US1784520A - Eye mounting for dolls - Google Patents

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Dec. 9, Q 1 J; GRUBMAN 1,784,520

EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Feb. '7, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 1.

INVENTOR Zeofrumam K/% Jul/o ATTO NEY Dec. 9, 1930. L. J; GRUBMAN ,5

EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Feb. '7, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VENTOR 601/: ATTORNEY Dec. 9, 1930. J. GRUBMAN EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Feb; '7, 1927 4 Sheets-Sweet 3 r n. a

INVENTOR 1.160 67116272471 12 ATTO NEY Dec. 9, 1930,

L. J. GRuM N EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Feb. 7, 1927 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 IIVENTOR Z190 Jfirumam ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1936 LEO :r. ennBMAn, F BELLE Hanson, NEW YORK EYE MOUNTING ronnotnsf Application filed February 7,1927: Seria1 l\To '16G,372. I V

,This invention relates to eye mountings for dolls of that type wherein means is pro vided and secured in fixed'relation to the wall structure of the head for supporting 5 or retaining an oscillatory eye setting with the spaced eye members thereof accurately related to the eye openings in the head wall and which permits of a free non-binding oscillatory motion of the respective eye memhers in relation to-sa-id wall V 1 In several co-pending patent applications filed by me I have described certain devices of this kind wherein the mounting or retaina ing means and the oscillatory eye setting are first associated witheach other and then inserted together through the neck opening of the doll head and the mounting or retaining means attached or secured in fixed relation to the head wall with the spaced eye menu- 2 bers of the setting'in spaced cooperative re lation to the eye openings in said wall. My present invention is distinguished in its fundamentals from such prior inventions in that the supporting or retaining means is first applied and secured in fixed relationto the front wall of the doll head before the two halves orsections of the head are permanently joined or connected with'each other, and the oscillatory eye I setting maybe subse quently inserted through the neck opening of the otherwise closed head and arranged in cooperative assembled rel'ationwith the I supporting or. retaining means and the eye openings in, the head wall without necessitating the use of a tool of any kind or special skill on the part of the'workmenQ Thus, it

becomes possible for the doll manufacturer to. carry the heads equipped withthe sup porting or retainlng means in stock and apply the oscillatory eye settings thereto as tl'ie demand may require withoutseparating the llead'se tions or cutting an opening in the top of the head as heretofore practiced in this art. i V

In accomplishing the above purpose, I

' and to. the head wall;

the subjoined claims. 4 o -o a g In the drayvings, wherein I have illusprovide means projecting the front wall of the doll head and upon which the shaft or axis of the oscillatory eyesete ting is adapted to be supported for'movement towards and from the front wall of the doll head together with a retaining member having relatively yieldable parts permit ting of the assemblageof theshaft or'axis upon said supporting means and preventing possible I displacement of said shaft and. of

the eye setting from its operative relationto said supporting means and the front wall of thedoll head. v

In one practical embodiment of the invention, Iprefer to provide the front wall of the doll head; with aninternally 'formed recess adapted to receive'cooperatively asso ciated supporting and retaining members 7 for the eye setting, andit is an important feature of my'invention to provide asimple and easily applied fastening member, common to the supporting and retainingmembers and whereby the latter may be permanently secured in fixed relationto eachother.

Itisalso a further general object ofthe invention to provide'an' eye mounting for dolls ofthe above character in which the several parts may be rapidly produced-in the 7 form of simple'sheet metals'tamping's so that the device as a wholemay be manufactured at relatively low cost and will not add materially to. the selling price of such dolls equipped with oscillatory eye settings, and mounting or supportingin'eans therefor as heretofore known to", the art.

