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Therapeutic doll figure
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-12-27
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Granted: 1987-12-01
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Expires: 2004-12-27
Abstract
Abstract A therapeutic doll figure having a doll body with at least a head section and a torso section. A transport, such as a tape transport, with a recordable medium, such as a tape cassette is located within the doll body and is capable of having a message recorded thereon and which message may also be reproduced therefrom. A speaker is located within the doll and preferably at a representation of a mouth portion on the head section of the doll for generating the reproduced message. A microphone can be located on the doll and preferably in the ear of the doll and connected to the tape transport for recording a message on the tape cassette. Further, a manually actuable switch can be located behind a representation of a heart on the doll in order to start or stop the tape transport. In another aspect of the invention, the facial expression of the doll can be changed in order to represent known or unknown human persons.
Inventors
- 👤 Nancy Hall Vandis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 12:03
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H3/00; A63H3/36; A63H3/365; A63H3/28; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24008; Y10T428/24017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
286 words
A therapeutic doll figure capable of receiving and recording speech of a person and generating speech of that person to simulate the presence of that person and capable of having the facial expression altered to represent known or unknown persons through the doll figure, said doll figure comprising: (a) a doll body having a head section and a torso section, said head secton having a representation of a human face thereon including a representation of eyes, a representation of a mouth and a representation of a nose, (b) a first means of attachment associated with and closely located with respect to the representation of a mouth and which enables attachment and removal of an element to enable alteration of facial appearance, (c) a second means of attachment associated with and closely located with respect to the representations of eyes and which enables attachment and removal of an element to also enable alteration of facial appearance, and where the elements for attachment and removal enable the doll figure to represent a known or unknown human person, (d) a transport having a recordable media on which a spoken message may be recorded and from which the message may be reporduced, (e) read-write means associated with said transport for recording and reproducing the message from the recordable media, (f) a speaker located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to reproduce the message of a person through the doll figure to simulate the presence of the person producing the message, and (f) a microphone located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to enable a message to be recorded on said recordable media.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
286 words
A therapeutic doll figure capable of receiving and recording speech of a person and generating speech of that person to simulate the presence of that person and capable of having the facial expression altered to represent known or unknown persons through the doll figure, said doll figure comprising: (a) a doll body having a head section and a torso section, said head secton having a representation of a human face thereon including a representation of eyes, a representation of a mouth and a representation of a nose, (b) a first means of attachment associated with and closely located with respect to the representation of a mouth and which enables attachment and removal of an element to enable alteration of facial appearance, (c) a second means of attachment associated with and closely located with respect to the representations of eyes and which enables attachment and removal of an element to also enable alteration of facial appearance, and where the elements for attachment and removal enable the doll figure to represent a known or unknown human person, (d) a transport having a recordable media on which a spoken message may be recorded and from which the message may be reporduced, (e) read-write means associated with said transport for recording and reproducing the message from the recordable media, (f) a speaker located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to reproduce the message of a person through the doll figure to simulate the presence of the person producing the message, and (f) a microphone located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to enable a message to be recorded on said recordable media.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 1 further characterized in that said head section includes a representation of a mouth and said speaker is located in said head section immediately behind said representation of said mouth.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 1 further characterized in that said head section includes a representation of an ear and said microphone is located in said head section immediately behind said representation of said ear.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 1 further characterized in that said head section includes a representation of a mouth and said speaker is located in said head section immediately behind said representation of said mouth, and said head section also includes a representation of an ear and said microphone is located in said head section immediately behind said representation of said ear.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 4 further characterized in that said doll figure comprises a representation of a human heart over the torso section, switch means immediately inwardly of said representation of said human heart manually actuable to start said transport.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 5 further characterized in that said switch means is actuable by pressing on the representation of said human heart.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 1 further characterized in that said transport is a tape transport and said recordable media is tape.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 7 further characterized in that said read-write means comprise a read head and a write head.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
221 words
A therapeutic doll figure in which facial expression of the doll figure can be altered to represent a known or unknown person, said doll figure comprising: (a) a doll head having a representation of a human face thereon and including a representation of eyes, a representation of a mouth and a representation of a nose, (b) a first main fiber containing attachment strip located around the representation of a mouth to represent the lips surrounding the mouth and which also enables attachment and removal of an element to enable alteration of facial appearance, (c) second main fiber containing attachment strips closely located with respect to and immediately above the representations of eyes to represent eyebrows and which also enable attachment and removal of elements to also enable alteration of facial appearance, and where the elements for attachment and removal enable the doll figure to represent a human known or unknown person, (d) a first element adapted for attachment to the doll head in the region of the representation of the mouth strip and having a cooperating first main attachment strip for releasable attachment to the first main attachment strip, and (e) second elements adapted for attachment to the doll head in the region of the eyes and having cooperating second attachment strips for releasable attachment to the second main attachment strips.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
221 words
