by the buckling structure. The buckle structure in this embodiment is implemented as follows: a circle of bulges are respectively arranged on the upper edge and the lower edge of the first cover body 100, and clamping grooves are arranged on two sides of the middle edge of the first cover body 100; the upper and lower edges of the second cover 200 are provided with recesses matched with the protrusions, and the middle edge of the second cover 200 is provided with a clamping piece matched with the clamping groove. The first cover body 100 and the second cover body 200 fastened to each other may facilitate a user to repair the inner condition.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first cover 100 is provided with a connecting member 104 on an inner side wall thereof, and the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120 are detachably connected to the connecting member 104.

As shown in fig. 8, in the present embodiment, the connecting element 104 includes a plurality of connecting elements 104, the connecting element 104 has a plurality of fastening grooves, the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120 have fastening blocks matching with the fastening grooves, and the first connecting plate 110, the second connecting plate 120 and the connecting element 104 are fastened to each other. If all the parts that can realize the rotation of the eyeball member 102 fail, the user replaces new parts by detaching the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120 which have the direct connection relationship with the first cap 100 and the second cap 200. In other embodiments, the detachable connection may be by a threaded connection.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the first cover body 100 and the second cover body 200 are both provided with an easy-to-detach opening 105 at the bottom, a limiting ring 106 is disposed below the easy-to-detach opening 105, and the bottom of the second connecting plate 120 is provided with an abutting groove 121. The easy-to-detach opening 105 functions to be actually mounted on the neck of the toy player, but assists the user in opening the first and

second covers

100 and 200 more conveniently in addition to the above-described functions.

In addition, the invention also provides a simulation doll, which comprises the head assembly and a neck part, wherein one end of the neck part is clamped in the easy-to-detach opening 105 of the head assembly, the other end of the neck part is connected with a limb assembly, and the other end of the neck part is abutted against the abutting groove 121. In this embodiment, the neck member is a cylinder with two large ends and a small middle, and the stop collar 106 can effectively prevent the neck member from falling off from the easy-to-detach opening 105. Moreover, the arrangement of the abutting groove 121 provides a space for the neck part to move up and down slightly, and the playability of the whole product is improved.

In summary, the embodiments of the present invention have at least the following advantages or beneficial effects:

the embodiment of the invention provides a head assembly, which comprises a first cover body 100 and a second cover body 200, wherein the first cover body 100 is provided with an eye socket 101, an eyeball piece 102, a first connecting plate 110, a second connecting plate 120, a third connecting plate 170 and a toggle assembly are arranged in the first cover body 100, the eye socket 101 is used for installing the eyeball piece 102, the eyeball piece 102 is positioned between the first connecting plate 110 and the second connecting plate 120, the third connecting plate 170 is positioned below the first connecting plate 110, the eyeball piece 102 is hinged and connected with the third connecting plate 170, the toggle assembly is rotatably connected with the first connecting plate 110, the second connecting plate 120 is provided with a first limiting block 190, and the first limiting blocks 190 are positioned at two sides of the toggle assembly;

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A head assembly is characterized by comprising a first cover body and a second cover body, wherein an eye socket is formed in the first cover body, an eyeball piece, a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a third connecting plate and a shifting assembly are arranged in the first cover body, the eye socket is used for mounting the eyeball piece, the eyeball piece is located between the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, the third connecting plate is located below the first connecting plate, the eyeball piece is hinged and connected with the third connecting plate, the shifting assembly is rotatably connected with the first connecting plate, a first limiting block is arranged on the second connecting plate, and the first limiting blocks are located on two sides of the shifting assembly;

the second cover body is provided with a shifting groove used for controlling the shifting assembly.

2. The head assembly according to claim 1, wherein the toggle assembly comprises a toggle button, a fixing rod, a first rotating rod and a second rotating rod, the fixing rod is arranged below the first connecting plate and penetrates through the second connecting plate, the first rotating rod is sleeved on the fixing rod, the first rotating rod is connected with the toggle button, the second rotating rod is arranged in the middle of the first rotating rod, and the second rotating rod is hinged with the third connecting plate.

3. The head assembly according to claim 2, wherein the third connecting plate is provided with a fixing member, and the second rotating rod is sleeved on the fixing member.

4. The head assembly of claim 3, wherein the eyeball member is provided with a connecting rod, the connecting rod is L-shaped, one end of the connecting rod is connected with the eyeball member, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected with the third connecting plate.

5. The head assembly of claim 4, wherein the second connecting plate is provided with a second stop block located below the second rotating rod.

6. The header assembly of claim 1, wherein the first connecting plate defines a chute, and the third connecting plate defines a toggle member extending into the chute.

7. The head assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first cover body inner side wall is provided with a first clamping strip, the second cover body inner side wall is provided with a second clamping strip matched with the first clamping strip, and the side edges of the first cover body and the second cover body are provided with a clamping structure.

8. The head assembly of claim 1, wherein the first cover inner side wall is provided with a connector, and the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are detachably connected with the connector.

9. The head assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first cover and the second cover are provided with easy-to-detach openings at the bottoms thereof, a limiting ring is arranged below the easy-to-detach openings, and the bottom of the second connecting plate is provided with an abutting groove.

10. An animated doll including a head assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9 and further including a neck member having one end thereof engageable with the head assembly and the other end thereof having a limb assembly attached thereto.