US2732658A

US2732658A - goldfarb

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Publication number: US2732658A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1956-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 1973-01-31

Description

Jan. 31, 1956 A. GOLDFARB DOLL HEAD 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 4, 1952 INVENTOR.

ADOLPH GOLDFARB WWW 1 ATTORNEY United States Patent C DOLL HEAD Adolph Goldfarb, Skokie, 11]., assignor to Marvin I. Glass, Chicago, Ill.

Application March 4, 1952, Serial No. 274,721

Claims. (Cl. 46-116) This invention relates to improvements in dolls.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a doll with means for imparting a fever color to the face and head of the doll.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doll which may be operated to make the face of same appear in a normal coloring, or it may be made to appear flushed or reddish as though in a feverish condition.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doll having means within the head which when operated or manipulated makes the coloring in the face change from a normal coloring to that simulating a feverish condition, and vice versa.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doll of the foregoing characteristics having a simulated thermometer or temperature recording device which is inserted in the mouth of the doll and which registers in accordance with the simulated fever condition of the doll.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy thermometer for use with a doll, which when inserted into the dolls mouth will register in accordance with either the normal or the simulated feverish condition of the doll.

Another object of this invention is to provide a doll which provides great play value for the child by virtue of its simulating certain of the characteristics of a child having normal and feverish conditions.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the doll and toy thermometer showing the doll partially in cross-section with the rotatable member in down or non-fever position.

Fig. 2 is a view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of the rotatable member taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 1 and showing the rotatable member in its up or fever position.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the thermometer, and

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

The doll, generally indicated at 10, may be formed of any material and is provided with the usual body portion 12. The head of this doll, generally indicated at 14, is hollow and may be formed of two

sections

16 and 18 joined together. The front section 16 should be formed of a translucent material, and this is more particularly so with respect to the upper face portion 19 and forehead 20 of said doll. The remainder of the face and head of the doll may be either colored or opaque as is usual in doll heads. If desired, the forehead and face of said doll in addition to being translucent may be formed of a thinner wall section so as not to impede the transmission of the color on the movable member, presently to be described.

Patented Jan. 31, 1956 See The face of the doll may be provided with the usual eyes, nose and mouth and colored as is common with other types of dolls. A mouth opening 22 is provided.

Mounted within the hollow head is a rotatable member, generally indicated at 24, which is shaped substantially like a half shell with the outer surface 25 shaped complementally to the hollow interior of the forehead of the doll.

A transverse rod 26 spans the width of the back of the rotatable member 24 and is secured to the sides thereof as at 27 to rotate with said rod. The rod extends through the sides of the member 24 and is journaled in the sides of the head as at 28, best shown in Fig. 2.

A plate member, generally indicated at 30, is transversely secured to the front head section 16 and forms the support for the parts presently to be described. The plate 30 has an enlarged cutout 32 adjacent the upper portion to permit the rotatable member 24 to be rotated and pass partially behind said plate.

Secured to the rear of said plate 30 below the cutout 32 is a vertical guide 34 having a slot 35 for slideably receiving a vertically slideable arm 36. Secured at right angles to the lower end of the arm 36 is a lever 38 which extends through a suitable slotted opening 40 in the back of the dolls body 12 so that the lever may be moved up and down to actuate the arm 36.

Fixedly secured to the transverse rod 26, centrally thereof as at 41, is a link 42 which has a slot 43 at its opposite end, and by a pin 44 pivotally connects said link between the spaced uprights 46 formed as integral extensions on the vertically slideable arm 36.

The rotatable member 24 has a slot 23 adjacent the lower edge which allows the member 24 to rock rearwardly between the slideable arm 36 during manipulation of same.

Extending slightly rearwardly of the rear edge of the rotatable member 24, on extensions 48 adjacent the slot 43, are a pair of spaced downwardly extending pins 50. Extending downwardly from the rotatable member forwardly of the slot are a pair of spaced pins 52. The pairs of spaced

pins

50 and 52 are to alternately engage a horizontally slideable member, presently to be described.

Secured to the supporting plate 30 and extending horizontally forward to a position adjacent the dolls mouth is a guide, generally indicated at 54, having a channel 56 and longitudinal ribs 57 defining a longitudinal guideway 58. Slideable within the guideway 58 is a block member 60 having a plunger 62 secured on the forward end thereof. A cross bar 64 is secured to the top of the block and the cross bar 64 is to be engaged by either set of

pins

50 and 52 to move said block 60 and plunger 62 forwardly or rearwardly within said guideway. Front and

rear stop members

66 and 68 respectively are provided in the guideway 58 to limit the forward and rearward sliding movements of the block 60.

The lower half section of the front of the movable member 24 is colored a deep or dark red, as indicated at 70, and the remaining upper half portion, indicated at 72, is colored a light pink or white. Thus, when the movable member 24 is moved to its up" position, shown in Fig. 6, the deep colored section '70 is adjacent the inside of the forehead and the upper face portion of the doll, and the corresponding translucent portions of the doll head will permit the color to pass through and impart a glow or warm color to the corresponding portions of the face and forehead, simulating a feverish condition. When the rotatable member is moved to its down position, as shown in Fig. 1, the pink or light colored portion 72 of the rotatable member is adjacent the forehead and upper; face of the doll and there will be no color change in the face of the doll and its normal appearance will be maintained.

