US4952189A
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Spinable doll
Assignee: GORDON BARLOW DESIGN
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Filing: 1989-12-26
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Granted: 1990-08-28
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Expires: 2009-12-26
Abstract
Abstract A spinable balleria doll having a body, legs, feet arms, hands and a head. A pushrod extends through the body and out of the head. The pushrod is mounted for reciprocal movement relative to the doll. The pushrod engages a square drive nut located in the body of the doll to rotate the body as the pushrod is pushed into the body. Each leg is connected to the body and each foot is connected to its leg to permit rotation of one relative to the other. Releasable detents and teeth are associated with the body, legs and feet to permit each leg to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to the body and each foot to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to its leg.
Inventors
- 👤 Gordon A. Barlow
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:38
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H13/00; A63H13/02; A63H13/04; A63H13/12; A63H1/00; A63H1/06; A63H3/00; A63H3/36; A63H3/46
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
A ballerina doll having a body, legs, feet, arms, hands and a head, a pushrod extending through the body and the head and mounted for reciprocal movement in and out of said body and head, means associated with said body and said pushrod to rotate said body relative to said pushrod as said pushrod is pushed into said body, means connecting each of said legs to said body and each of said feet to its leg to permit rotation of each leg relative to said body and each foot relative to its leg, and releasable detent means associated with said body, said legs and said feet to permit each leg to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to said body and to permit each foot to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to its leg.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
A ballerina doll having a body, legs, feet, arms, hands and a head, a pushrod extending through the body and the head and mounted for reciprocal movement in and out of said body and head, means associated with said body and said pushrod to rotate said body relative to said pushrod as said pushrod is pushed into said body, means connecting each of said legs to said body and each of said feet to its leg to permit rotation of each leg relative to said body and each foot relative to its leg, and releasable detent means associated with said body, said legs and said feet to permit each leg to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to said body and to permit each foot to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to its leg.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The ballerina doll of claim 1 further characterized in that each leg includes an upper and a lower portion, means connecting said upper and lower portion to permit rotation of said portions relative to each other and releasable detent means to permit said upper and lower portions of the leg to be held in selected positions of rotation relative to each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The ballerina doll of claim 1 in which said means connecting each of said legs to said body to permit rotation of each leg relative to said body permits universal rotation of each leg relative to said body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The ballerina doll of claim 3 in which said means permitting universal rotation of each leg relative to said body provides releasable means for holding each leg in selected positions of both lateral and fore and aft positioning relative to the body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The ballerina doll of claim 1 further including means in each leg located at the knee to permit rotation of a lower portion of each leg relative to an upper portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The ballerina doll of claim 5 in which means permitting rotation of a lower portion of each leg relative to an upper portion also provides releasable means for holding said upper and lower portions in selected positions of rotation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The ballerina doll of claim 1 in which said means associated with said body and said pushrod to rotate said body relative to said pushrod includes a drive nut affixed to said body and a drive disk mounted on said pushrod, meshable teeth formed on said drive nut and said drive disk and means to rotate said drive disk in engagement with said drive nut as said pushrod is pushed into said body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The ballerina doll of claim 1 in which said releasable detent mean associated with said body and said legs include a toothed rack and a spring biased button which engages the tooth of said rack.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The ballerina doll of claim 1 in which said releasable detent means associated with said body and said legs include toothed disks associated with said body and said legs and spring means to bias the teeth of one disk into engagement with the teeth of the other disk.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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