Title: Fashion and hairstyle doll play set

We claim:

1. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set, comprising:

(a) a self-standing, three-dimensional doll having (i) a rigid or semi-rigid body with integrally formed limbs and indicia simulating clothing, said body being configured such that its arms extend out from the body and downward from its shoulders at essentially forty-five degree angles, its waist being in the form of a right circular cylinder, and its hips, legs and feet being dimensionally smaller than the diameter of its waist in all horizontal planes below its waist, and (ii) a semi-rigid or flexible head with an integrally formed sculptured hair design, said head having an essentially horizontal, encircling recess above the lower periphery of said sculptured hair design;

(b) at least one semi-rigid or flexible, hollow article simulating an article of lower body clothing, said article having a pair of opposed open ends, and, positioned in one of said open ends, an integrally formed ring which flexes to engage said waist of said body of said doll to removeably attach said article to said body of said doll; and

(c) at least one article simulating both an article of headgear and coiffured natural hair, said article having a semi-rigid or flexible element which flexes to engage said recess above said lower periphery of said sculptured hair design of said head, and, fixedly attached to said element, coiffured strands of artificial hair.

2. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claim 1, wherein said integrally formed ring positioned in one of said open ends of said article simulating an article of lower body clothing has an oval configuration.

3. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claim 2, wherein said body of said doll has at least one protrusion above its waist which functions as a stop for said integrally formed ring when said ring engages said waist to removeably attach said article simulating an article of lower body clothing to said body of said doll.

4. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claim 1, wherein said integrally formed ring positioned in one of said open ends of said article simulating an article of lower body clothing has a circular configuration with a pair of diametrically opposed, parallel, flat areas on its interior surface.

5. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claim 4, wherein said body of said doll has at least one protrusion above its waist which functions as a stop for said integrally formed ring when said ring engages said article simulating an article of lower body clothing to said body of said doll.

6. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, further comprising at least one semi-rigid or flexible article simulating an article of upper body clothing, said article having a pair of parallel, U-shaped elements which flex to engage the shoulders of said body of said doll to removeably attach said article to said body of said doll.

7. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, further comprising at least one semi-rigid or flexible article simulating an article of upper body clothing, said article having a pair of parallel, U-shaped elements which flex to engage the shoulders of said body of said doll to removeably attach said article to said body of said doll, and wherein the back of said head of said doll has a sloped configuration to permit attachment of said article simulating an article of upper body clothing to said body of said doll from the rear thereof.

8. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein said article simulating an article of lower body clothing has fabric attached thereto to simulate the texture of textile clothing.

9. A fashion and hairstyle doll play set as recited in claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein said article simulating both an article of headgear and coiffured natural hair has fabric attached to its semi-rigid or flexible element to simulate the texture of textile headgear.


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Inventors: Fogarty, Edward A. (3513 School Ave., Sarasota, FL, 33579)
Fogarty, Bonnie R. (3513 School Ave., Sarasota, FL, 33579)

Application Number: 06/377608
Filing Date: 1982-05-13
Publication_date: 1983-11-15
Assignee: Fogarty, Edward A.
Fogarty, Bonnie Rose

Primary Class(es): 446/98 46/172
Other Classes: A63H3/44; A63H3/52; A63H3/00; A63H3/00
US Patent Ref:

1255677	February, 1918	Wilt	46/157
2820326	January, 1956	Cohn et al.	46/172	Wigged doll head
2944368	July, 1960	O'Brien et al.	46/22	Toy doll structures
3073059	August, 1958	Doyle et al.	46/157	Paper doll construction
3205614	September, 1965	Brosk	46/116	Combined garment hanger, holder, doll and book
3225489	August, 1962	Ryan	46/172	Doll head and replaceable hairdo construction
3313044	April, 1967	Glass et al.	434/396	Design kit
3419993	January, 1969	Rodgers	46/22	Doll having a plurality of changeable ethnic features
3464146	March, 1967	McCurdy	46/22	DOLL WITH ROTATABLE HEAD HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE FRONT AND BACK PARTS
3668805	June, 1972	Coleman	46/157	FLAT DOLL
3782027	January, 1974	Goldfarb et al.	46/22	DOLL DRESS UP SET
3874113	April, 1975	Beck	46/161	Doll wherein head connects to a support member, thereby locking on body and limbs
4227340	October, 1980	Goldfarb et al.	46/157	Play set
4319424	March, 1982	Goldfarb et al.	46/116	Play house apparatus

Other Refs: FR1506324

November, 1967

46/22

Primary Examiner: Shay, Barry F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Reese II, Benjamin P.