Method of making lashed doll eyes

Claim 1

A METHOD OF LASHING A DOLL''S EYE THAT INCLUDES A HOLLOW EYEBALL HAVING A SLIT PREFORMED THEREIN BETWEEN THE CENTER OF THE EYEBALL AND A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE EYEBALL, SAID METHOD COMPRISING (A) FEEDING A GREAT MANY LASH STRANDS FROM A SOURCE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE SLIT WITH THE LEADING ENDS OF THE STRANDS FIRST CROSSING OVER SAID PERIPHERAL PORTION AND THEN OVER THE SLIT AND FINALLY ADVANCING TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE EYEBALL AND WITH THE LASH STRANDS SPREAD LENGTHWISE OF THE SLIT, (B) HALTING THE FEED OF THE LASH STRANDS ACCORDING TO STEP (A) WHEN THE LEADING ENDS OF THE STRANDS HAVE ADVANCED BEYOND THE SLIT A DISTANCE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE FROM THE BIGHT TO THE DISTAL END OF A TRIMMED REACH, (C) THEN PERFORMING THE STEP OF PRESSING THE LASH STRANDS INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS INTO THE SLIT OVER THE LENGTH OF THE SLIT (1) SO AS TO FOLD THE LASH STRANDS AND THEREBY FORM BIGHTS AT THE FOLDS, FROM WHICH BIGHTS REACHES EXTEND, (2) SO AS TO INSERT THE FOLDED BIGHTS OF THE LASH STRANDS INTO THE SLIT, AND (3) SO AS TO CLAMP THE REACHES OF EACH LASH STRAND ADJACENT THEIR BIGHTS BETWEEN THE WALLS OF THE SLIT WITH AT LEAST ONE REACH OF EACH LASH STRAND PROTRUDING FROM THE EYEBALL, (D) CUTTING THE LASH STRANDS FROM THE SOURCE AT A DISTANCE FROM THE SLIT AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE BIGHT TO THE DISTAL END OF A TRIMMED REACH, AND (E) TRIMMING TO A PREDETERMINED LENGTH THE DISTAL ENDS OF THE REACHES WHICH PROTRUDE FROM THE EYEBALL IN EXCESS OF SUCH LENGTH, (F) WHEREBY EACH LASH STRAND HAS A LONG TRIMMED REACH ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE INSERTED LASH AND A SHORT REACH ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE INSERTED LASH.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF LASHING A DOLL''S EYE THAT INCLUDES A HOLLOW EYEBALL HAVING A SLIT PREFORMED THEREIN BETWEEN THE CENTER OF THE EYEBALL AND A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE EYEBALL, SAID METHOD COMPRISING (A) FEEDING A GREAT MANY LASH STRANDS FROM A SOURCE IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE SLIT WITH THE LEADING ENDS OF THE STRANDS FIRST CROSSING OVER SAID PERIPHERAL PORTION AND THEN OVER THE SLIT AND FINALLY ADVANCING TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE EYEBALL AND WITH THE LASH STRANDS SPREAD LENGTHWISE OF THE SLIT, (B) HALTING THE FEED OF THE LASH STRANDS ACCORDING TO STEP (A) WHEN THE LEADING ENDS OF THE STRANDS HAVE ADVANCED BEYOND THE SLIT A DISTANCE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE FROM THE BIGHT TO THE DISTAL END OF A TRIMMED REACH, (C) THEN PERFORMING THE STEP OF PRESSING THE LASH STRANDS INTERMEDIATE THEIR ENDS INTO THE SLIT OVER THE LENGTH OF THE SLIT (1) SO AS TO FOLD THE LASH STRANDS AND THEREBY FORM BIGHTS AT THE FOLDS, FROM WHICH BIGHTS REACHES EXTEND, (2) SO AS TO INSERT THE FOLDED BIGHTS OF THE LASH STRANDS INTO THE SLIT, AND (3) SO AS TO CLAMP THE REACHES OF EACH LASH STRAND ADJACENT THEIR BIGHTS BETWEEN THE WALLS OF THE SLIT WITH AT LEAST ONE REACH OF EACH LASH STRAND PROTRUDING FROM THE EYEBALL, (D) CUTTING THE LASH STRANDS FROM THE SOURCE AT A DISTANCE FROM THE SLIT AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE BIGHT TO THE DISTAL END OF A TRIMMED REACH, AND (E) TRIMMING TO A PREDETERMINED LENGTH THE DISTAL ENDS OF THE REACHES WHICH PROTRUDE FROM THE EYEBALL IN EXCESS OF SUCH LENGTH, (F) WHEREBY EACH LASH STRAND HAS A LONG TRIMMED REACH ON THE UPPER SIDE OF THE INSERTED LASH AND A SHORT REACH ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE INSERTED LASH.