Mattel, Inc.

Ryszard J Brzezinski

William J Kelley

Mark S Wittenberg

A toy doll having arms which move in response to the upper torso of the doll being pivoted about a horizontal axis. As the upper torso of the doll is tilted back and forth, a pin engaged to the lower torso of the doll slidably engages the upper curved surfaces of a cam support mounted in the upper torso causing a forked plate rotatably mounted on the support to rotate back and forth. Rotation of the forked plate causes a crown gear to rotate which engages two gears with detents rotatably mounted on a shaft. As a result, the two gears with detents rotate in opposite directions causing arm connectors attached to the doll's arms to also rotate in opposite directions. As such, the doll's arms move back and forth in opposite directions as the upper torso is tilted back and forth. A spring disposed around the shaft and between the two gears with detents allows the two gears to disengage from the arm connectors preventing damage to the doll when the arms of the doll are twisted improperly by a child.

Toy doll having articulated arms and a tiltable upper torso

A toy doll figure for displaying colors through an opening formed in the torso of the doll figure. The torso opening is covered with a hinged flap member. Disposed inside the torso which is a hollow housing is a drum member that is journaled in the housing. The drum member is covered with colored strip members that extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drum member. The drum member has a ratchet member with ratchet teeth mounted thereon that is driven by opening and closing the hinged flap member on the torso exposing a different colored strip member.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Ryszard J Brzezinski