US1949867A

US1949867A - Doll

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Publication number: US1949867A
Application number: US586718A
Authority: US
Inventors: Abraham M Katz
Original assignee: Ideal Novelty & Toy Co
Current assignee: Ideal Novelty & Toy Co
Priority date: 1932-01-15
Filing date: 1932-01-15
Publication date: 1934-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1951-03-06

Description

A. M. KATZ March 6, 1934.

DOLL

Filed Jan. 15, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l MMM/ m M INVENTOR.

BY q. M

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A. M. KATZ March 6, 1934.

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DOLL

Filed Jan. 15, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

BY WZ/M/q M A TTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE Abraham M. Katz, Brooklyn, N. Y.,'"assig'nor'to Ideal Novelty &'Toy Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 15, 1932, Serial No. 586,718

8 Claims. (Cl. 4640) My invention relates to a. new and improved doll.

One of the objects of my invention is to pro- Ivide a doll having a body which is constructed so 5 as to'simulate the .appearance and the feel of the body of a child.

Another object of my invention is to provide a doll whose body consists of a resilient frame, said frame being covered by a soft rubber member.

2 I Another object of my invention is to provide a doll of this type which can be economically manufactured.

"-'Another object of my invention is to provide 'a' doll of this type in which the frame of the body 15 has relatively soft rubber inserts at specified portions thereof.

- Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof.

'. 2o 1 is a front elevation.

- Fig. 2'is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the covering mask for the body frame.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the body frame. Fig. 5 'is' a rear elevation of the rear member of the body frame.

- Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the front member of the body frame. 30 Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fi 6.

Fig. 9 illustrates the blank from which the 3'5 front member of the body frame is made.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the blank from which the rear frame member is made. (0. Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line 12-12 of Fig. 11.

Y 13 is a sectional view on the line l3'-13 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 14 is a detail sectional view of the front .45 frame member.

' The doll has a head H, arms A and legs L which may be made of any suitable material. I prefer to make the arms and the legs from rubber so that said arms and legs can be readily squeezed,

- BObent and twisted. However, the rubber has suf- 6'6terial, and these rigid'members may be provided with voices so that sound is produced when the arms or legs are squeezed. As shown in Fig. 1, the members W may be provided with inner shoulders which vinterlockwith the hook-like inner edges of the legs L. The rigid inserts W are so provided with inwardly projecting members of the usual type, and said members 25 are connected to each other by means of elastic cords 22. Said elastic cords 22 are also connected to a member 24 which is connected to a

spring frame

5, 23 which is held in the head H.

The frame of the body consists of a front member 1a and a rear member 1. Said members l and 1a can be made of any suitable resilient material,. such as a cork-rubber composi- 79 tion. This composition is made by intermixing rubber andcork and then vulcanizing the rubber. While the

members

1 and 1a are bendable, so that the body of the doll can be bent by squeezing the same, said.

members

1 and 1a have sufiicient stiffness so that the frame of the body maintains a normal and predetermined shape. The use of a cork-rubber composition is superior to the use of metal or rubber, because metal is too stiff and rubber is either too stiff ,or too bendable. 30 The

frame members

1 and 1a are provided with

ribs

7 and 7a which simulate the ribs of a human body.

Said

members

1 and 1a also have interlocking

portions

21 and 21a so as to prevent any longi- .5 tudinal shifting and to serve as a guide for assembling the members 1 and 1a. Said members 1 and la are connected by means of strips 3 of any suitable material such as a fabric, and. vsaid strips 3 are connected to the

members

1 and 1a by any suitable adhesive. Metal clips could be used for connecting the.

members

1 and 1a. The

members

1 and 1a are provided with pairs of

recesses

5 and 5a which form leg openings L and the frame members are also provided with pairs of

recesses

4 and 4a which provide arm openings A e As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the lower and upper portions of the frame members are tapered, and the tops of the frame members are provided with mo recesses 6a and 6b which form a neck opening.

As shown in Figs. 9 and 11, the cork rubber composition is first cut into flat sheets of suitable shape. The rear surfacesof said flat sheets may be reinforced by sheets of-fabric 9 and 9a, which 5 may be canvas or other suitable material. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 9 and 11 certain of the edges of the reinforcing sheets 9 and 9a are spaced from the corresponding edges of the cork-rubber sheets. However, I do not Wish to no exclude a construction in which each reinforcing sheet coincides with the cork-rubber sheet.

As shown in Fig. 9, the blank for forming the front member la is provided with

openings

10 and 10a, having edges 9b, at the breast portions, and with an opening 11 at the navel portion. Said opening 11 has an edge or wall 11a. Each sheet of cork-rubber composition may be assembled with its reinforcing sheet by means of pressure and a suitable rubber adhesive. Any other adhesive may be also employed. The sheets of cork-rubber composition may be assembled with the reinforcing sheets by means of pressure alone.

The front and

rear members

1 and 1a are formed into the shape shown in Fig. 4 by the heat and pressure which are utilized when the material is vulcanized.

The reinforcing material 9 and 9a preferably has openings which correspond to the

openings

10, 10a and 11. However, if desired, the reinforcing material 9 and 9a may be imperforate.

In order to form the breast portions of the front frame member, sheets of

rubber

15 and 15a are assembledd with the cork-rubber sheet prior to the vulcanization thereof. Likewise, the material for forming the hollow rubber plug 8, having an inner opening 8a, is assembled with the edge 11a of the opening 11. This may be done by any of the usual methods employed in connecting sheets of unvulcanized rubber.

