US1818635A - Mounting for doll eyes - Google Patents

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Aug.'1l, 1931. s. MARCUS ETAL I 1,818,635.

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MOUNTING FOR DOLL EYES Filed March 29. 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 4' \N/ I a I '1 4 Q N if \Q- a "m lmm 'll! II in H HWENTORS J'mzwlffarrus Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL MARCUS, OF RIVERDALE, AND ALEXANDER KO'NOFF, OF NEW YoRK N. 'Y.,

ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T MARGON CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK,

N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK MOUNTING FOR DOLL EYES Application. filed March 29, 1928.

This invention relates to mountings for doll eyes, being in the nature of an improvement upon the mountings shown and described in the pending applications of Alexander Konoif, Serial No. 161,915, filed January 18th, 1927, and Samuel Marcus, Serial No. 163,610, filed January 26th, 1927.

In the mounting of eye sets within doll 7 heads a most important requirement is that the eye balls shall have a proper fit within the eye sockets of the head at all times, being neither too loose for good appearance or too tight for easy movement to open and closed positions.

In the Konofi' application mentioned the mountingdevice illustrated therein is of a character such that it will automatically ease the eye balls backwardly a given distance out of contact with the eye sockets co incident with the final manipulation of the mounting device at the time when the eye set is being attached into the head, the balls having been previously held by the operator in tight engagement with. the sockets.

In the Marcus application mentioned the mounting device illustrated therein is of simllar character, only the mechanical means for easying the eye balls back being 4 somewhat improved.

According to the present invention the mounting device, like those in the mentioned applications, is intended to engage the mid portion of the usual cross rod upon which the eye balls are mounted and to be, in turn,

engaged with, or fitted into, a socket provided to receive it at the rear of the nose portion of the doll head. Instead however,

of embodying features for automatically i easing back the cross rod and eye balls as in Serial No. 265,539;

even thoughthe proportions of the different heads may vary to a great extent.

An object of the present improvement therefore is to provide a mounting device which may be readily and conveniently connected with the cross rod of the eye set and which may be as readily and conveniently attached in position within the doll head, such mounting device being at the same time of a character providing a wide range of elasticity or flexibility as regards the connection of the cross rod therewith.

A further object is to provide simple and efficient means by which to hold the mounting device against accidental displacement from its attached position.

A further object is to provide means effective for holding the mounting device connected with the remainder of the eye set during the time prior to the mounting of the set within the doll head as well as during the act of mounting the eye set within the head.

A further object is to provide a mounting device which is adapted to be handled and attached into a doll head by the use of a simple form of tool. p

A further object is to provide a simple form of tool for the purpose of handling the mounting device and by which to effect attachment of the device, with the eye set, into a doll head.

Other objects and aims of the invention,

more or less specific than those referred to In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification,

and in which we have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View through the nose portion of a doll head and illustrating an eye set mounting device in operative position therein.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational View of the structure seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational View of the pivot portion of the mounting device seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional View taken upon the plane of line IVIV of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional View but showing a spring retention feature of the mounting device. v

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the mounting device as seen in Fig. 1 but the mounting device being here illustrated in position prior to actual connection with the doll head.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but illustrating a modified construction of the mounting device.

Fig. 8 is a similar View illustrating a further modification.

Fig. 9 is similar to Fig. 8 but illustrating the mounting device of said Fig. as it appears in its attached position.

Figs. 10 and 11 are Views similar to Figs. 8 and 9 but illustrating a further modified form of the mounting device.

Figs. 12 and 13 are vertical sectional views illustrating a still further modified form of mounting device.

Figs. 14 and 15 are views similar to Figs. 12 and 13 but illustrating yet another moditied form.

Figs. 16 and 17 are similar views illustrating a still further modified form of the mounting device.