5 With the above a h r ob e hi I,

ltlieinvention consists in the improved eye;

mounting fordolls and. in the form, construe;

tion and relative arrangement of its several. parts as will; beherieinafter more fully de; scr1bed, illustrated 1n the accompanymg drawings, and subsequently incorporated in gether and illustrating an oscillatory eyeset ting arranged 1n operative'relation with respect to said mounting or retaining means, parts of the latter being shown in dotted lines as displaced from their normal positions in the operation applying the eye setting; f Fig.4 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line of Fig. 2 and showing the normal conditioiiof the fasteningmember before it is engaged with the structure ofthe head wall to fasten the several. elements in place; Q

' Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detail perspective views of the supporting member, the retaining member, and the fastening member respectiVely of the eye mounting;

Fig.8 is a rear elevation of thefront-wall of the doll head similar to Fig. 1, showing the mounting and thereto; g V

Fig. 9 is a horizontal sectional view taken the eye setting applied substantially on' the line 99'of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a verticalsectional view similar to Fig. 3 showing a slightly modified form of the invention, and

Fig.11 is'a view similar to 8 of said modified construction.

In the application and use of the present invention, the doll head, in accordance with the practice 'now' generally followed in the art is molded or otherwise shaped or fashioned from woodpulp, papier-mach or other composition materialin separate front and rearhalves or sections herein designated by the numerals 5 and 6 respectively. These front andrear sections of the head are subse-* quently permanently joined together along their meeting edges indicated at 7 by theapplication-thereto of glue or other suitable adhesive. 1 The front half or section 5 of the doll head'is of course, provided in the molding operation with" the usual facial features in proper proportio'n'and relation to; each other and throughthis front wall'of the head the spaced'eye shapcd openings 8 are cut. The inner side oftheheadwallat each of these openings 8 is milled out to provide'the eye member receiving sockets or cavities 9. At the outer side of each'ofthese cavities, the opposite sides of the head wallareprovided with the horizontal grooves 10therein for a ber.

purpose which will hereinafter be explained. The structure of the front wall of the doll head between the cavities 9 and above the same is relatively thick, and in this part of the wall structure a suitably shaped recess is formed. As herein shown, this recess includes a comparatively wide rectangular upper section 11 above the sockets 9, a narrow section 12 extending downwardly from the lower side of the section 11 between the sockets 9, and a slightly widened lower end section 13. The base walls or surfaces of all of these recess sections are disposed in-a common perpendicular plane as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings which is preferably disposed at substantially right angles to acommon horizontal plane intersecting the centers of the eyeopenings 8.

a Before the two halves or sections 5 and6 of the doll head are permanently connected or joined to each other asupportingmembe'rla is first positioned in the recess in the front wall of the doll head. As shown in Fig. 5' of the drawings, this supporting member consists ofa stamped metal plate and includes an upper rectangular section 15 adapted to snugly fit within the upper section 11 of the recess. A relatively narrow neck 16 extends downwardly from the lower edge of the part 15 of said supporting member and is adapted to be received in the section 12 of the recess in the head wall, said neck adjacent its lower end and at the oppositeside edges thereof 'being provided with the supporting arms 17 projecting from one side of the necklG in parallel'relation to each other and substantially at right angles tothe plane of said supporting member. At their extremities, the upper edge of each of these supporting arms is provided with a horizontally extending shoulder or seat 18 and the end edge of the arm is rounded or upwardly curved to this" shoulder as shown at 19.. The purpose of this construction will also be hereinafter explained in detail.

After the supporting member has been arranged in the recess of the head wall, the retaining member shown in Fig.1 6 of the drawings is also positioned in said recess and upon the supporting meni- This retaining member, which is likewise produced in the form of a sheet metal stamping includes a rectangular part 20 of substantially the same dimensions as the part 15 of the supporting member. 1-1 resiliently yieldable elongated tongue 21 is integrally connected atone of its ends by the angular part 22 with the part 20 substantially centrally of the latter and is normally positioned in laterally spaced relation to the part-20 and parallel therewith. The free end of this yieldable tongue 21 is slightly curved or bent outwardly as indicated at 23. At each side of the tongue 21 and normally positioned at sub stantially right angles thereto, a resiliently yielidable arm 24 is. integrally connected'at one of its ends with the part 20'. The other end portionv of each of these arms is bent clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

