US1111216A

US1111216A - Collapsible cut-out toy.

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Publication number: US1111216A
Application number: US79786213A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clifford C Church
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-10-28
Filing date: 1913-10-28
Publication date: 1914-09-22
Anticipated expiration: 1931-09-22

Description

G. G. CHURCH.

GDLLAPSIBLE GUT-OUT TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED 001'. 2a, 1913.

1,1 1 1,216. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

2 SHEETS- 322: 1.

I adapted to be cutout by can be soldalready cut out", folded and set uup, in which form an attractive novelty is fo'all'tohom may concern." Be itaknown that I, CLIFFORDGL.CHURGH,

ourroanc. CHURCH, or (ra sin)v earths, MICICIIGAN.

a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Grand Rapids, Michigan, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Col-- lapsible Cut-Out Toys, of which the'followmg is a specification.

The present invention relates to an proved'collapsible toyhaving the form of a vehicle preferably with horses harnessed thereto. I 'It is designed. to be made of linen, -paper,'cardboard, tin, or other suitablematerial tobe printed, lithographed or otherwise decorated in ,difl erent designs, and the maln parts thereof constructed of. single pieces forming blanks. These blanks. can

be manufactured and soldin' sheet form only provided which can be used as atoy. or serve 7 hide or sleighwithfia team of draftanimals 7 such ashorses, ;oxen,mules' or one or more iolded as indicated; by marks and interlocked in such a manner as to I I and their supporting as a display "article ,for advertising pur poses. I, The invention comprises the provision. of several blanks in sheet form so marked and decorated that they can be out out" and or scoi 'ings present when assembled a vehicle with wheels or sleigh runners."

The invention further comprises the provision of blanks in single sheet -form'or separately so marked and decoratedthat they can be cut out, folded as indicated by the marks thereon, andconnected together by interlocking the various parts, in such a manner as to present when assembled a ve likefigures harnessed thereto.

With these and other objects in View, the

invention consists in'the construction and arrangement ofpa'rtsg more fully setwforth in theIf ollowing specification, illustrated in ithe accompanying drawingsand pointed out in the appended claims! I I In the 'drawings-z- Figurelis a viewrepresenting the blank from which the horses platform are made. Fig.1, '2 is a view representing the blank from the purchaser, or

be followed horses '2 and l 'ooLLAPsIB E our-our TOY. I

which theneck-yoke, collars" and traces of t-he'horses harness" is formed. Fig. 3 is a View representing the blank from which the wagon tongue, wheel axles and body supports are constructed. Fig. 4 is a view rcpresentingthe blankfrom which the .wagon Wheels .and theirfi supporting platform are made: Fig. 51is a vieW'representing a blank from which .the'main body portion of a delivery-wagon, including top, bottom, sides", front and rear portions, are formed. Fig. 6 is a'ilview representing amodified form of blank {from which a piano box buggy and specificationof hetters Patent. Patented Sept, 22, 1914', 1 Application filedtlctober28,19l3. $er ia1No. vezesz.

top is constructed. Fig.7 is a perspective I view showing the various blanks illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 cut out, folded and assembled to present the toy in its complete and finished form. Figs. 8 and 8 illustrate a modification in which the Wheels are connected together and to the body solely through their hub portions; and Fig. 9 illustrates the use of sleigh runners instead of wheels; and Fig. 10 modification.

Referring now to the drawings, wherever a tab is'illustratedon one'member and desa view of a further 'ignated by a reference character, a corresponding sllt or opening is provlded and similarly designated by the same reference character on another member, which latter member is designed to connect with the first mentioned member'when the parts assume their assembled :form'. The dotted lines in every instance indicate a guide to in folding the-blanks, which may be scored or weakened tol -facilitate folding.

