Toy Doll with Insertable Simulated Teeth

Abstract

A toy doll with insertable teeth comprising: a toy doll figure, a pouch or compartment built into the doll to hold a child's real primary tooth until it is removed by the imaginary “tooth fairy” (understood to be an adult), specially-formed jaw pieces (upper and lower) with receptacles to receive simulated teeth, and specially-formed simulated teeth pieces that include a mechanical faster to allow for the one-time insertion of each tooth into the jaw pieces. The toy doll can be used with an evolving story media, that provides an imaginative and tangible conclusion to the “tooth fairy” tradition via a tangible physical representation that a child has given their expelled real primary teeth to the toy doll.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A toy doll with insertable teeth, comprising:
 a toy doll with a mouth section;   one or more simulated jaw pieces located in the mouth section of the toy doll, each jaw piece comprising an exposed upper side and a unexposed lower side;   a plurality of receptacles located on the exposed upper side of the simulated jaw pieces, for receiving simulated teeth;   a plurality of simulated teeth, each tooth comprising an exposed upper side and a unexposed lower side where the teeth are fastened to the receptacles of the simulated jaw pieces;   means for fastening said simulated teeth to said receptacles located on the exposed upper side of the simulated jaw pieces;   whereby the simulated teeth can be individually inserted and fastened to the simulated jaw pieces in the individual order in a child loses his or her teeth.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a tooth pouch located in the the doll's mouth, which is a small cloth pocket, sewn closed on all sides, except for the front side, which faces the front of the doll with a cloth flap that covers the opening. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising an audio device located inside of the doll, the audio device comprising a speaker, microphone, circuit board and battery which, can record and playback pre-recorded or personalized audio clips. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising sensors located in said simulated jaw pieces that can detect when a simulated tooth is inserted into said receptacles, said sensors connected to said audio device, whereby when a simulated tooth is inserted into the receptacle, an audio recording is automatically played. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said means jaw pieces further comprise small holes molded into the jaw pieces to accommodate stitching the jaw pieces into the mouth of the toy doll. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said means for fastening the simulated teeth to the receptacles are rectangular holes which protrude through the thickness of the jaw pieces and a split-peg fastener located on the unexposed lower side of said simulated teeth whereby when the split-peg fastener is fully inserted into the receptacles, barbs at the ends of the split peg fastener will be seated against the backside of the unexposed lower side of the jaw piece. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said simulated teeth are designed to resemble the various shapes of human teeth comprising central incisors, lateral incisors, cuspids, bicuspids, first molars, and second molars. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein each jaw piece comprises 10 said receptacles for simulated teeth.