When the front member is subjected to heat and pressure, in order to shape and vulcanize the same and to shape and vulcanize the

members

15 and 15a, the

rubber sheets

15 and 15a are spread laterally so as to form marginal edges 15b and 150. The breast portions are thus formed of flexible vulcanized rubber so that they are much more bendable than the relatively rigid body frame. The plug 8 is shaped and vulcanized and joined to the front frame member by the heat and pressure, and the integral flange of said plug 8 spreads so that a flange having the outline 8c is formed, as shown in Fig. 1.

The body frame members are also provided with inner reinforcing

ribs

16 and 16a. The rear frame member is also provided with a rib 16a having a recess 16b. A rod 1'1 fits within the recess 16b and this rod 17 which can be made of metal or any suitable rigid material, has a flange 18 which fits over the inner end of the plug 8. A voice or whistle member W may be located within the hollow plug 8, so that if the navel portion of the body is squeezed, a sound is produced. This voice member W is sufliciently narrow to permit the navel portion to be readily squeezed and it may be omitted.

The frame which is thus produced is covered by a thick mask 20 which is made of soft stretchable vulcanized rubber. This mask 20 can have a flesh color and. it can be readily pulled over the body frame, as shown in Fig. 2. For this purpose the bottom of the mask may be slitted, so that it can be pulled into position and the slitted edges can then be joined in any suitable manner. The mask 20 has arm openings 20a and leg openings 20b, and a neck opening 6.

The rod 17 prevents the navel member 8 from being too yieldable when the navel portion of the body of the-doll is squeezed.

The complete front member can be readily manufactured by providing fiat sheets of unvulcanized rubber adjacent the

openings

10, 10a and 11, and then vulcanizing and shaping the assembled parts and also connecting them to each other, by means of heat and pressure, so as to form the

breast portions

15 and 15a and the navel portion 8. The mask 20 fits tightly over the body frame so as to form an enclosed cup in combination with the member 8. Likewise, the breast portions of the mask 20 may comprise projections, and these projections form closed cups, with the

breast portions

15 and 15a of the front body member. That is, a body of air is enclosed between each breast portion 15 or 1511 and the corresponding projecting breast portion of the mask 20.

As shown in Fig. 5, the rear member 1 is provided with a flange 19 which engages the corresponding portion of the wall of the front member 1a when the body members are assembled so as to prevent any lateral relative shifting in said body members. While I have specified the use of a cork rubber composition, I do not wish to be limited to the use of cork, as this could be replaced by other filling material with which the rubber could be compounded so as to combine the necessary qualities of resilience and stiffness. I prefer to use fifteen percent of cork in the material for making the body of the doll.

While I prefer to simultaneously shape and connect the various parts of the front frame member by the heat and pressure, and simultaneous vulcanization, it would not be departing from my invention if the breast members and the navel member were separately manufactured and were then connected to the front frame member by means of any suitable adhesive.

The material of the mask is sufficiently thick and soft so that said material may be compressed and yield to a certain extent, without bending the frame. This gives a more life-like effect than if a thin rubber mask was utilized, because a thin rubber mask would not yield unless the pressure was sufiiciently strong to make the frame yield. However, I do not wish to limit the invention to a mask of any particular thickness. For example, it is not necessary to provide a continuous covering mask 20 in order to secure some of the advantages of my invention. If for example the wall of the body member would be provided with a stretchable rubber member at the navel portion thereof, the voice member located within the projection 8 could be actuated. Likewise, thebreast portions of the covering mask 20 may be considered as comprising outer breast members which are aligned with the relatively yieldable breast portions of the body frame.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

1. A doll having a resilient body member which is provided with an opening at the navel portion thereof, said body member having a covering of extensible rubber, said body member being more rigid than said covering, said covering being sufficiently thick and soft so that it can yieldindependently of said body member sufficiently to simulate human flesh, and a voice member located in said navel portion and operated by the inward movement of said covering, and rigid spacing means holding said voice member spaced from the rear wall of the doll.

2. A doll having a body member which has an opening, an inner cup-shaped projection made of rubber and connected to the edge portion of said opening, said projection being vulcanized to the edge portion of said opening, said edge portion being made of rubber composition, and rigid spacing means intermediate said projection and the opposite wall of the body member.

3. A doll having a. body member which has an opening, an inner cup-shaped projection made of rubber and connected to the edge portion of said opening, said projection being vulcanized to the edge portion of said opening, said edge portion being made of rubber composition, said projection having a voice member located therein and said opening having an outer cover of stretchable rubber, and rigid spacing means intermediate said projection and the opposite wall of the body member.

4. A doll having a body member which is provided with an opening, an inner cup-shaped proiection made of rubber and connected to the edge portion of said opening, and a stiffening member located between and abutting the inner wall of said protection and the opposite inner wall of said body member.

5. A doll having a body member having openings at the breast portions thereof, rubber members softer than said body member connected to said body member and covering said openings, and an outer covering of yieldable rubber.

6. A doll having a body member provided with openings at its breast portion, said body member having yieldable breast portions in said openings which are vulcanized to said body member, said breast portions being softer than said body member.

7. A doll having a body member provided with openings at its breast portion, said body member having yieldable breast portions in said openings which are vulcanized to said body member, said breast portions being softer than said body member, that part of said body member which is adjacent said breast portions being made of a rubber composition.

8. A doll having a resilient body member which is provided with an opening, a sound producing device located in the interior of said body member and aligned with said opening, said body member having a covering of yieldable rubber which is softer than said body member and which is sufliciently soft to simulate human flesh, that portion of said covering which registers with said opening serving as a diaphragm to actuate said sound producing device, and rigid spacing means holding said device spaced from the opposite wall of the body member.

ABRAHAM M. KATZ.