Fig. 18 is a side elevational view of a tool employed for attaching the mounting device within a doll head, portion of the tool being shown in vertical section, and there being illustrated in section a doll head as it appears in co-operative relation with the mounting device and the tool during the operation of attaching an eye set within a doll head, and

Fig. 19 is a top plan view of the tool seen in Fig. 18.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the several structures shown therein, and referring first to the structure illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, the reference eh aracter L indicates a portion of a doll head, namely that portion which includes the nose 1 and the two eye sockets as 2 and 3, the latter being spaced of course at opposite sides of the nose 1 in the usual relationship.

At the rear surface of the head and intermediate the eye sockets 2 and 3, that is in the nose portion of the head, the material 01 the head is suitably thickened and strengthened for supporting a pair of inwardly projecting lugs as 4 and 5 which are spaced apart in a vertical direction one above and the other below the plane of a straight line between the eye openings or sockets 2 and 3, said lugs defining between them a socket as 6 intended to receive the mounting, or attaching, device G of the eye set.

The eye set may be of any appropriate construction including the customary eye-balls as HH, a cross rod as 7 and a gravity control part or parts as 8 by which the eyes are intended to rotate upon. or with respect to the cross rod into open and closed positions.

The eye sockets 2 and 3 of the head are concaved to fit substantially to the spherical contours of the outer surfaces of the eye balls H and are of such extent that they may be readily utilized as bearings within which the eye-balls have frictional engagement adapting th i n to rotate about the axial centre line of: the cross rod which preferably extends through the spherical centers of the eye-balls.

The mounting or attaching device G serves the purpose of exerting a light but constant pressure forwardly against the cross rod, at a point intermediate the eye-balls, for bolding the eye-balls in easy operative engagement against the walls of the eye sockets, and to stand as eliicient guard. against pen maucnt displacement ot the eyes from the sockets in the event of any abnormal force being applied to remove the eyes from the sockets, as by the pressure of a childs finger through the eye openings, or by the force of a blow as when the doll head is struck a blow exteriorally.

The mounting or attaching device G consists of two separately termed members as 9 and 10 pivotally connected together at 11 a point intermediate their length. They are so shaped as to provide a pair of legs as 12 and 13 which extend forwardly of the pivot 11 adapted to straddle the cross r. l 7 and having tangs 1 1 and 15 at their forward ends respectively facin g away from each other adapted to be driven into embedded. relation within the opposite walls 16 and 17 of the lugs i and 5 when said legs are forced apart within the socket 6. Y

Rearwardly of the pivot 11 the members 9 and 10 have parts as 18 and 19 adapted to interengage with each other for holding the legs 12 and. 13 in their spread-apart position. These interengaging, or latch, parts may take any desired form but in the instance illustrated the part 19 consists of a rigid lug which is stationary with the rear end portion of the member 10 while the part 18 consists 01 a spring extension projecting rearwardly oi": the part 9 and bent over so that an opening 29 in the part 18 is adapted to snap into engagement with the part 19 when the members 9 and 10 have been operated to force the tangs 1 1 and 15 into retaining engagement within the head lugs 4 and 5.

As a means for: retaining the members 9 and 10 in their normal inoperative position prior to insertion and attachment within the sockets 6 of the head there may, if desired, be provided a suitable friction device which will of course be yieldable when pressure is applied to spread thelegs 12 and 13. In-the instance illustrated a friction device is shown consisting of a pair of spring arms as 21 and 22 carried by the member 10 and having co-operative engagement with: a pair of cam like projections as 23 and 24 respectively of the member 9, the engagement of the spring arms with the projections serving to hold the members 9 and 10 with their rear end portions spread apart until pressure is applied to cause the spring arms to cam over the projections, as will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figs. 2 and 5.

The pivotal connection between the members 9 and 10 may take any appropriate form. but in the instance illustrated it is suggested that one of said members, as the member 9, shall be provided with a pair of oppositely projecting pivot forming studs 25 and 26 adapted to fit into bearing openings as 27 and 28 provided in the other memher as 10, the member 10 being formed with cam surfaces as 29 adjacent the openings 27 and 28, and the studs 25 and 26 being carried upon resilient portions of the member 9, whereby to facilitate the easy assembly of the studs into the bearing openings.

