Animated crying doll

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A CRYING MECHANISM WITH AN ANIMATED DOLL INCLUDING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND A NECK OPENING AT THE UPPER END OF SAID BODY, A HEAD HAVING A NECK INSERT AND A PRESCRIBED CENTRAL AXIS THERETHROUGH AND MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY WITHIN SAID NECK OPENING FOR MOVEMENT IN A COMPLEX MOTION INCLUDING A STARTING POSITION WHEREIN THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID HEAD IS GENERALLY IN LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNMENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY, AND ACTUATING MEANS WITHIN SAID BODY FOR IMPARTING SAID COMPLEX MOTION TO SAID HEAD, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVE SHAFT ORIENTED AT AN ANGLE TO SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY AND HAVING AN EXTENSION THEREON OFFSET AT A PREDETERMINED ANGULAR RELATION TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND PROJECTING INTO SAID HEAD AND COUPLED THERETO, SAID PREDETERMINED ANGULAR RELATION BETWEEN SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND SAID EXTENSION BEING SUCH AS TO ORIENT SAID EXTENSION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITIDUNAL AXIS OF SAID BODY AND TO THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID HEAD IN SAID STARTING POSITION OF THE HEAD, SAID CRYING MECHANISM BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HEAD AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT EXTENSION FOR SELECTIVELY EMITTING A CRYING SOUND IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, SAID CRYING MECHANISM INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING ON SAID SHAFT EXTENSION WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS NORMAL THERETO, A SOUNDING MEANS ENTIRELY ENCLOSED WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, AND A FREELY SLIDABLE PISTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING AND EFFECTIVE TO SELECTIVELY OPERATE SAID SOUNDING MEANS TO EMIT A SOUND IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON THROUGH AN ACTUATING STROKE WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, SAID ACTUATING STROKE OCCURRING ONLY WHEN THE DOLL IS IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION ENABLING MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY DURING ROTATION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT.