US1061637A

US1061637A - Building-blocks for toy castles.

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Publication number: US1061637A
Application number: US69314712A
Authority: US
Inventors: Otto C Schwarz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-04-25
Filing date: 1912-04-25
Publication date: 1913-05-13
Anticipated expiration: 1930-05-13

Description

O. G. SGHWARZ.

BUILDING BLOG'KS FOR TOY CASTLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, m2.

1,061,637., Patented May 13,1913.

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BUILDING BLOCKS FOR TOY CASTLES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 25, 1912.

3,061,837.. Patented May 1913.

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BUILDING BLOCKS FOR TOY GASTLES.

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BUILDING-BLOCKS FOR TOY CASTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1912. Serial No. 693,147.

Patented May 13, 1913.

, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a series of novel building blocks, so constructed and arranged as to be capable of being placed together to represent a feudal castle,a building,a bridge or other structure, and the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the parts hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. I

The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel construction of blocks of th1s character so arranged that they may be assembled to produce a structure of massive and pleasing effect and of various contours and outlines, with the individual parts thereof so constructed that they may be packed for shipment or storage in small compass when disassembled.

In the drawings ;--Figure 1 is a perspective View of a toy castle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the larger towers. Fig. 3 is detail vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse sec-' tion of the tower. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of the top piece or cornice of the tower. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a unit or section of the wall. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one half of the gate-way piece,

or unit. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section, indi cated on the line 88 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the parts of the sectional base of the tower. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of one of the members of the multi-part column base.

In the drawings I have shown one form of structure in which my invention can be em-' bodied, to wit, a feudal castle but it will be understood that the same may be embodied in other structures, as for instance,'buildings, bridges and the like and that certain of the architectural contours will be varied in the different embodiments of the invention.

The wall of the castle or inclosure coma prises as its salient parts the towers 10 and 11 (the latter shown as constitutin corner towers and made of less height tian the former, which occupies a middle portion of the wall), wall units 12 and 13, wall and

corner posts

14, 15, (the former being arranged principally in the line of the wall and the inner angles of the walls, and the latter at the outer angles or corners of the walls) and a gate-way piece or unit 16 having an arched way therethrough.

The tower 10 is shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 5, both inclusive. It is herein shown as made of rectangular cross section, and comprises four

panels

18, 18, made of thin stock, preferably of cross-grained veneer,

fourcorner posts

19, 19, a top piece 20 and a base designated as a whole by 21. Each corner post 19 is longitudinally grooved on two of its adjacent sides to receive the side margins of the panels 18, as indicated in Fig. 4; said panels fitting in said grooves with a fairly loose fit to hold them in assembled relation while permitting the parts to be readily assembled and dismounted. While the cross section of the tower is shown as rectangular, it may assume other cross sections, as for instance, circular. The top piece 20 comprises an open frame consisting of

members

22, 22 and a horizontal plate or member 23, the whole being glued or otherwise rigidly fastened together. The exterior and top portions of the members of the top piece may be treated to produce any conventional or desired architectural contour. The side members 22 of the top piece are recessed or cut away at their corners, as indicated at 24, to constitute notches to set down over the corner posts 19 of the tower to thus produce an interlocking connection between the top piece and the posts and panels. The panels fit at their tops within the side faces of the thickened portions of the side members 22 ofthe top piece. The interlocking connection of the top piece with the corner posts and panels, as described, strengthens the tower, as a whole, so as to enable it to be readily handled, as a unit without danger of collapsing.

The base 21 of the tower may be made in a manner generally similar to the top piece 20. I prefer, however, to make said base of a

pluralityof sections

25, 25 and 26. The shape of the former is shown in Fig. 9, it comprising a narrow solid portion having at one side the flange27 and at its end the panel 35.

flanges

28, 28. The flanges 27 are recessed at.

29 to constitute recesses to interlock the base member with the corner posts 19 of the tower. The intermediate members 26 extend across the base of the tower and are provided at their ends with the upturned flanges 30 to overlap the lower ends of the tower panels, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The corner towers 11 are made like the larger or central tower 10 with respect to the corner posts, panels and top pieces, all of which bear reference numerals similar to the larger tower. Preferably however, the corner towers are not provided with bases, but rest with their posts and panels directly on the supporting surface.

The wall sections or units 12, one of which is shown in Fig. 6, each comprise a panel 32, a wide base 33 and a narrowertop piece 34. The said base is grooved at its upper side or margin, and the top piece is grooved' at its lower side or margin to receive the lower and upper marginal portions, respectively, of the panel 32;the said panel margins fitting sufiiciently tight in the base and top piece grooves to retain the parts in assembled relation, while permitting them to be readily dismembered. It will be observed that the terminal pieces, bases and top pieces 33, 34, are disconnected, except for the panels 32, the latter constituting the sole conmotion between the terminal pieces.

