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EP0104007A1
EP0104007A1 EP83304931A EP83304931A EP0104007A1 EP 0104007 A1 EP0104007 A1 EP 0104007A1 EP 83304931 A EP83304931 A EP 83304931A EP 83304931 A EP83304931 A EP 83304931A EP 0104007 A1 EP0104007 A1 EP 0104007A1
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doll
water
weeping
chamber
transfer
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Stuart Fielding Moore
Brian Walter Turner
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CPG Products Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H3/00—Dolls
    • A63H3/24—Drinking dolls; Dolls producing tears; Wetting dolls

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  • This invention relates to dolls and has as its primary object to provide improved means in a doll to simulate weeping.
  • British Patent No. 1 142 372 describes a doll having such means, in a form which operates only when the air pressure inside the doll's body is increased, e.g. by squeezing its abdomen. This procedure lacks realism and the present invention sets out to provide a doll which will weep without the necessity for any unnatural action such as squeezing.
  • the invention provides a doll having a weeping mechanism, such mechanism comprising water storage means including a water inlet chamber connected by water inlet passage means to the doll's mouth, and a water outlet chamber connected by water outlet passage means to the doll's eyes for water to flow thereto by gravity only when the doll is in predetermined weeping position, and means permitting water to transfer by gravity from said inlet chamber to said outlet chamber when the doll is in a transfer position substantially different from said weeping position.
  • water storage means including a water inlet chamber connected by water inlet passage means to the doll's mouth, and a water outlet chamber connected by water outlet passage means to the doll's eyes for water to flow thereto by gravity only when the doll is in predetermined weeping position, and means permitting water to transfer by gravity from said inlet chamber to said outlet chamber when the doll is in a transfer position substantially different from said weeping position.
  • the doll may be caused to weep simply by changing its position to the said weeping position by way of the said transfer position, all of the water flow being brought about by gravity and no unnatural actions such as squeezing of the doll's body therefore being necessary.
  • the water may be introduced into the said inlet chamber with the doll in said transfer position so that the water will then flow directly to the outlet chamber, ready for the doll to weep as soon as it is moved to the weeping position. At the same time it is ensured that water introduced into the doll through the mouth cannot flow directly to the eyes, which would again produce an unnatural effect.
  • the weeping position is one in which the doll's body is upright, whilst the transfer position is one in which it substantially horizontal. With such an arrangement the doll will start to weep when it is picked up from a lying down position.
  • the doll further incorporates a wetting mechanism.
  • a wetting mechanism This may be of the kind described in the aforementioned Patent No. 1 142 372, operating by overflow from the water storage means into the doll's torso which is provided with an appropriately positioned outlet.
  • the doll's head 1 contains water storage means 2 connected to the mouth by a single water inlet tube 3 and to the eyes by two water outlet tubes 4.
  • the tube 3 is connected to the mouth via a fitting 5 adapted to receive a teat of a feeding bottle (not shown) for introducing water into the tube 3, preferably by squeezing the bottle.
  • a flexible tube 6 arranged to receive overflow from the storage means opens into the doll's torso at a lower level for wetting purposes as previously described.
  • the water storage means comprises three plastic elements 7, 8 and 9 secured together by adhesive and by a locating peg 10 on the element 9.
  • Water outlet tubes 4 are connected via tubular fittings 16 on the element 8 to water outlet chamber 17 which is of inverted V-shape and is defined by walls 18 and 19 of element 9 and outer faces 20 of element 8.
  • the only communication between inlet chamber 12 and outlet chamber 17 is by way of recess 21 formed in element 8, leading into the apex of the chamber 17.
  • the inlet chamber 12 Once a quantity of water is present in the inlet chamber 12 it remains there so long as the doll is upright. However if the doll is laid down the water will flow into the outlet chamber 17 by way of the recess 21. With the doll lying down the water cannot flow to the eyes through the tubes 4, but this will occur when the doll is returned to an upright position. Thus in this embodiment of the invention the aforementioned weeping position is when the doll is upright, and the transfer position is when it is lying down.

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GB8224571 1982-08-26
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DK (1) DK384983A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB2126114A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GR (1) GR78680B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (4)

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EP0274449A3 (en) * 1987-01-09 1989-10-18 William Albert Gardel An artifical eye for toys
US7189137B2 (en) 2004-05-17 2007-03-13 Steven Ellman Tearing mechanism for a toy, such as a doll, having fixed or movable eyes
US7322874B2 (en) 2004-06-02 2008-01-29 Steven Ellman Expression mechanism for a toy, such as a doll, having fixed or moveable eyes
US7841920B2 (en) 2006-06-08 2010-11-30 Mattel, Inc, Crying toy dolls

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GB2259259A (en) * 1991-09-03 1993-03-10 Hornby Hobbies Wetting mechanism for a doll

Citations (4)

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US2157763A (en) * 1937-02-18 1939-05-09 Konikoff Brothers Doll
US2907139A (en) * 1958-01-13 1959-10-06 Sun Rubber Co Weeping, crying, and wetting doll
DE1179491B (de) * 1957-01-25 1964-10-08 Sun Rubber Company Anordnung in einer Puppe zur Leitung einer Fluessigkeit
GB1142372A (en) * 1966-05-17 1969-02-05 Bakelite Xylonite Ltd Dolls

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2157763A (en) * 1937-02-18 1939-05-09 Konikoff Brothers Doll
DE1179491B (de) * 1957-01-25 1964-10-08 Sun Rubber Company Anordnung in einer Puppe zur Leitung einer Fluessigkeit
US2907139A (en) * 1958-01-13 1959-10-06 Sun Rubber Co Weeping, crying, and wetting doll
GB1142372A (en) * 1966-05-17 1969-02-05 Bakelite Xylonite Ltd Dolls

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0274449A3 (en) * 1987-01-09 1989-10-18 William Albert Gardel An artifical eye for toys
US7189137B2 (en) 2004-05-17 2007-03-13 Steven Ellman Tearing mechanism for a toy, such as a doll, having fixed or movable eyes
US7322874B2 (en) 2004-06-02 2008-01-29 Steven Ellman Expression mechanism for a toy, such as a doll, having fixed or moveable eyes
US7841920B2 (en) 2006-06-08 2010-11-30 Mattel, Inc, Crying toy dolls

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DK384983A (da) 1984-02-27
GB2126114A (en) 1984-03-21
GB8322856D0 (en) 1983-09-28
DK384983D0 (da) 1983-08-23

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