US1030437A - Toy. - Google Patents

Description

E. TURNER.

TOY. APPLICATION rum) PEB.14,1912.

1,030,437, Patented June 25, 1912.

um/M207 EMORY TURNER, OF PEACE DALE, RHODE ISLAND.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1912.

Application filed February 14, 1912. Serial No. 677,479.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY TURNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peace Dale, in the county of l/Vashington and. State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in toys and my object is to provide a device which is apparently a puzzle but which in reality is a deception and merely a toy adapted to afford considerable amusement to the owner at the expense of others.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a device which is extremely simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and one which will effectively carry out the purpose for which the same is designed.

W ith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrange ment of parts as will be hereinafter more PZLI'tlCUJtllly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough showing in dotted lines the position of the parts of the device when effectively operated.

In describing myinvention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 1 indicates a block or body member of any suitable size and shape, 1i referablyrectangular, which block or body member has one face thereof provided with a pair of longitudinally alining sockets or cavities 2.

Extending longitudinally through the member 1 from the ends thereof and communicating with the sockets 2 therein are the restricted channels 8 through which are slidably disposed the pointed or sharpened pins These pins 4 havingthe inner ends thereof provided with heads are of such a length as to project beyond the ends of the member 1 when said heads abut the walls of the cavities in which the channels terminate, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and engaged with these pins at the headed ends thereof are the ends of a flexible connection 5, such as a cord or the like. This flexible connection is looped about and engaged, intermediate of its ends, with the head of an eye bolt 6 which is secured in engagement with the face of the body member between the sockets or cavities 2 therein. The reaches of the flexible connection 5 between the member 6 and the free ends of the same are engaged with the rings 7 whereby it will be seen that as said rings are drawn outwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the pins 4: will be caused to slide outwardly in the channels 3 to cause the outer pointed ends of the same to project beyond the ends of the body member 1.

The device is supposed to appear as a puzzle, the object of which is to remove the rings 7 from the flexible connection 5, it being of course understood that the pins 4 are normally disposed in their withdrawn positions as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. In an attempt to remove the rings 7 from the device, the owner thereof will ask a second party to hold the member 1 between his two thumbs, at. the same time disposing the openings or cavities 2 therein downwardly, whereupon a drawing of the rings outwardly, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, will cause the pointed ends of the pins 4 to prick the fingers of the holder, thereby affording considerable amusement to the bystanders.

As stated, in applying the device to use, the cavities 2 of the block 1 are disposed downwardly so that the holder of the latterwill not observe said cavities to suspect a joke and while in the drawing I have shown cavities of a fairly large size, the same may be reduced in size, if desired. In this con nection, it can be stated that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sac1'i icing any of the principles of the invention.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and eflicient toy for affording considerable amusement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A toy comprising'a holder having a pair of sockets therein and also provided with longitudinal channels extending from the ends of the holder to the sockets, pins slidably mounted in said channels and adapted to project beyond the ends of the holder, and a flexible connection carried by the holder and having the ends thereof engaged with the inner ends of said pins.

2. A toy comprising a holder having a pair of sockets in one face thereof, and also provided with a pair of longitudinal channels extending from the ends of the device to said sockets, pins slidably mounted in said channels and adapted to project'beyond the ends of said holder, an eye secured to the holder between said sockets, a flexible connection looped aboutsaid eye and having the free ends thereof engaged with the inner ends of said pins, and ring members slidably engaged with the flexible connection between the eye and the free ends thereof to operate said pins.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EMORY TURNER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN J. 'OBRIEN, WVILLIAM T. STEDMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

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