In Fig. 1,the horses (shown as representative ofany animals) 2 and 3 areshownconnected to their supporting' basewhich comprises two members A and B integral with each other. In assembling this blank the tion at right angles to the part B is then folded back at the line Qa, through 180 degrees so that A assumes a superimposed position on B. The tab 1 of A is then inserted in the slit 1 of B and the tab 1 of A and tab 1* of B, (portion on right of line 6 6) together bent slightly 3 arefolde'd tofa vertical posiportion A, the

tions projecting between the wheels, as indicated at P, these projecting portions being slitted as at p to engage the edges of the Wheels and thus hold them in vertical .position as shown in Figs. 8 and 8.

i It will be noticed that the platform an axles are made of different width from the body so that the wheels stand clear of the body, thus making the toy more nearly simulate'an actual vehicle. 1

I have referred hereinbefore to the use of runners instead of wheelsv as the means of supporting the body and in Fig. 9 have Instead of using two animals, I may use a single one and a convenient manner of forming this is shown 1n F 1g. 10 1n which a horse 2* is formed by folding the two out out portions a: and m up against each other, the body portions being held; together by a single harness member or yoke y and the leg members being slightly spread, as shown, so that the animal has the appearance of having four distinct legs and is braced thereby.

In this form I prefer to provide the member A with folded over portions A" which prevents undue spreading of the animals legs. I claim as my invention 1. A collapsible toy comprising a plurality of separate scored and printed blanks, provided with interlocking members and adapted to be folded and fitted together, one of said blanks comprising a vehicle body, another comprising vehicle running gear and a supporting base therefor, another comprising the wagon tongue and bolsters, another comprising the draft animals and a supporting base therefor, andstill another comprising a. neck yoke and portions of the harness, substantially as described.

2. A collapsible toy comprising ,a plurality of separate printed blanks provided with tab members, and corresponding slits, said blanks being adapted to be cut, folded and fitted together, one of said blanks being cut and scored to form the vehicle wheels and a supporting base integral therewith, another cut and scored to form the wagon tongue,wheel axles and bolsters,'and adapted to be detachably connected with the first mentioned blank, a third cut and .scored to form the vehicle body and adapted to be detachably secured on said second-mentioned blank, a fourth blank cut and scored to form the draft animals with a supporting base integral therewith, a fifth blank cut and scored in an upright their parts,

draft animals the body supports to form the neck yoke andharness for the form the vehicle bodyand adapted to be detachably secured on said second mentioned blank, a fourth blank cut and scored to form two like figures with a supporting base integral therewith, a fifth blank cut and scored to form a neck yoke, the last mentioned blank being adapted to detachably couple said figures and vehicle tongue together and position by interlocking of substantially as described.

4. A collapsible toy comprising a plurality of separate blanks, provided with tabs and corresponding slits adapted to be cut, folded and fitted together, one of said blanks to form a vehicle body, another comprising two like figures and a supporting base integral therewith, another comprising a harness, and still another comprising an axle, vehicle tongue, bolsters, and fenders or steps, the last mentioned blank adapted to be interlocking with the above mentioned blanks, also forming a support for attaching wheels or runners made from thin material and substantially as described.

5. Atoy ofthe character described, comprising a base blank having the figures of projecting from opposite sides thereof and foldable to vertical parallel position, and, a cut-out harness engaging such animals for holding them in parallel relation.

6. A toy of the character described comprising a figure bearing base blank having a portion doubled upon itself and interlocked at the forward edge, said interlocked portion being inclined upwardly.

7. A toy of the character described, comprising avehicle body of sheet material having slits, body supports of sheet material having slits therein, and a member of sheet material having tabs engaging the slits in and slits in the body for holding said body supports in vertical position and supporting the body therefrom.

8. A toy of the character described comprising a vehicle body of sheet material, runners or wheels constituting body supports,

blank or blanks, another cut and scored to CLIFFORD CHURGH.

and a member of sheet material having vertically turned portions provided with tongues interlocked with said body and said body supports.

9, A toy of the character described comprising a base having an upwardly inclined forward edge, body supporting members integral therewith and extending upwardly herefrom, a vehicle body, and a member TVVitnesses:

BENJ. C. PoR rr z, NETTIE CLARK.

opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byeddressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

' Washington, D. G.