Doll having movable head and gravity actuated sounding means

Claim 1

AN ANIMATED DOLL COMPRISING A BODY, A HEAD MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BODY, ACTUATING MEANS WITHIN SAID BODY AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID HEAD FOR IMPARTING A COMPLEX MOTION TO SAID HEAD WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A MOTOR IN SAID BODY HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT TERMINATING IN AN ANGULARLY OFFSET SHAFT EXTENSION PROJECTING INTO SAID HEAD AND COUPLED THERETO, SAID SHAFT EXTENSION SERVING AS THE GENERATRIX OF CONICAL SURFACE ABOUT WHICH THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID HEAD MOVES DURING SUCCESSIVE ANIMATING CYCLES AND IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, AND A CRYING MECHANISM DISPOSED WITHIN SAID HEAD AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT EXTENSION FOR EMITTING A CRYING SOUND IN RESPONSE TO SAID COMPLEX MOTION OF SAID HEAD, SAID CRYING MECHANISM INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL HOUSING MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT EXTENSION WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, MEANS INCLUDING A WEIGHTED PISTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR DEFINING AN AIR CHAMBER, AND SOUNDING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING FOR EMITTING SAID CRYING SOUND IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PISTON UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY THROUGH AN ACTUATING STROKE TO DECREASE THE VOLUME OF SAID AIR CHAMBER.