The rear half section 18 of the head is hollow and has a plate 74 similar in shape to plate 30 but with an additional slotted portion 76. Alining pins 78 on the plate 30 register with openings 80 in the plate 74. The two

head sections

16 and 18 are suitably secured together to form an integral unit with the

plates

30 and 74 adjacent each other and hidden from view exteriorly.

The toy thermometer which is used with this invention and which is shown in Figs. 1, 9 and will now be described. It is indicated generally by the numeral 82 and comprises a hollow transparent tubular member closed at its opposite ends. One of the ends has a small opening 86. Movable within the tube 84 is a metal plunger 38 and secured to the end of the plunger is a spring or wire 90 which is bent inwardly to be positioned between the plunger and tube and to provide a resilient fit between the plunger and tube. Also slideable in said tube is a stop member 92. The outside of the tube may have graduated markings with the highest numbers adjacent the top closed end of the tube or it may be marked with the descriptions fever and normal as indicated. The plunger 88 may be colored red and the bottom of the tube may be painted an opaque color. The toy thermometer may be inserted in the dolls mouth and readily removed therefrom. When the thermometer is inserted in the dolls mouth when the doll shows a normal condition the thermometer will so indicate, however, when the dolls face simulates a fever condition the plunger 62 in the doll will push the metal plunger 88 in the thermometer tube forwardly to its upper position until arrested by the stop 92, and thus indicate a fever condition on the thermometer. This occurs irrespective of whether the thermometer is in the dolls mouth when the plunger 62 is moved or is inserted subsequently.

The operation of the doll will now be described.

In normal position i. e. when the doll is not simulating a fever condition, the lever 38 is in its elevated position with the slideable arm 36 and link 42, as shown in full lines in Fig. l. The rotatable member 24 is thus positioned in its down position so that its light colored surface 72 is adjacent the inside of the forehead and upper portion of the face. In this position the pins 52 on the rotatable member 24 will have pushed the cross bar 64 to its rear position and retracted the block 60 and plunger 62 thereon. If the toy thermometer S2 is inserted in the dolls mouth 22 in this condition very little movement will be imparted to the thermometer plunger 86 and same will still stay within the normal reading on the thermometer.

To produce a simulated fever condition, the lever 38 is pushed down, moving arm 36 and link 42 down and rocking the rotatable member 24 to its up position where the densely colored section 70 is adjacent the inside of the forehead and upper face 19 of the doll (see Fig. 6), thereby through the translucent portion of the dolls face imparting a highly colored glow or feverish appearance to the dolls face. When the rotatable member 24 was moving to its up position the pins 50 engaged the cross bar 64 and moved the block 60 and plunger 62 thereon forwardly until the block 60 was stopped by the front stop member 66. If the toy thermometer was in the dolls mouth during the forward motion of the plunger 62, or is inserted in the mouth subsequently when the plunger is in this position, the plunger 62 will move the thermometer plunger 88 forwardly to indicate a fever condition. When the lever 40 is moved to its elevated position, the arm 36 will through link 42 rock the rotatable member 24 to its down position and simultaneously the pins 52 on the rotatable member will engage the cross bar 64 to slide the block 60 and plunger 62 thereon rearwardly until the block is stopped by the rear stop 68.

By shaking the thermometer after it has been removed from the dolls mouth, in the conventional manner, the plungzr 88 will drop to a position adjacent the tube opening 8 It will be understood that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy doll of the character described comprising a hollow head having a translucent face portion, a movable member rockably mounted within said head and movable inside said head across and behind the face portion, said movable member having a light colored portion and a red colored portion thereon, and means for rocking said movable member in juxtaposition to said face so that said red colored portion is coextensive with said translucent face portion and visible through said translucent face portion to give to the face a feverish appearance.

2. In a toy doll of the character described comprising a hollow head having a translucent portion, a movable member shaped complementally to the inside of said hollow head and extending across the inside of said head and positioned adjacent the forehead and face of said head, said movable member having a red colored portion so that when same is positioned adjacent and coextensive with said translucent portion said red color will be visible through said translucent portion to present a feverish appearance to the face of said doll.

3. In a toy of the character described comprising a hollow head having a translucent portion adjacent the forehead and face of said head, a rotatable member secured within said head and extending across the inside of said head, said member having a light color and a red color portion, and means for moving said member so that same is in either of two positions, with either the light color or red color portions of said member adjacent and coextensive with said translucent forehead and face to present a normal appearance when said light color portion is coextensive with said translucent portion and a feverish appearance to the face and forehead of said doll when said red colored portion is coextensive with said translucent portion.

4. In combination with a toy doll and thermometer, said toy doll having a hollow head with a translucent portion adjacent the front thereof, a mouth therefor, a rotatable member having a red colored portion positioned adjacent the front of said head and movable with respect thereto so that when said red color is coextensive with said translucent portion it is visible through the translucent portion of said head, a simulated thermometer member insertable in the mouth of said doll, said rotatable member having means which actuate said thermometer when said red colored portion is coextensive with said translucent portion to indicate a high thermometer reading.

5. In combination with a toy doll and thermometer, said doll having a hollow head with a translucent portion, a movable member secured within said head adjacent said translucent portion, said movable member having a red colored section so that when same is positioned adjacent said translucent portion said color will be visible through the translucent portion of said head, a mouth for said head, a simulated thermometer inserted in said mouth, said movable member having means which actuates said thermometer when said red colored section is coextensive with said translucent portion to register a high temperature reading on said thermometer.

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