Carried b this mounting, and forming part thereo is a light coil spring as 30 adapted to exert a constant pressure against the cross rod in use.

The members 9 and 10 are preferably formed so that collectively they are of a general tubular form, each being of U-shape in cross section, and the two members being telescoped together so that a desirable tubelike housing is thus provided within which to contain the spring, the outer or rear end of the housing having the latch member 18 extending thereacross in position to serve as a backing or support for the rear end of the spring.

While in use within a doll head the forward end of the spring will be in engagement with the rear surface of the cross rod, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Prior to application of the device into a doll head, however the toward each other, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6.

The fingers 31 and 82 are preferably inclined inwardly toward each other so that the engagement of the spring with their rearwardly facing surfaces tends to hold the legs yieldingly toward each other, while the inclined relationship of the forwardly facing surface of said fingers facilitates and directs the entry of the cross rod relatively into the space between the legs 12 and 13.

ment with the nose lugs.

ed in Fig. 6, is introduced to the cross rod so that the cross rod enters relatively into the inclined opening formed'by the fingers 31 and 32. The space between the adjacent ends of said fingers is slightly less than the diameter'of the rod so that entry of the rod will cause a slight spreading apart of the legs 12 and 13. The spring action of the parts 21-24 will at this time be exerting a pressure tending to urge the legs toward each other so that as soon as the cross rod is passed inwardly beyond the fingers the legs will return to their normal position and thereafter prevent any accidental separation, of the attaching device from the cross rod. In this condition the attaching device will be connected with the cross rod so that these two elements may be handled as a single entity for introduction into the interior of the doll head, the spring 30 serving meanwhile to hold the two elements against undue loose movement with regard to each other. I

In now introducing the parts into the doll head the two eyes HH are brought to rest against the walls of the eye sockets 2 and 3 and the forward ends of the legs of the attaching device are introduced into the nose socket 6, and against the bottom or forward wall of said socket, with the tangs' 14 and 15 in position ready for thrusting apart into embedded relation within the walls 16 and 17 of the nose-lugs, the spring 30 meanwhile having been compressed to a greater or less extent by movement of the attaching device forwardly relative to the cross rod.

The amount of compression of the spring 30 will depend upon the space between the front wall of the socket 6 and the vertical plane of the cross rod and while this will vary in different heads it is intended that the spring 30 will be of suflicient elasticity and resiliency to accommodate a material variation without appreciable difference in the pressure which it exerts against the cross rod for holding the eyes in pivotal engagement within the eye sockets of the head.

After the attaching devicehas been placed in its appointed position within the socket 6 then a suitable force is applied, preferably by the use of a suitable tool as for instance of the type indicated in Figs. 18 and 19 of the drawings, to spread the legs and drive the tangs into firm and permanent engage- The latch parts 18 and 19 snap together at the end'of this operation and prevent any retrogressive movement so. that the attaching device is thenceforth firmly and rigidly connected with the doll head.

It will be observed however that if for any reason it should become necessary to remove the eye set from the head after having been once. fixed in position this may be readily accomplished by releasing the latch parts 18 and 19 and pressing the legs of the attaching device together sufficiently to release the tangs, whereupon theentire set may be lifted out of the head. In this operation the moving together of the legs of the attaching device will take place in time to hold the cross rod against relative movement outwardly from between the fingers 31 and 32, and hence the cross rod with its eyes etc. will be retained connected with the attaching device for unitary handling as at the time of the original introduction of the set into the head.

It is noteworthy further that during the operation of attaching an eye set within a doll head the position of the attaching device, in so far as its influence upon the cross rod, eyes and gravity control, are concerned will be the same irrespective of whether the attaching device has been manipulated to drive in the holding tangs or not, and that this being so the set may be temporarily placed in position within the head any number of times and removed for the making of adjustments of the eye-balls, eye-lids, gravity control or other features, in order to bring the irises of the eyes into a proper appearing position with respect to the eye openings of the head before finally driving in the holding tangs 14 and 15. The driving in of the tangs to fix the set in the head will in no way alter any of the adjustments.