A therapeutic doll figure in which facial expression of the doll figure can be altered to represent a known or unknown person, said doll figure comprising: (a) a doll head having a representation of a human face thereon and including a representation of eyes, a representation of a mouth and a representation of a nose, (b) a first main fiber containing attachment strip located around the representation of a mouth to represent the lips surrounding the mouth and which also enables attachment and removal of an element to enable alteration of facial appearance, (c) second main fiber containing attachment strips closely located with respect to and immediately above the representations of eyes to represent eyebrows and which also enable attachment and removal of elements to also enable alteration of facial appearance, and where the elements for attachment and removal enable the doll figure to represent a human known or unknown person, (d) a first element adapted for attachment to the doll head in the region of the representation of the mouth strip and having a cooperating first main attachment strip for releasable attachment to the first main attachment strip, and (e) second elements adapted for attachment to the doll head in the region of the eyes and having cooperating second attachment strips for releasable attachment to the second main attachment strips.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 9 further characterized in that the first and second main attachment strips are Velcro strips and which also combine with the face on the doll head to provide a facial expression in absence of any attachment of elements thereto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 9 further characterized in that the cooperating first and second attachment strips on the elements which are to be attached also are mating Velcro strips.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 9 further characterized in that said doll figure comprises a message recording and reproducing mechanism with a speaker located on or in said doll figure and a microphone located on or in said doll figure for recording and reproducing a message.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
228 words
A therapeutic doll figure capable of receiving and recording speech of a person and generating speech of that person to simulate the presence of that person through the doll figure, said doll figure comprising: (a) a doll body having a head section and a torso section and where the head section includes a representation of an ear and a representation of a mouth, (b) a tape transport having a recordable tape cassette on which a spoken message may be recorded and from which the message may be reproduced, (c) read-write means associated with said transport for recording and reproducing the message from the recordable media, (d) a speaker located in said doll figure immediately behind the representation of the mouth and operatively connected to said transport and said read-write means to reproduce the message of a person through the doll figure to simulate the presence of the person producing the message, (e) a microphone located in or on said doll figure immediately behind the representation of an ear and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to enable a message to be recorded on said recordable media, (f) a representation of a human heart on the torso section, and (g) switch means immediately inwardly of said representation of said human heart manually actuable by pressing on the representation of said human heart to start said tape transport.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
228 words
A therapeutic doll figure capable of receiving and recording speech of a person and generating speech of that person to simulate the presence of that person through the doll figure, said doll figure comprising: (a) a doll body having a head section and a torso section and where the head section includes a representation of an ear and a representation of a mouth, (b) a tape transport having a recordable tape cassette on which a spoken message may be recorded and from which the message may be reproduced, (c) read-write means associated with said transport for recording and reproducing the message from the recordable media, (d) a speaker located in said doll figure immediately behind the representation of the mouth and operatively connected to said transport and said read-write means to reproduce the message of a person through the doll figure to simulate the presence of the person producing the message, (e) a microphone located in or on said doll figure immediately behind the representation of an ear and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to enable a message to be recorded on said recordable media, (f) a representation of a human heart on the torso section, and (g) switch means immediately inwardly of said representation of said human heart manually actuable by pressing on the representation of said human heart to start said tape transport.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 13 further characterized in that said read-write means comprise a read head and a write head.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
240 words
A therapeutic doll figure comprising: (a) a doll body having a head section and a torso section where the head section has a representation of a human face including a representation of ears, a representation of a mouth, and a representation of eyes, (b) a transport having a recordable media on which a spoken message may be recorded and from which the message may be reproduced, (c) read-write means associated with said transport for recording and reproducing the message from the recordable media, (d) a speaker located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to reproduce the message of a person through the doll figure to simulate the presence of the person producing the message, (e) a microphone located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to enable a message to be recorded on said recordable media, (f) a first means of attachment associated with and closely located with respect to the representation of a mouth and which enables attachment and removal of an element to enable alteration of facial appearance, and (g) a second means of attachment associated with and closely located with the representations of eyes and which enables attachment and removal of an element to also enable alteration of facial appearance, and where the elements for attachment and removal enable the doll figure to represent a known or unknown human person.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
240 words
A therapeutic doll figure comprising: (a) a doll body having a head section and a torso section where the head section has a representation of a human face including a representation of ears, a representation of a mouth, and a representation of eyes, (b) a transport having a recordable media on which a spoken message may be recorded and from which the message may be reproduced, (c) read-write means associated with said transport for recording and reproducing the message from the recordable media, (d) a speaker located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to reproduce the message of a person through the doll figure to simulate the presence of the person producing the message, (e) a microphone located in or on said doll figure and operatively connected to said transport and read-write means to enable a message to be recorded on said recordable media, (f) a first means of attachment associated with and closely located with respect to the representation of a mouth and which enables attachment and removal of an element to enable alteration of facial appearance, and (g) a second means of attachment associated with and closely located with the representations of eyes and which enables attachment and removal of an element to also enable alteration of facial appearance, and where the elements for attachment and removal enable the doll figure to represent a known or unknown human person.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 15 further characterized in that said head section includes a representation of a mouth and said speaker is located in said head section immediately behind said representation of said mouth.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
36 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 16 further characterized in that said head section includes a representation of an ear and said microphone is located in said head section immediately behind said representation of said ear.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
48 words
The therapeutic doll figure of claim 17 further characterized in that the first and second means for attachment and removal are Velcro strips and which also combine with the human face on the doll head to provide a facial expression in absence of any attachment of elements thereto.
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