As will also be-.evident from reference to igs. 3 and 6 of the drawings, when this retaining member is assembled'ln superposed relation upon the supporting member 14, theextremitiesj of the looped ends 25 of the-arms 24, seat upon the shoulders 18'of the arms I? so. that thesaid armsil7 and 24 in conjunction w th each other provide normally closed elongated loops extending inwardly fromthe front wall of the doll head and between which the vertically positioned relatively yieldable tongue 21 extends downwardl-y below the arms 17. I

The supporting member and the retaining member are adapted to be fixedly secured upon the head wallagainst movement relative to each other by means of a common fastening member shown in detail in Fig. 7 of the drawings. Tl'llS fastening member consists of a stamped resilient sheet metal plate. 26

of a general rectangular form which is cen-' trally provided with an opening 27. therethrough. Atopposite sides of this opening, the plate is provided with transverselyex tending concavo-convex sections 28, and the ends of the plate at the opposite longitudinal edges thereof areformed with the impaling spurs29. V l

Thefastening member26 is adapted to be assembled with the retaining member before the latter is arranged in position; This may be done by simply displacing thetongue 22 and resilient arms 24 ofthe retaining member relative to each other'so that the tongue 21' may be passed through the opening 27 inthe plate 26 and-said plate moved along said tongue to a position inparallelrelation to the part 20 of the retainingmember and in contact therewith, the concave sides of the sections 28 of the fastening plate being opposed to the retaininginember as shown in Fig t of the drawings. By nowapplying pressure against the convexsides ofthe sections 28 of plate 26, said sections may be flattened out, thus expanding the end's'of the resilient plate in opposite directions and causing the spurs 29 thereon to become embeddedorimpaled in the structure of the doll head wan at the op posite ends of the upper sectio'nll of the recess therein as shown in Figs8 and 9 of the drawings. v i p h After the severalparts of'the mounting or retai'ningmeans forthe eye setting have thus been applied an dsecured to the frontwall of the dollhead, the two sections 5 and 6 of the doll head are permanently joined or secured to each other so that the head is completely throughthe neck thereof.

closed with the exception of the opening Through this opening the, oscillatory eye setting-is adapted to be inserted: and arranged in cooperatively supported relation with. respect to. the front wall of the'doll head and the eye openings thereln. v

i In the embodiment, of the invention which i l; have selected forpurposes of illustration,

the oscillatory eye setting includes a shaft or axis: 30-. The eye members 31 in theform of hollow. shells which are suitablyprovided with the representationof eyelids and pupils simulating the human eye, are-provided with suitably formed openings in oppositesides eye jmembers through the mediumof a thereof tosnugly receive the shaft 30. Oscillatorymotion is transmitted'to} these spaced stamped sheet metal. plate 32 having apertured lugs 33 extendingwithin the respective eye shells'and loosely receiving the shaft 30 whereby said plate is loosely suspendedfrom the shaft for freely oscillating motion. Spaced parts of this plate'32 are in contact withthe'rear edges of the respective eyem'embers 31, and below the eye members said plate is provided with an angularly projectingpart 34. carrying a suitable weight35. To this weighted lower portion of the plate the upper end of a resiliently yieldable stop. spring 86 is pivotally connected. The free end of this stop spring is adapted for "contact with the inner side of the head wall at theneclr thereof toyieldingly limit the oscillatory mo tion of'the eyes to their openpositions.

"The upper portion of the plate 32 of the eye setting islcentrally cutaway or recessed as at of to accommodatethe downwardly extending end of' the tongue 21- of the reta-1 n- 'ing member in the oscillatory movement of said plate, and at each "side ofthis central slot in the plate 32 theplate is'if-urther cut away or recessed as atg38 to accommodate the arms 17 of-thesupportingmember; The

edges 39 of the 'plateat the lowerside of these cut outs 38 constitute stop shouldersadaptedfor contact with the looped end'por-' tions 25 of thearms 24 of the retaining memher to limit the oscillatory movement of the eyes-to their closed positions;

In the application of theeye, setting to its operative position within the doll head,-

the pivoted 'yieldable stop member 36 is I turned or moved to a'position in substantiallyparallel relation, with thepart34t'of theplate '32 so that the eye setting may be readily passed upwardly through the neck opening,

of the dollfhead; "The eye setting is then turned in the 'hand until the shaftor aXis 30 thereof positioned. transversely of. the doll'head and is'locatedby'the sense of touch below the arms 17. 'The shaft is then moved inwardly in contact with these "arms and" around the curvedrear ends 19 thereof into engagement with theends of the-loops 25'.