The gate-way piece or unit 16 comprises a wide panel 35 provided with an arched opening 36, two

bases

37, 37 at the sides of said opening, which are grooved at their up.

per side margins to receive the lower margins of the legs of the panel 35, and the top piece 38 which is also grooved on its under side to engage over the top margin of the The said top piece 38-may be finished according to a conventional or preferred architectural design, it being herein shown as of general triangular cross section, with its base grooved to fit over the panel 35. Between the bases 37 and the top piece 38 of the gate-way section or'unit the side margins of the gate-way panel 35 are inclosed by the grooved finishing strip 39 which gives a finished appearance to the sides of the panels and to the joint between the gate-way piece panel and the adjacent side wall unit or section. The corner posts 15 may likewise be surmounted-by top pieces 40 which are grooved on their under sides to receive the tongues41 in which said corner posts terminate at their upper ends.

The wall sections 13 are of lattice or openwork construction, comprising horizontal and vertical cross bars 43, 44, the latter of which are arranged between and separate the cross bars 43 so as to allow them to fit over the panels 32 of adjacent wall sections as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 1 is shown one form of castle which may be made of the blocks or units heretofore described, and from an ins ection thereof, and of the several pieces il ustrated, it will be apparent that such form may be widely varied to produce different architectural effects and designs of castles from the same set of blocks or pieces.

The purpose of making the base 21 of the tower 10 of sectional form is to permit one of the sections of the base to be removed, as

47 in said panel. The said swinging section may be supported in its downward position, by the chains 48 which are attached to the outer ends of said swinging section and are trained through openings 49 in an inset piece 50 at the top of said opening. Said chains are connected at their. inner ends, within the tower, with a weight 51 which serves, when the hinged portion is swung upwardly, to hold the same in its closed position. The parts just described produce the effect of a draw-bridge. Stops 52 extending across the outer side of the swinging draw-bridge section limit the closing movement thereof.

The bases and top pieces of the towers and wall sections or units, as well as the exposed sides of the tower, corner posts and finishing strips of the gate-way unit may be treated with an exterior finish or coating of a sand or stone mixture to give a stone or concrete finish thereto, or what I term a granite veneer. The wall and tower panels and the gate-way panels may also have a surface finish of any desired character in imitation of masonry and window openings.

While I have shown my invention as embodied in a castle or fortress structure, it will be obvious that the salient features thereof may be embodied in other structures, as buildings, bridges, etc., and also that the architectural details or contours and the manner of arranging the parts in the structure may be varied without departing from the essential features of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. In a toy structure, a tower, comprising grooved post's, panels removably fitted at their margins in the grooves of the posts and a top piece surmounting' the tower, said top piece comprising a surrounding wall which fits down over the tower walls and provided with recesses to receive the upper with a multi-part base comprising outer oposite members, arranged side by side and mterlocking with the walls of the tower, and a separate, removable intermediate member.

3. In a toy structure, a tower comprising side panels and osts connecting the same, one of said ane s being provided with an opening, a raw-bridge section for closing said opening and adapted to swing to a horizontal position, chains for supporting said draw-bridge section in its open position, and a weight within the tower acting on said chains to hold the draw-bridge section in its closed position.

4. In a toy structure, the combination with a tower comprising connect-ed panels and a base, of a wall section comprising a.

base, a top piece and an intermediate panel, said tower base having an opening to receive the wall section base to permit the wall section panel to'fit flush against the tower panel.

5. In a toy structure, the combination with a tower comprising connected panels and a multipart base, of a wall section comprislng a paiiel, a base and a top piece, one of the parts of the base being removable to provide a s ace at the base to permit an adjacent wal section base to fit thereinto, for thepurpose set forth.

6. In a toy structure, a gate-way sectio or unit comprising a panel having an arched opening formed therethrough and extending to the bottom of the panel, bases at the si es of said opening and provided with grooves to releasably receive the lower end margins of the legsof said panel, a top piece removably fitted to the upper margin of said panel and grooved finishing ieces removably fitted to the side mar 'ns 0 said panel between the said bases an top piece.

7. In a toy structure, the combination with wall sections comprising anels, bases and top pieces, of an open wor or latticed wall section comprisin laterally separated side pieces adapted to t in overlapping relation the panels of the adjacent wall sections and intermediate cross pieces fixed to the side pieces.

8. In. a toy structure, a wall section or unit comprising two separate terminal pieces provided at their adjacent edges with grooves and a panel co-extensive in width with the length of the terminal pieces and extending between, and releasably on aging at its edges the grooved portions of t e terminal pieces and constituting the sole connection between said terminal pieces.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix my si ature in the presence of two witnesses, this 19th day of April, A. D. 1912.

OTTO C. SCHWARZ.

Witnesses:

G. E. Downs, W..L. HALL.