US1276769A - Trundle toy. - Google Patents

Description

Ar J. HUNT.

TRUNDLE TOY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. e. 1911.

Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

llllllllllllllllll ATTORNEY AR UR. J. HUNT, or ALTODNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

' 'ITtt'U'NDLIEl TOY Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed man 8, 1917. Serial No. 147,418.

and simultaneously actuated during the' trundling of the toy.

\Vith the above and other objects in view,

my invention consists of the details of construction, arrangement and proportion of parts as will be hereinafter more fully referred to and described in the followlng specification and particularly pointed out in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 1s a view 111 side elevation,

Fig. 2 is a similar view, the figure supporting frames, however, being shown as moved from the position illustrated in Fig. 1, and r Fig. 3 is a top plan view, illustrating the manner in which the figure-support is disposed relative to the staff means and the manner in which motion is transmitted to the same;

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a staff having suitable handle means 2 provided at its outer end and supported at its other end 3 by suitable wheel-means 4 mounted to revolve freely about its axle 5. Positioned at suitable places along the stafi 1 are the.

figure-supporting members 6 and 7. Any suitable design or character formed of any suitable material may be supported'in various positions upon these members 6 and 7 and upon being moved will present a ludicrous and amusing effect. The choice of characters and their various positions upon the moving support may be of course be determined upon by the manufacturer and resorted to in order to produce such effects as will add to the amusement and popularity of the device.

' In the present instance, the members 6 are disposed to extend transversely of the staff 1 in a vertical position, being pivoted at 9 intermediate the ends to the staif 1. There may be one or more of these vertically disposed members 6 and they may be in substantially close formation or spaced to some extent from each other, as occasion may require. Extending horizontally of the ends of the members 6 and 7 and adapted to be pivotally associated therewith are the supporting bars 7 Upon movement of the members 6 in either direction, the bars 7 are correspondingly moved and brought nearer to the staff 1 either in the direction of the wheel-means 4 as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings or projecting rearwardly in the. direction of the handle, depending upon the movement of the connecting rod or pitman 8. The pitman 8 transmits motion from the wheel-means 4 to the supporting members 6 and 7, being fastened for this purpose to one of the vertical members 6 at a point laterally of its pivot 9. The other end of the pitman is loosely connected to a stud 1O projecting from the side of the wheel-means 4 and in proximity to the axle 5. Upon movement of the wheel 4 the pitman 5 will be reciprocated, transmitting similar motion to the members 6 and 7 so that characters or figures supported thereon will be caused to move as if animated.

From the above, it will be seen that by merely grasping the handle 2 of the device and pushing the staff 1, the wheel-means 4 will cause the figures thereon to move back Patented Aug'.'27, 1918.

means connected to one of said vertical supports and operated by said Wheeled-means ends of the vertical 1su-pports,;a; figure; positioned on the upper horizontal cross piece,

and a figure positioned on the loweri jhoriei;

zontal cross piece, so that when the device 10 is in operation the figures Will be moved to- Ward each other.

Intestirnony whereof I :afiix any signature in presence of-two Witnesses.

ARTHUR J. HUNT.

W fi e s w LEVIR KELLEY,

' G. S. HARKNESS.

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