By then applying an upward pressure against the shaft,-the extremities of these loopsare forced upwardly off of the shoulders or seats 18 and the arms 24 are sprung upwardly to substantially the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it being also understood of course, that in this. movement of the shaft, the downwardlyextendingresilient tongue 21 is displaced fromits normal position to substantially the dotted line position shown in said figure. As the shaft of the eye setting is moved upwardly against the resistance of the spring arms 24L, it is also moved forwardly and upon the upper edges of the arms 17 beyond theextremities of the loops 25. The eye setting is then released and the hand withdrawn through the neck opening of the head. The spring arms 24 and the tongue 21 instantly resume their normal positions, the loops'25 being closed by the engagement of the extremities thereof on the seats 18 while the tongue 21 bears against the rear side of the shaft 30 and yieldingly urges the same forwardly on the supporting arms 17, thus holding the spaced eye members 31 in close engagement with the walls of the respective eye sockets 29.

lVhen the doll head is tilted from the perpendicular position at the required angle so that the center. of gravity of the weighted pendulum plate of the eye setting is positioned inwardly of the center of the shaft 30, said shaft will freely turn or oscillate upon the supporting armsilf. The weight of the eye setting is thus transmitted to the spring tongue 21 and this tongue will yield sufficiently to free the eye members from excessive frictional contact with the wall of the sockets 9, thus permitting of a non-binding uninterrupted oscillating motion of the eye members from their open to their closed positions lVhen the doll head is returnedto its upright position, the reverse movement of the eye members of course,.talies place, and they are again held in close contact with the walls of the eye sockets. This movement of the eye setting is cushioned or yieldingly limited by the contact of the free end of 1 the spring stop 36 with the neck. wall of the doll head, it being understood of course that this spring stop has been pivotally moved relative to the plate of the eye setting to a longitudinally projecting position with respect thereto as shownin the drawings.-

1 In Figs. 10 and 1120f the drawings, Ihave illustrated a slightly modified for'm ofthe invention wherein the supportingmember shown in Fig. 5 is dispensed with, and two inwardlyprojectingsupporting lugs 40 are integrally formed with the structure of the front wall of the doll head at opposite sides of the lower end p0rtionf13-of the recess Ctherein. These lugs are ofsubstantially the same'form as the supporting arms 17 of the, member illustrated in Fig. 5 and are promesses 6. of the drawings'is first arranged in. the

upper part of the recess in the head wall'with the rectangular-portion 20 engaged upon the basethereof' and with the fastening member or plate shown inFig. 7 engaged upon said part 20 of the retaining member {and an: chored atits ends in the structure of the head wall as above explained. The resilient arms 2 1- of the retainingmember are of precisely the same form as heretofore. described and the extremities of the looped'fends thereof coact' with the lugs 40in precisely the same manner as when'this retaining member is used in conjunction with the separate supporting member illustrated in'Fig. 5. By theelimination of the metallic supporting member, the internal recess in the head wall which receives the retainingmember and the fastening plate may be of less depth and the wall thickness can be decreased proportionately. Also by reducing the number of essential parts comprising the mounting or retaining means the manufacturing cost of this modified construc tion may be somewhat less than the construction first described. It will be understood that the application or, arrangement of the eye setting in cooperative relation with the eye mounting or retaining means is accomplished in the same manner as above explained, and in the useof either construct-ion, as the shaft 30 of the eye setting is moved upwardly around the ends of the supporting arms 17 or the lugs tO,the ends of the shaft 30 are accommodated in the grooves or recesses 10 in the opposite sides of the head walls of-said grooves, but the shaft is supported solely or lugs.

