ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,775, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to MGA ZAPF CREATION GMBH (Rodental, Germany).
"Didactic eye activation system for a doll" was invented by Markus Giernoth (Neustadt bei Coburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is a system (10) for actuating eyes (12a, 12b) of a doll (14). The system has a support structure (16) with a recess portion (18) for receiving a plug-in element (20) along an insertion axis (E). The recess portion extends at least to an intake opening (22) of the doll. A pivot structure (24) pivots about an axis(S) to actuate the eyes, at least depending on a pivoting position of the doll. An eye actu...