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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2007
Tim Rettberg, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Joe C. Ward, La Miranda, CA (US);
Tsui Yiu Sang, El Segundo, CA (US);
Tim Rettberg, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Joe C. Ward, La Miranda, CA (US);
Tsui Yiu Sang, El Segundo, CA (US);
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Toy dolls include a head having a face having an alterable appearance and a mechanism for altering the appearance of the face. The mechanism may include a first element configured to pivot about a first axis between a first position and a second position, a second element operatively coupled to the first element and configured to pivot about a second axis between a third position and a fourth position in response to the first element pivoting from the first position to the second position, and a third element operatively coupled to the first element and configured to pivot about a third axis between a fifth position and a sixth position in response to the first element pivoting from the first position to the second position. Pivoting the second element may alter a first aspect of the appearance of the face, and pivoting the third element may alter a second aspect of the appearance of the face.