7 From the foregoing description considered in connection with the accompanying draw-- ings, the construction, manner of use or application and several. advantages of the described embodiments of the invention will be clearly understood. It will be seen that the novel feature of the present disclosure consists essentially. in the provision of a mounting :orretaining means for the oscillatory eye setting which is applied or secured in fixed relation to the wall of the doll head independently of the eye setting during the course of manufacture of the head, andsaid mounting or retaining means including parts relatively displaceable under'presby means of the spaced arms sure by theengagement of a part of the eye relation with the doll head wall and with the eye members of said setting properly positioned in said sockets. In. so far as I .am aware, it is new in this art to provide a. de vice of this character wherebythe eye setting may be easily and quickly'aplied in its'operative position by hand through the neck opening of the doll head and without requiring that the top of the head be opened or the use of a tool of any kind. FurtheryI believe it to be new in this art to provide such a mounting or retaining means. for the eye setting wherein the relatively displaceable parts are so co-related or arranged relative to each other and with respect to the supports upon which the settingoscillates that'the displacement of the setting from its operative position with relation to the head wall, .as when the headis subjected to violent shock or jar'is rendered impossible, while atthe same time, the setting is yieldingly urged forwardly to hold the eye members in close association with the walls of the eye setting, and yet obviate such frict onal resistance due tocontact between the eye members and the socket walls as would tend to retard or im-' pede the free oscillating motion of the eye members. 7 I have herein illustrated several practical structural examples ofgmy- -inven tion whereby these desirable results are ob tained. Nevertheless, it is possible that similar results might also be secured'invarious other alternative forms of my invention, and I accordingly reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes in the form, construction and relative arrangement of the several partsas may be fairly em bodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. i I

I claim: v I

"1. In combination with a doll head, supporting and retaining "means for an oscillatory eye setting mounted upon the front wall of'said head, said means including a bearing fixed in relation to said wall and am'ovable latch part normally engaged with said bear ing and vertically movable from its normal position to permit the axis of an eye setting inserted through the neck opening of the doll head to be mounted uponthe bearing in operative relation to spaced eye openings in the head wall, and additional means yieldably holding the eye setting in its normal operative position on'the bearing and out of contact with said latch means.

2. In combination with a doll head, sup porting and retaining means for an oscillatory eye setting mounted upon the front wall of said head, said means including abearing fixed in relation to said wall and a resiliently yieldable part normally engaged with said bearing and vertically movable by a part of an eye setting inserted through the neck opening of the doll head and displaceable under pressure of said part to permitthe setting relationto'spaced 'eye openings in the head wall, and additional means yieldably holding the eye setting in its normal operative position on the bearing and out of contact with said latch means. j

3. In combination with a doll head, supporting and retainingmeans foran oscilla- I i tory eye setting onthe front. wall of the'doll head, said retaining means includingspaced lugs and resiliently yieldable parts having end. portions normallyengaged with the respective lugs and projecting inwardly therefrom for engagementby the'shaft ofzan. eye

setting inserted upwardly through the neck opening of the doll head'whereby said parts are displaceable. from their normal positions to permit said axis tobe positioned uponthe upper edges of'said lugs, and means yieldingly urging the eye setting forwardly on the lugs to hold the eye members thereof incooperative relation with the respective :eye openings in the doll head wall. I i V 4. In combination. with a'doll head, supporting and retaining means for an oscillatory eye setting on the front wall ofthe doll head, said retaining means including spaced lugs and resiliently yieldable .parlts having end portions normally engaged with the respective lugs anduprojecting'inwardly therefrom for engagement by the shaft of an eye setting inserted upwardly throughthe neck opening of the doll head whereby said parts are displaoeable from their normal positions to permit said axis to be positioned upon the upper edges of said lugs, and an additional resiliently yieldable part positioned between said first namedpartsfadapted to coact with the axis of the eye setting and urge the same forwardly, on said lugs to hold the spaced eye members of the. setting in co-' operativerelation with the eye openings in the doll head wall. I I A 5.- In combination with a doll head,'s'upporting and retaining means for an oscillatory eye setting including a normally closed guide loop projecting inwardly from the front wall of the doll head at substantially right angles to the plane thGIGQ'fZLIICl said loop having aresiliently yieldable part displaceable under the pressure of the axis of an eye setting inserted upwardly through the neckopening of the doll head whereby said 7 axis may be positioned within said loop for movement in relation thereto towards and from the front wall of the doll head in the operative position of theeye setting, and'an additional resiliently yieldable member to coact with the axis of the eye setting and urge the same forwardly to hold the eye members thereon in cooperative relation with spaced eye openings in the doll head wall.

