US3670451A - Adjustable hair doll - Google Patents

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US3670451A
US3670451A US9708A US3670451DA US3670451A US 3670451 A US3670451 A US 3670451A US 9708 A US9708 A US 9708A US 3670451D A US3670451D A US 3670451DA US 3670451 A US3670451 A US 3670451A
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Sydney L Groves
Frank J Kuchta
J Stephen Lewis
Donald J Maurer
Richard L May
John W Ryan
Colin Vowles
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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  • the apparatus includes a string having an inner end wound on a wheel within the doll and an outer end tied to an end of the hairpiece which is within the doll.
  • a spring urges the wheel to rotate in a direction to shorten the apparent length of the hairpiece.
  • the wheel has several recesses spaced about its axis of rotation, and a ball is normally disposed partially within a recess on the wheel and another recess on a wheel-supporting frame, to lock the position of the wheel when the doll is up-right.
  • This invention relates to dolls with hair of adjustable length.
  • fashion dolls can be enhanced by providing means for varying the hair length of the doll.
  • Mechanisms available for controlling the length of the hair have generally included knobs, buttons, or the like which protrude from the dolls body. Such apparatus is undesirable in a fashion doll which is designed to provide a realistic appearance.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a doll with a hairpiece that can be reliably lengthened and shortened without the necessity of artificial mechanisms on the exterior of the doll.
  • Another object is to provide a hair growing doll with a hairpiece that can be lengthened by a great distance with respect to the size of the doll body.
  • a doll is provided with adjustable hair which can be pulled out to different lengths, and which can be retracted by orienting the doll to face downwardly.
  • a spring within the doll body urges the hair inwardly, while a gravity actuated latching means prevents inward hair movement unless the doll is prone and facing down.
  • the use of a gravity actuated latch eliminates the need for knobs, buttons, or the like on the outside of the doll body, which would provide an unnatural appearance, particularly in the case of fashion dolls.
  • a mechanism which efficiently utilized the space available within a small doll body.
  • the mechanism includes a first wheel in the chest portion of the doll and a second wheel in the abdomen portion.
  • a string whose outer end is tied to the hair, has an inner portion wound about the first wheel and a middle portion extending downwardly to the second wheel and around it to the hair. This provides a long distance within the doll along which the hairpiece can be moved without being wound on a drum where it could become entangled.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of a doll constructed in accordance with the invention, shown in an upright position;
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the doll of FIG. I, with the doll in a downwardly facing prone position for enabling retraction of a hairpiece into the doll;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged, partial sectional rear view of the doll of FIG. 1, taken on the line 33 thereof;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a rear perspective exploded view of the retracting mechanism of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 6 is a partial front perspective exploded view of the mechanism of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a figure toy or doll 8 having a body or torso 10, a head 12, a fixed hair portion 14 and a long fall-type hairpiece 16 extending downwardly from an opening 15 at the top of the head.
  • the doll 8 is a fashion type with a relatively narrow diameter torso 10.
  • the hairpiece 16 is mounted to be pulled out or retracted into doll 8 so that it is of any desired length within a wide range.
  • the hairpiece l6 enables doll 8 to assume unusual fashion appearances by varying the length of the hairpiece, which may be lengthened at any time by merely pulling it further out of head 12.
  • retraction of hairpiece 16 requires that doll 8 be oriented in a prone, downwardly facing position, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a child retracts the hairpiece by holding the outer end 17 thereof in her hand while orienting the doll in the position shown in FIG. 2. Hairpiece 16 then automatically retracts, the child holding it at a preferred retracted position and then again orienting the doll in an up-right position to fix the length of the hairpiece.
  • the body 10 and head 12 are hollow and communicate with each other.
  • the hairpiece or fall 16 has an inner, looped end 18 which is tied to the outer end 20 of cable means in the form of a string 22.
  • a metal clip 23 may be attached to end 18 near its junction with string 22 to prevent end 18 from fraying and expanding due to the action of string 22.
  • the string 22 may be pulled inwardly to shorten the hairpiece, and allowed to be pulled outwardly to lengthen it, by a hair retracting mechanism 24 mounted within body 10.
  • the mechanism 24 includes a frame 26 mounted within the body, a first wheel 28 rotatably mounted on an upper portion frame 26 in the chest portion 29 of doll 8, and a second wheel 30 rotatably mounted on the frame 26 at a lower, or abdomen portion 31 of the doll.
  • the string 22 extends downwardly from the hairpiece 16, around the second wheel 30 and upwardly to the first wheel 28.
  • the inner end of string 22 winds further around the first wheel 28, causing the fall or hairpiece 16 to be further retracted into the doll.
  • the string 22 can unwind from the first wheel 28, allowing the fall to assume a greater length.
  • the first wheel 28 is biased in the direction of arrow 32 by a coil spring 34, which is held on a spring drum 36.
  • a string pulley 38 which is fixed to the spring drum 36, receives a biasing string 40.
  • the biasing string 40 extends from the pulley 38, through an opening 42 in the frame 26, and around a shaft 44 to which the first wheel 28 is fixed.
  • the spring 34 constantly urges the spring drum 36 in the direction of arrow 46, (FIG. 4) thereby urging the biasing string 40 to wind further on the string pulley 38. This urges the first wheel 28 to turn in the direction of arrow 32 (FIG. 3) to cause the hairpiece 16 to retract further in to the doll body 10.
