![]() Patent D56,149 for a generic male doll in 1920. Patent D47,789 in 1915 for the design of what became the Raggedy Ann doll, Gruelle patented his design U.S. ![]() In addition to his patent application U.S. Two years after the publication of the first Raggedy Ann book, Gruelle introduced Raggedy Ann's brother, Raggedy Andy, in Raggedy Andy Stories (1920). The book's first edition also included Gruelle's own version of the doll's origins and the related stories. Volland Company, was the first in a series of books about his cloth doll character and her friends. Raggedy Ann Stories (1918), written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle and published by the P. Patent Office registered Gruelle's trademark application (107328) for the Raggedy Ann name on November 23, 1915. (Riley was a well-known Hoosier poet and a Gruelle family friend and neighbor from the years when they resided in Indianapolis.) The U.S. On June 17, 1915, shortly after submitting his patent application for the doll's design, Johnny Gruelle applied for a registered trademark for the Raggedy Ann name, which he created by combining words from two of James Whitcomb Riley poems, "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie".
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