6. 'In'combination with a doll head, a normally closed guideway projecting inwardly from thefront-wall of the head said guideway includinga movable member, and aresiliently yieldable element associated with said guideway adapted to be displaced from its normal position to permit a part ofan' eye settlng inserted through the neck opening of the head to be engaged with said movable member to move the latter so that said part may be positioned in the guideway, and said element adapted to coactwith said part of the eye setting to yielding-1y urge the setting forwardly and hold the spaced eye members thereof in cooperative relation with the reyieldable member fixed to the wall of the doll head and adapted to coact with the axis of the eye setting to urge the same forwardly in said guide loops and hold the spaced'eye members thereon in cooperative relation with the1 1respective eye openings in the doll head wa 8. In combination with a doll head having front and rear sections adapted .to'be permanently joined to each other, a member for supporting an oscillatory eye setting upon the front section of the doll head, 'a separate retaining member adapted to be superimposed upon the. said supporting member and having means to prevent displacement of the eye setting out of cooperative relation with the supporting member, and-means engaged with the retaining member and having parts fixed in the head wall for securing the supporting and retaining members in applied. position to'the front wall of the doll head before the head sections are secured to each other.

-9. In combination with adoll headhaving front and rear sections adapted to be permanently joined to each other, a member for supporting an oscillatory eye setting upon the front section of the doll head, a separate retaining member adaptedto be cooperatively associated with said supporting member to prevent displacement ofthe eye setting out of cooperative relation with the latter, means superimposed upon the retaining member and fixed to the doll head for securing the supporting and retaining members in applied position upon the front wall of the doll head, and said retaining member including movable parts coacting withopposed parts of the supporting member and adapted to be engaged by the axis of an eye setting inserted through the neck opening of the doll head and displaced fromtheir normal positions to permit. said axis to be cooperatively assembled with the supporting member.

permanently joined to each other, a member for supporting an oscillatory eye setting upon the front section of the doll head, a retaining member adapted to be cooperatively associated with said supporting member to prevent displacement of the eye setting out of cooperative relation with the latter, means engaged with the retaining-member and secured to the head structure for holding the supporting and retaining members in assembledxrelation with respect to the front wallv of the doll head, said supporting'member having'aninwardly projecting bearing part, and said retaining member including a resiliently yieldable part cooperatively associated with said bearing part and adapted to be engaged bvthe axis'of the eye setting inserted through the neck opening of a doll head and displaced from its normal position to permitsaid axis to be mounted in operative position upon said bearing part. 7

11; In combination with a doll head having front and rear sections adapted to be permanently joined to each other, a member for supporting an oscillatory eye setting upon the front wall of the doll head, a retaining member'cooperatively associated with saic supporting member and having means to prevent displacement of the eye setting out of cooperative relation with the latter, and a single fastening member for said supporting and retaining members having parts expansible under pressure and provided with means for interlocking engagement with the structure of'the front wall of the doll head to rigidly fix the several members in applied position with relation to said wall and with respect'toeach other before the doll head manentlyvjoined to each other,a member for supporting'an oscillatory eye setting upon the front section'- of the doll head, a retaining member adapted to be cooperatively associated with said supporting member to pre-- vent vdisplacement of the eye setting out of cooperative relation with the latter, and a single fastening member for said supporting and retaining members engaged with one of said members and having parts expansible under pressure and provided with means for interlocking engagement with the structure of the doll head wall to rigidly fix the several members in applied position with relation to said wall and with respect to each other before the doll head sections are con nected, said supporting member having spaced inwardly projecting bearing arms v 10. In combination with a doll head havingfront and rear sections adapted to be and said retaining'member being provided with spaced resiliently yieldable parts nor mally engaged with the respective bearing arms and said parts adapted to be displaced from normal position by the engagement of the axis of an eye setting'inserted upwardly through the neck opening of the doll'head whereby said axis may be operatively positioned upon said bearing arms.