The modification Fig. 7 is the same in all respects as that hereinabove described except with regard to the latch device employed for holding the legs in attaching position. In this modification the latch device is made sufliciently resilient, as by means of a spring loop portion as 33, to enable it to always exert a pressure against the lug 19 sufiicient to normally hold the legs of the attaching device in their normal positions, the spring acting parts 2124 above described being thus rendered unnecessary.

In Figs. 8 and 9 a modification is suggested in which the entire attaching device, excepting the spring 30, is formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent over upon itself in general U-shape, the connecting portion as 34 of the U being disposed to constitute a back rest for the spring 30 in the same manner as the part 18 in the previous figures. The form of pivotal engagement between the leg portions is also modified, being here shown to consist of suitable abutting portions as 35 and 36 provided upon the opposite legs at a proper locality, ap-' proximately mid-way in the length of the legs. The connecting portion 34 is preferably arched and is bendable so that pressure upon the rear ends of the legs will cause the portion 34 to be bowed backwardly as indicated in Fig. 9, the legs meanwhile pivoting upon the portions 35 and 36 so as to throw the forward ends of the legs apart and drive in the tangs.

Suitable portions as 37 and 38 of the legs are arranged for used as abutments to limit the extent to which the legs may be moved for driving the tangs.

In the modification Figs. 10 and 11 the structure is substantially the same as in Figs. 8 and 9 except that in this instance the pivot between the two legs is provided by abutting portions as 89 and 40 of the legs, said portions being in effect mere continuations of the parts 37 and 38 above referred to and so arranged as to place the pivot at an appropriate locality with respect to the length of the legs.

In the modification Figs. 12 and 13 a structure is illustrated which includes a tubular housing as 41 for containing the spring 30 in the same general relation in the previous figures. The rear end of the housing has inturned flanges 4242 serving as a rear abutment for the spring, and opposite side walls of the housing are provided with longituoinal slots as 4343 for accommodating the cross rod. The housing is closed at its forward .end by a wall member which is in the form of a toggle providing two leg parts as 44 and 45. The toggle is normally bowed backwardly and the forward ends of the leg parts are connected with upper and lower forward end wall parts 46 and 47 of the housing, as indicated in Fig. 12. When this attaching device has been introduced into the socket 6 a pressure is applied for straightening out the legs 44 and 45 and thereby driving their outer ends, with the portions 46 and 47, into embedded relation with the nose lugs,

The modification illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15 is along the line of the structure suggested in Figs. 12 and 13, the essential difference being only that the toggle member 4445 is a separately formed and loosely connected part having its forward or outer ends slidable through openings as 4848 of the housing. The straightening out of the toggle will cause the projecting end portions to be driven into the nose lugs in the manner as illustrated in Fig. 15.

In the modification shown in Figs. 16 and 17 the structure is similar to the structure Figs. 1 to 7, the essential difference being that the latch device employed for holding the two legs in attaching position consists of two resilient arms as 49 and 50, one carried at the rear end of each leg. They project toward each other and. at their adjacent ends have hook portions as 51 and 52 for snap engagement when the legs are forced into attaching position as in Fig. 17.

It is particularly pointed out with respect to this modification that the spring 80, in bearing equally against both of the arms 49'-50, tends to swing the legs into the inoperative position Fig. ,16, thereby holding thefingers '31 and 32 close together for retaining the cross rod as hereinabove referred to, thus obviating the necessity for use of and auxiliary spring for accomplishing this result and enabling the unitary handling of the eye set preparatory to attachment within a doll head.

With respect to the structure Figs. 8 to 11 it will be understood that the single-piece form of the attaching device provides means for holding the legs in either their inoperative or operative positions, said means being found in the connecting por tions 34 which when in the condition shown in Figs. 8 and 10 serve to hold the legs in inoperative position,-and which when in the condition Figs. 9 and 11 serve to hold the legs in operative or attaching position.

