US1091944A - Articulation of dolls. - Google Patents

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IINITE STES T HARRY W. MEIER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO B. W. MEIER AND COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A FIRM COMPOSED 0F SAID HARRY W.

MEIER AND ROZEL BERRYMAN.

ARTICULATION OF DOLLS.

Application filed February 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY I/V. MEIER, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in the Articulation of Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the invention set forth and described in Letters Patent No. 818,842, granted to me on the 24th day of April, 1906, as will hereinafter fully appear. In the said patented invention is described a branched elastic articulating device provided with hooks or similar appliances, which as an entirety is placed in the trunk of the doll and extended therein, so that its various hooks may be attached to staples on the extremities of the doll. In practice it is found that the greatest wear of the elastic cord which constitutes the principal portion of the articulating device, takes place where the same passes through the hollow spheres which form the shoulder-joints; and the deterioration of said parts of the elastic cord, renders the entire elastic articulating de vice practically worthless, and it has to be replaced by another. To obviate this defect in the patented invention, I make the elastic cord which holds the hands to the arms, and the arms to the trunk of the doll, separate from the cord which connects the legs with the head; and should the arm section of the articulating devices become inoperative from wear, or by the drying of the rubber element of the same, it can be replaced without in any manner affecting the other cord, or disconnecting the various parts of the t0 In the further description of the said invention which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a doll with certain parts of the trunk torn away to disclose the articulating devices, and Fig. 2 a front view on an enlarged scale, of the said articulating devices as they appear before their insertion in the doll. Fig. 3 is a still further enlarged longitudinal section of a portion of the articulating devices.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 is the hollow body or trunk of the doll, and 2, 2 are the hollow legs the upper ends of which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Serial No. 748,511.

are hemispherical and set in sockets in the trunk, so that the legs may be easily moved independently of the trunk. The knee-j oints are formed of hollow spheres 3 which rest in sockets and connect the two parts of the leg. The arms 5 are hollow and constructed in a manner similar to that of the legs, the shoulder-joints being formed of hollow spheres 7 and the elbow-joints by similar spheres 8.

9 is the head, and 10 the neck which is rounded at its end and rests in a socket in the trunk. The hands, which are movable independently of the forearms, are denoted The lower portion of the legs 2, the hands 12, and the head 9 are provided with staples a, a, and 0, respectively, to admit of the arglCtglittlOn of the doll, as hereinafter speciec. v

The doll thus far described is of wellknown construction and does not in itself embody any part of the present invention.

The articulating devices above briefly referred to, consist of two independent elastic cords, A and B, which are made endless by means of clasps cZ consisting preferably of short metallic tubes into which the ends of the cords are inserted and secured by means of the inwardly pressed tongues e. The endless cord A is provided with hooks f adapted to connect with the staples b on the hands 12. The endless cord B is contrally folded to produce the loops 9 which are provided with hooks 7t adapted to unite with staples a on the legs 2. To the folded portion of the cord B is attached a wire i which is bent around the separated parts of the cord, and the encircling wire turns formed by the bending, slightly flattened to prevent the cord sliding through them and admit of the elongation of either loop independently of the other before the device is introduced into the trunk. The end of the wire 2' is formed as a hook j which is fitted to connect with the head staple c.

Supposing all the movable parts of the doll to be detached from the trunk 1, the articulating operation consists as follows: The cord A is placed in the trunk through the neck opening therein, and its hooks f run through the arms 5 and connected with the hand staples b. The cord B in the condition shown in Fig. 2, is then inserted through the neck opening, and its loops 9 hooked to the leg staples a. The cord is then stretched and its hook after being passed between the two lays of the cord A so as not to interfere with it, is connected to the head staple 0.

It will be understood that a greater tension is required to hold the head and the legs to the body or trunk, than to retain the arms in place, and that by the employment of the two cords, instead of a single cord as in the patented device, the required differential strains can be easily arranged by the respective lengths of the two cords, and the strain on the arm cord made such that the wear of the same caused by rubbing against the inner surface of the shoulder joints, can be reduced to a minimum without reducing the stress on the cord which connects the legs with the head.

I claim as my invention In a doll of the character described, the body or trunk, the arms, and an endless elastic cord which extends through the body and its ends united to the arms, combined with the legs, the head having at its under side a staple, and a folded endless elastic cord the loops of which are attached to the legs, and a wire which is firmly secured to each of the folded portions of the cord and provided with a hook and passes between the lays of the arm cord and is attached to the head staple, substantially as specified.

HARRY 4V. MEIER.

WVitnesses:

NM. T. HOWARD, JULIA B. RoBINsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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