13. In combination wit-h a doll head hav-' ing front and rear sections adapted to be permanently joined to each other, a member I interlocking engagement with the structure assembled relation with the latter, and a of the doll headwall to rigidly fix the several members in applied position withrelation to said wall and with respect to each other before the doll head sections are con nected, said supporting member having spaced 1 and said retaining member being provided with spaced resiliently yieldable parts normally engaged with the respective bearing arms, and said member having an additional. resiliently yieldable part positioned between said bearing arms, and said latter part and the first named. parts of said retaining mem ber adapted to be successively engaged by the axis of an eye setting inserted through the neck opening of doll head and relathxely displaced fromtheir normal positions to permit said axis to be operatively mounted on the bearing arms, and said last name-d part of the retaining men bcr adapted to coact with the axis of the eye setting and yield ingly hold he eye members thereon in operative relation to spacedeye openings in the head wall. v 7

14. in combination with a doll head having an internal recess in its front wall, a supporting member for an oscillatory eye setting positioned in said recess, a member superimposed upon the'supporting member and having means to retain the setting in plate superimposed upon the retaining member and having means interlocking with the side walls ofthe recess to permanently iiX said supporting and retaining members in relation to each other and with respect to the head wall. 7 I

15. In combinationrwith a doll head having an internal recess in its front wall, a; supporting member for an oscillatory eye setting positioned in said recess, member superimposed upon the supporting member inwardly projecting bearing arms,

and having means to retain the setting in assembled relation with the latter, and a plate perimposed upon said retaining member within said recess and having parts yieldable under pressure and provided with means adapted to interlock with the structure of the head wall to permanently fix said supporting and retaining members and said plate in position with relation to each other and with respect to the head wall.

16. In combination with a doll head having an internal recess in'its front wall, a

supporting. member for an oscillatory eye setting positioned in said recess and having inwardly projecting bearing means to re ceive and support the shaft-of the eye set-- ting, a second member positioned in said recess and having means adapted to cooperate with the eye setting to urge the same forwardly upon said bearing means and hold the eye members in cooperative relation with spaced eye openings'in the head wall, and an expansible element superimposed upon the, second member and having meansinterlocked with the sidewalls of the recess to permanently iii: the said members within said recess against movement with relation to each other and with respect to said head wall.

17. In combination with a doll head having an internal recess in its frontwall, a support-i in'g member for an oscillatory eye setting positioned in said recess and having inwardly projecting bearing means to receivevand sup port the shaft of the eye setting, a second member positioned in said recess and having means adapted to cooperate with the eye setting to urge the same forwardly upon said bearing means and hold the eye members in cooperative relation with spaced eye openings in the head wall, and a common fastenin member for said first named members extending across said recess and having means at itsends interlocked with the structure of the head wall and permanently se porting member for an oscillatory eye setting positioned in said recess and having inwardly projecting bearing'means to receive and support the shaft of the eye setting, a second member positioned in said recess and having means adapted to cooperate with the eye setting to urge the same forwardly upon said bearing means and hold'the eye members in cooperative relation with spaced eye openings in the head wall, and a resilient fastening member also positioned in said recess and having parts expansible under pressure into interlocked engagement with thestructure of the head wall to thereby permanently secure said members in fixed relation to said wall and againstindependent movement with relation to each other.

