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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322874 | Expression mechanism for a toy, such as a doll, having fixed or moveable eyes An expression mechanism for a toy having a lower lip, a cheek and an eye, includes a support frame, a lip lever pivotally connected to the support frame for engaging the lower lip of a toy, a cheek lever pivotally connected to the support frame for engaging a cheek ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7207859 | Realistic animatronic toy An embodiment of the invention provides an animated plush doll such as a newborn dog or cat. The doll includes a plush covering over a housing comprising a head portion and a body portion. Disposed within the body portion is a drive mechanism including a motor and a... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7025655 | Dynamic eye simulation mechanism A dynamic eye simulation mechanism in which an eye orb having a spherical surface has one area of that surface of a color simulating an eyelid and another area having a representation of an eye iris and surrounding sclera applied thereto wherein the orb is mounted f... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6905390 | Skin application structure for robots and a robot having such a structure A skin application structure for bodies that gives a sense of closeness to human, does not cause damage to the surrounding environment, is easily maintained, and does not exert any load to the movable portion is provided. A flexible skin is detachably applied on the... | 06/14/2005 |
| 5941750 | Doll having magnetically actuated functions A baby doll (10) capable of simulating physiological functions of a human body in response to an applied magnetic field. The doll (10) has an internal reservoir (12) that can be filled with liquid through a mouth (14) of the doll. The internal reservoir (... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5919227 | Moving artificial eye An artificial eye that appears to look back at a plurality of observers simultaneously even while either change position.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5415579 | Doll with pivoting eyeballs, heart beat, voice means, burping sounds and actuating transmitter A doll constructed with a body having a head with at least one eye comprising a pivotal eye ball assembly pivotally retained in a casing. A first arm extends from a main portion of the eye ball assembly and a solenoid with a movable solenoid bolt and a se... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5407376 | Voice-responsive doll eye mechanism A doll eye mechanism responsive to the voice and designed as a replaceable unit provided in a toy or doll to simulate communication with a child. When the child speaks to the doll, the mechanism provides eye rotation, to simulate a human response. The mec... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5281183 | Solenoid mechanism for movement of figure portions An apparatus for animating a figurine movable element having a pivot point for pivotally coupling the movable element to the figurine to allow the movable element to pivot between the first position and a second position, a first portion of the movable el... | 01/25/1994 |
| 4842566 | Eye device for use in a doll An eye device for a doll or the like which comes to the eye-closed state by placing the doll in a lying posture and then comes to the eye-open state by placing the doll in a standing or sitting posture. This device is firmly held onto the doll face to suc... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4761150 | Moving eye for dolls A movable eye for toys, dolls, and the like, has an eye component which is pivoted in an eye enclosure for motion between an open and a closed position. An actuator arm engages external surface portions of the eye component for imparting closing an openin... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4424644 | Winking apparatus for figure toy A winking apparatus (10 ) includes a doll head (20) having an eye (38) provided on an outer surface thereof beneath an arcuate slot (40) in which an eyelid (42) is movably mounted by an eye-lid-mounting mechanism (52) pivotally mounted in head (20) and ac... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4246723 | Color changeable eyes device for manikin heads The invention concerns a device for selectively changing the colors of the irises for the eyes of store manikins to coordinate the iris colors with the decor of the garniture to be displayed on the manikin and with the color of the hair piece to be placed... | 01/27/1981 |
| 3959919 | Animated objects such as dolls, figured personages and the like An animated doll comprising a deformable flexible envelope mounted on a rigid casing filling the greater part of the head and trunk portions of the doll. The mouth of the doll is moved by actuating means causing nursing of the doll and permitting absorpti... | 06/01/1976 |