The tool illustrated in Figs. 18 and 19 consists of a suitable bracket as 58 which may be mountedfor instance upon a wall or other appropriate support as 54. Projecting from this bracket is astationary arm having a hook as .56 at its outer or upper end. Slidable with respect to the arm 55 is a second arm as 57, and asuitable operating handle as 58 is arranged for sliding the arm 57 between suitable limits which may be adjustably determined as by means of stops 59, 60, 61 and 62.

'The, upper or outer end of the arm 57 provides a shoulder or hook as 63 in opposition to the hook 56 said two hooks being adapted to receive between them one of the attaching devices hereinabove described, as for instance that illustrated in Figs. 16 and 17, suitable projections as 64: and 65 of the legs of the attaching device being adapted to be engaged by the books 56 and 63 for operating the legs of the attaching device.

The arms 55 and 57 are guided with re spect to each other by any appropriate means as for instance the connecting bolt 66 which is carried by the arm 55 and which engages within a longitudinal slot 67 of the arm 57.

Movement of the handle 58 will open the jaws provided by hooks 56 and 63 for the accommodation of the attaching device of an eye set, thus supporting the eye set upon the tool in position to be moved relatively into a doll head as for instance clearly indicated in Fig. 18, and subsequent manipu' lation of the handle will so operate the attaching device as'to drive the tangs thereof into the nose lugs, whereupon the tool may be removed at will.

It will be understood of course that the particular form of the hooks or other parts provided upon the arms 55 and 57 for en: gaging and operating the legs ofthe attach ing device may take any appropriate form for best providing an operating grip of the arms upon said legs, as will be readily understood.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described our invention what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart, a gravity control for the eyes, and a separately formed attaching device, said attaching device comprising a pairof leg portions pivotally' connected together and loosely straddling the cross rod in a position intermediate said pair of eyes, said legs having means to engage portions of a doll head for fixing the attaching device to the doll head by relative pivotal movement of the legs, and a spring arranged between said legs" adapted for exerting a yielding pressure against the cross rod. i

2. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart,

a gravity control for the eyes, and a sepa' rately formed attaching device, said math: ing device comprising a pair of leg portions pivotally connected together and arranged to loosely straddle the cross rod in' a position intermediate said pair of eyes, said legs having tangs thereon adapted to engage portions of a doll head for fixing the attaching device to the doll head by movement of the legs, and a spring arranged between said legs adapted for exerting a yielding pressure against the cross rod, together with means for retaining the legs in attaching position.

3. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart, a gravity control for the eyes, and a separately formed attaching device, said attaching device comprising a pair of leg portions pivotally connected together and arranged to loosely straddle the cross rod in a position intermediate said pair of eyes, said legs having tangs thereon adapted to engage portions of a doll head for fixing the attaching device to the doll head by movement of the legs, and a spring arranged between said legs adapted for exerting a yielding pressure against the cross rod, together with snap acting means for retaining the legs in attaching position.

4. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a'doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart, a gravity control for the eyes, and a separately formed attaching device, said attaching device including portions movable with respect to each other for engaging parts of a doll head to fiX the attaching device to the doll head, said portions being shaped to collectively constitute a structure of general tubular form a coil spring arranged within the hollow of said structure, one end of said structure being closed to provide an abu ment for the adjacent end of said coil spring, and the opposite end of said structure being open to loosely receive the cross rod into engagement with the second end of the coil spring.

5. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart, a gravity control for the eyes, and a separately formed attaching device, said attaching device including portions movable with respect to each-other for engaging parts of a doll head to fix the attaching device to the doll head, said portions being shaped to collectively constitute a structure oi general tubular form a coil spring arranged within the hollow of said structure, means for retaining the movable parts of the structure in attaching position arranged to provide an abutment at one end of the structure for receiving pressure from the adjacent end of the coil spring, and the opposite end of said structure being open to loosely receive the cross rod into engagement with the second end of the coil spring.

6. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart, a gravity control for the eyes, and an attaching device, said attaching device being separately formed and including a pair of members pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members being shaped so as collectively to define a general tubular body, the ends of said members at one side of the pivot providing a pair of legs movable toward and away from each other about said pivot, means provided upon said legs adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading apart of said legs, and a spring arranged in the space between said two members having a portion disposed for engaging the cross rod to yieldingly urge the cross rod in one direction with respect to the attaching device, together with mean provided by said members at the opposite side ofthe pivot for retaining said members with the first ends thereof spread apart.

7. An eye set comprising a pair of eyes intended to rotatively engage within the eye sockets of a doll head, a cross rod upon which the eyes are mounted spaced apart, a gravity control for the eyes, and an attaching device, said attaching device separately formed and including a pair of members pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members be ing shaped so as collectively to define a general tubular body, the ends of said members at one side of the pivot providing a pair of legs movable toward and away from each other about said pivot, means provided upon said legs adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading apart of said legs, a spring arranged in the space between said two members, and means whereby said spring will yieldingly retain said legs against spreading apart, there being an opening provided by which said spring may be brought into engagement with the cross rod for exerting pressure laterally against the crossrod when the attaching device is assembled with the cross rod, together with means for retaining the legs spread apart in use.

8. An attaching device for eye sets, said attaching device including a pair of members pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members being shaped so as collectively to define a general tubular body, the ends of said members at one side of the pivot providing a pair of legs movable toward and away from each other about said pivot, means provided upon said legs adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading apart of said legs, a spring arranged in the space between said two members, means whereby said spring will yieldingly retain said legs against spreading apart, there being an opening between said legs by which the legs may be moved into position straddling a portion of an eye set in a manner such that the mentioned portion of the eye set will engage said spring to be influenced thereby, and means to hold said legs spread apart when desired.

9. An attaching device for eye sets, said attaching device including a pair of members pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members being shaped so as collectively to define a general tubular body, the ends of said members at one side of the pivot providing a pair of legs movable toward and away from each other about said pivot, means provided upon said legs adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading mentioned portion of the eye set will engage apart of said legs, a spring arranged in the said spring to be influenced thereby. space between said two members, means to In testimony whereof we afiix our slgnayieldingly retain said legs against spreadtures. ing apart, there being-an opening between SAMUEL MARCUS.

said legs by which the legs may be moved AL N ONO into position straddling a portion of an eye set in a manner such that the mentioned portion of the eye set will engage said spring 10 to be influenced thereby, and means to hold 75 said legs spread apart when desired.

10. An attaching device for eye sets, said attaching device including a pair of members pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members at so one side of the pivot thereof having means adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading apart of the members about said pivot, means to yieldingly retain said members against spread- 85 ing apart, a spring carried by said members, there being an opening between said members by which the members may be moved into position straddling a portion of an eye set in a manner such that the mentioned 90 portion of the eye set will engage said spring to be influenced thereby, and means to hold said members spread apart when desired.

11. An attaching device for eye sets, said attaching device including a pair of mem- 95 bers pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members at one side of the pivot thereof having means adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading apart of the 100 members about said pivot, and the pivotal connection between said members comprising interengaging pivot parts certain of which are yieldably supported to thereby permit snap assembly of said members into 5 pivotal engagement with each other.

12. An attaching device for eye sets, said attaching device including a pair of members pivotally connected together at a point intermediate their length, said members being shaped so as collectively to define a general tubular body, the ends of said members at one side of the pivot providing a pair of legs movable toward and away from each 7 50 other about said pivot, means provided upon said legs adapted to fix the attaching device to a doll head as the result of spreading apart of said legs, spring fingers provided one upon each of said members adapted to interengage with each other for holding the mentioned ends of said members against movement toward each other after being spread apart, and a spring arranged in the 60 space between said two members engaging said spring fingers to yieldingly retain said legs against spreading apart, there being an opening between said legs by which the legs may be moved into position straddling a por- 65 tion of an eye set in a manner such that the

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