19. In combination with a doll head having front and rear sections adapted to be permanently joined to each other, said front section having an internal recess in its wall, supporting and retaining members for an oscillatory eye setting positioned in said recess before connecting the head sections with each other, additional means positioned in said recess and having parts resiliently yieldable under pressure intointerlocked engagement with the structure of the head wall to permanently fix said supporting and retaining means in its applied position, and said means including cooperatively related parts, one of which is yieldable relative to the other to permit an eye setting inserted through the neck opening of a doll head after the head sections have been connected to be assembled with said supporting and retaining means in operative relation to spaced eye openings in the head wall.

20. In an eye mounting for dolls, a sup-' porting member having a bearing part upon which the axis of an oscillatory eye setting is adapted to be engaged, a retaining member adapted to be cooperatively assembled with said supporting member and having a part to yieldingly coact with the axis of the eye setting to prevent its displacement out of operative engagement with said bearing part, and a fastening member adapted to be assembled upon said retaining member and having parts expansible. under pressure into interlocked engagement with the structure of a doll head wall to permanently fix said members in assembled relation with respect to said wall. V

21. In an eye mounting for dolls, a supporting member having a bearing part upon which the axis of an oscillatory eye setting is adapted to be positioned, a retaining member adapted to be assembled upon said supporting member and having an angularly ofiset resiliently yieldable part to coact with the axis of the eye setting and resist displacement of the same from its operative position upon said bearing part, and a fastening plate hav-' ing an opening therein through which said angularly ofl'set part of the retaining member is disposed, and said plate having resiliently yieldable parts provided with means adapted for interlocking engagement with the structure of the head wall to secure said plate and said members in permanently fixed assembled relation with each other. i

22. In an eye mounting for dolls, a supporting member having spaced angularly projecting bearing parts upon which the axis of an oscillatory eye setting is adapted to be positioned, a retaining member adapted to be assembled upon the supporting member and having spaced resiliently yieldable angularly disposed arms adapted to coact with the reretaining member and having parts yieldable under pressure adapted to be imbedded in the structure of a doll head wall to permanently fix said members in assembled relation with respect to said wall.

23. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye openings in its front wall and an internal recess in said wall above the eye openings, bearing means for an oscillatory eye setting having a part at one end fixed to the inner face of said wall'and an eye setting supporting part projecting inwardly from said first named part between the eye openings and below said recess, and a retaining member secured to the head wall within said recess having a depending part to coact with a part of the eye setting and retain the same in operative position upon said bearing means.

24:. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye openings inits front wall and an internal recess in said wall above the eye openings, bearing means for an oscillatory eye setting projecting inwardly from said wall between the eye openings and below said recess, a member positioned in said recess having a depending part to engage part of the eye setting and retain the same in operative position upon said bearing means, and a fastening element superimposed upon said retaining member within said recess and provided with oppositely projecting prongs impaling the wall structure of the doll head 25. In combination with a doll head having spaced eye openings in its front wall and a bearing arm projecting inwardly from said wall between the eye openings to receive the axis of an oscillatory eye setting, a retaining member, a fastening plate superimposed upon the retaining member and having oppositely projecting prongs impaling the structure of the front wall of the doll head, and said member including a resiliently yieldable part normally positioned in substantially parallel relation to the front wall of the doll head and having a free end thereof positioned adjacent to the rear end of said bearing arm and displaceable relative thereto to permit the axis of the eye setting to be positioned upon said bearing arm.

26. In combination with a doll head hav-- ing spaced eye openings in its front wall and vertically spaced internal surfaces on said wall above the eye openings, bearing means projecting inwardly from said head wall. between the eye openings and below saidsurfaces, and means for retaining an oscillatory eye setting in operative position upon said bearing means consisting of a member positioned between and engaging the; said vertically spaced surfaces having a depending part cooperatively associated with said bearing means and displaceable relative thereto to permit the eye mounting to he operatively positioned upon the bearing means, and means for securing said retaining meme ber against inward movement with respect to said vertically spaced surfaces on the head wa In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

LEO J. GRUBMAN.

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