  • the hair-retracting mechanism 24 includes a gravity responsive mechanism 47 for preventing the first wheel 28 from turning in a direction to retract the hairpiece 16 into the doll.
  • the mechanism 47 includes a ball 48 which can be fully received in a recess 50 formed in the frame 26.
  • the first wheel 28 is constructed with several recesses 52, which move in a circular path as the wheel rotates, to bring the wheel recesses opposite the recess 50 in the frame.
  • Each of the recesses 52 slopes to a maximum depth which enables receiption of a substantial part of the ball 48 therein.
  • the ball then locks the wheel 28 against turning in the direction of arrow 32 to prevent further retraction of the hairpiece into the doll.
  • the wheel 28 can be turned in the opposite direction, since the ball is then forced out of the wheel recess 52 by a sloping wall 53 therein.
  • the hair retracting mechanism 24 is constructed in a simple manner to enable economical manufacture.
  • a single continuous string is used for the string 22 that couples the hairpiece 16 to the first wheel 28, and for the biasing string 40 that couples the coil spring 34 to the first wheel 28.
  • the first wheel 28 is provided with a hole 56 which extends from the side where the shaft portion 44 is located, which receives the biasing string 40, to the large-groove portion 58 of wheel 28 where the inner end of the string 22 is received.
  • the wheel 28 is held in place between the frame 26 and a cover plate 60 that fits over it.
  • the cover plate 60 has a hair guide 62 thereon which helps to guide hairpiece l6 and string 22 with respect to wheel 30.
  • the invention provides a relatively simple mechanism which allows a hairpiece to be pulled out from the doll, and which retracts the hairpiece at a particular orientation of the doll.
  • a stop is provided by having the inner end 18 of fall 16 engage a restricted opening 64.
  • a figure toy with hair of adjustable length comprising:
  • gravity responsive means for selectively latching and releasing said means for pulling said hair inwardly.
  • said means for pulling said hair inwardly comprises a wheel rotatably mounted within said body, said wheel having a plurality of ratchet means thereon, cable means having an inner end coupled to said wheel and an outer end coupled to said hair, and a spring coupled to said wheel to urge it towards a first rotational direction to wind said cable thereon; and
  • said gravity responsive means comprises pawl means mounted for movement into and out of engagement with said ratchet means as said doll is moved to and away from an up-right position.
  • said body includes a hollow torso with chest and abdomen portions; and including a frame mounted within said torso, including an upper frame portion in said chest portion and a lower frame portion within said abdomen portion; and wherein said means for pulling said hair inwardly includes a first wheel rotatably mounted on said upper frame portion, a second wheel rotatably mounted on said lower frame portion, and cable means having an inner portion normally wound on said first wheel and portions extending downwardly therefrom, around said second wheel, and up to said hair, whereby to enable reliable deployment of a long hair piece into and out from a small body.
  • said means for pulling said hair includes a wheel, and cable means extending from said wheel to said hair, said wheel having a plurality of recesses arranged in a circle;
  • said gravity responsive means comprises a member having a ball-receiving recess disposed adjacent to the path of said recesses in said wheel when it rotates, and a ball disposed in said ball-receiving recess, for alternately falling to a position simultaneously in said ball-receiving recess and a recess in said wheel or a position fully in said ball-receiving recess to clear said wheel.
  • a figure toy with hair of adjustable length comprising:
  • a hollow head mounted on said body and in communication with said body, said hair extending slidably into said head;
  • said ratchet means comprises walls defining a plurality of recesses in said first wheel spaced in a circle thereon;
  • said pawl means comprises a frame recess formed in said upper portion of said frame adjacent to said recesses in said first wheel, and a ball at least partially disposed in said frame recess to interfere with rotation of said first wheel in a direction to move said hair inwardly except when said body is in a predetermined horizontal position wherein said frame recess is below the closest recess in said wheel.
  • said means for pulling said cable means comprises a first drum fixed to said first wheel, a second drum rotatably mounted on said lower portion of said frame, second cable means having opposite end portions normally wound about each of said drums, and a spring coupled to said second drum to urge it to rotate in a direction to wind said second cable means further thereon.
  • a figure toy with hair of adjustable length comprising:
  • a body including a portion having an aperture therein for passing said hair
  • said power means within said body for retracting said hair inwardly into said body, said power means including wheel means and spring means connected to said wheel means for winding said wheel means in a hair-retracting direction;
  • said retracting means including power means for automatically retracting said hair
  • said controlling means including latch means mounted in said torso for selectively engaging and disengaging said power means, whereby said power means is selectively restrained and released.
  • said retracting means includes means for automatically locking said power means when said retracting means is moved in a hairretracting direction with said figure toy in a predetermined position.
  • said retracting means includes a fixed part and a movable part and wherein said latch means includes a gravity-responsive element which may be wedged between said parts to lock said power means.
  • control means in said body for disabling said power means from retracting said appendage, said control means being responsive to the attitude of said figure toy whereby said control means permits said power means to retract said appendage when said figure toy is in one attitude and restrains said power means when said figure toy is in other attitudes.
  • said power means includes:
  • said gravity responsive means latching said power means by restraining said wheel.
  • a figure toy with hair of adjustable length comprising:
  • a body including a portion with an aperture therein for passing said hair
  • a figure toy with hair of adjustable length comprising:

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