Walking doll including device for attaching a limb to a limb mounting member

Claim 1

In combination with a figure toy having a torso, a limbmounting member connected to the torso and a limb, said limbmounting member having a tapered slot provided therein, said limb having an opening bounded by an annular flange providing an inner surface inside said limb and an outer surface outside said limb, means for attaching said limb to said limb mounting member, comprising: a dished washer mounted inside said limb, said dished washer being provided with an aperture and having a peripheral portion resting against said inner surface of said annular flange, said dished washer having a convex surface facing inwardly toward the inside of said limb and away from said opening; a cap fitted over said limb opening and having a peripheral portion overlying said outer surface of said annular flange, said cap being provided with a substantially diamond-shaped central slot; a substantially flat locking piece having a first enlarged head mounted inside said limb and an elongated stem extending through the aperture in said dished washer and the slot in said cap, said stem having a pair of shoulders adapted to engage said cap outside said limb in a first position of said stem and to pass through said diamond-shaped slot in a second position of said stem, said locking piece including a second enlarged head adjacent said shoulders, said second head having at least one barb extending inwardly toward said cap, said barb lying in the same plane as said shoulders and terminating just short of said cap when said shoulders are in engagement therewith, said second enlarged head being adapted to pass through said tapered slot in said limb-mounting member when said second enlarged head is in a first orientation and to bring said barb into alignment with said limb-mounting member at the edge of said tapered slot when said second head is rotated 90* to a second orientation, said limb-mounting member being provided with at least one indentation on said inner surface at said edge of said tapered slot; and a spring encompassing said locking piece inside said leg and including a first end bearing against said first enlarged head and a second end bearing against said convex surface of said dished washer for exerting an expansion force between said dished washer and said first enlarged head to bring the free end of said barb into engagement with said indentation on said limb-mounting member at said edge of said tapered slot.