US1299430A

US1299430A - Toy.

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Publication number: US1299430A
Application number: US23412018A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur V Da Costa
Original assignee: INSEL Co
Current assignee: INSEL Co
Priority date: 1918-05-13
Filing date: 1918-05-13
Publication date: 1919-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 1936-04-08

Description

A. V. DA COSTA.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, I916.

1 ,299,430. Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

l/Vl/E/VTUR 46.; BY

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- An'rrnm v. DA cosrA, or AnLINGroN, NEW JEEsEY, ASSIGNOR r0 THE INsEL COMPANY, 015 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 01 NEW JERSEY.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed May 18, 1918. Serial No. 234,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR V. DA Cos'rA,

a citizen of the United States, and a residentv that is made entirely, or substantially entirely, of celluloid.

The invention particularly relates to a rattle which is used by small children and an object of the invention is to provide a construction that will withstand rough usagei and bulbous member may bemade of other materlals. According to a more intense asthat will be light and will not injure smal children even though it is used by them in a rough manner, and fu'rthe ore to so construct the toy in such a ma er that it will not damage furniture even though the toy is hammered and banged by the child against the furniture.

Another object of the invention is to construct the toy in such a manner that it will fascinate the child or hold its attention due to the peculiar characteristics and move ments of the members Which together make up the rattle.

Thisdesired eflect is enabled to be realized by securing 'a hollow bulbous member containing a loose member or loose members to the free end of a spring or flexible spiral member whereby. a series of quick springy movements can be imparted ,to the bulb at the free end of the spring. The spring as well as the bulbous member just referred to is preferably made of celluloid although it will be understoodthat according ,to the broader aspect of the invention the spiral pectof the invention, however, the sprlng is of celluloid, the bulb is of celluloid, and

in fact all portions of the'toy are of celluloid with the possible exception pf thepieces or members that may be located within the bulbous member or members, if there are more than one, for the purpose of producing the desired noise 'efie'cts.

The'in'vention is directed to theieatures of construction abovereferred to as well as to other features, all of which features are hereinafter fully described and clearly set forth.

As illustrating certain specific embodi-= ments of the invention, reference is made Fig. 2. is a sectional view taken as on theplane indicated by the

line

2, 2 1n F1% 1. roken F 1g. 3 is a view of a toy, partially away. In the toy shown in Fig. 3 there is a handle member in the form of a hollow ring, a hollow bulbous member, and a spring connecting the handle member and the. hollow bulbous member. This toy is also constructed so that it canbe made substantially entirely of'celluloid.

Fig. 4 is a toy, in the form of a manikm, comprising a body portion to which members resembling a head, hands and feet are connected by celluloid spirals.

Fig. 5 is a view, partially broken away, of another form of toy. In Fig. 5 there is shown a hollow member in the form-of a bell-shaped member containing therein a noise producing member such as a small brass bell. In this figure there is also shown a hollow bulbous member serving as a hand-engaging member or handle, and a spiral spring connecting the hollow bulbous member and the hollow bell-shaped member. The several toys will now be described in detail.

The toy'shown in Fig. 1 has the large hollow bulbous member.1 which is in eflec't a modified sphere approaching a hollow ellipsoid-a small hollow spherical bulbous member 2,. 'and'the spiral member 3 'of'celluloid.

' The bulbous members are made of two parts.

and 8 and have a joint at 9, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. cThe hollow bulbous members made in the manner just described provide a strongconstruction and one which withstands the rough usage to which toys of this class are subjected, as by the child hammering or banging the toys against solid or hard objects. The spiral member 3 may be referred to as a spiral spring member of celluloid and the opposite ends of the spiral are firmly cemented to the bulbs. The bulb 2 may be referred to as the hand-engaging member, while the bulb 1 may be of small members or hard pieces ,that rattle or shake about within the hollow bulbous members to produce the desired noise effects for attractingand holding the attention of the child. 'These noise producing means 10 and 11 may be in the form ofsmall metallic objects, but with this exception all of. the rest of the toy is preferably of celluloid.

- The toy shown in Fig. 3 is similar'ln its construction to the toy shown in Fig. 1*withthe exception that in Fig. 3 a hollow ring 12 is provided as the hand-engaging member or handle and this hollow mug is. secured to one end of the celluloid spiral 13 by the connection 14; comprising the 100 15 and the hollow spacer 16, thelatter 0 which is cemented to the lower end fthe spiral 13. The bulbous member 1 at the upper end of the toy is hollow and contains suitable noise producing means. 1

The manikin shown in Fig. 4 comprises a hollow bulbous body member 17, a hollow bulbous head member 18, miniature hands19 and feet 20, and the

springs

21, 22 and.23 which respectively connect the head, hands and feet to the body portion 17 The parts constituting the manikin are of course properly secured to each other, as by cement, and all the several parts that are secured to the body portion have a substantial movement relative to the body portion due to the springs or spiral connections described.

Suitable noise producing means can be inserted within the bulbous body portion 17, the bulbous head portion 18 or even in the hand portions 19 or the foot portions 29.

In Fig. 5 there is shown a toy in the formof a bell and rattle, and this toy'comprises a hollow hand-engaging bulb 24, a bellshaped member 25, and a spiral 26 that connects the hand bulb 24 to the bell portion 25. The bell portion 25 has 'a diaphragm or closing plate 27 at the lower portion thereof so as to retain in the bell-shaped member 25 a small brass bell as 28, which serves as a noise producing member within the hollow bell portion 25. Should the child hold the scribed are made of celluloid as previously indicated. The spiral members connecting the several parts may be referred to as spiral celluloid springs that permit a rapid swinging or vibrating of the bulbs located at the freeend of'the spring when slight changes of force are applied at the hand-engaging portion of the toy for the purpose of efi'ecting this movement. It will be manifest, however, that the invention in its broadest aspect'is not limited to the employment of celluloid as the principal material although in the more specific aspect of the invention celluloid is the material that is used. The spiral member herein described may be re "ferred to as, and in fact is, a flexible member made from a rod wound in the form of a spiral. It is also manifest that the invention can be embodied in various forms and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

What I claim is:

1. A childs toy, in the form of a rattle, comprising in, combination aspiral spring of eelluloidma-terial, a handle connected to said spring at one end thereof and a hollow bulbous member-.containing a loose member or loose members, which bulbous member is connected to the spring at the otherv end thereof.

2. A childs toy, comprising in comblnation a hand member, a swlnging bulbous rattle member containing a movable member or movable members, and a spiral sprlng member connecting the handsmember and the swinging. bulbous rattle member.

'3. A childs toy, comprising in Comb1nation a hollow bulbous member of celluloid containing loose pieces or members, a hand member of celluloid, and a fiexlble celluloid member formed of a celluloid rod wound in the form of a spiral and havmg one end of the spiral connected'tothe hand member and the other end of the spiral connectd to the bulbous member." 1

4. A childs toy, comprising spaced hollow bulbousmembers, each of celluloid, that areconnected to each other by a celluloid spiral, one end of which spiral is connected to one of the bulbous members and the other end thereof is connected to the other of the bulbous members.

' 5. A toy, comprising in combination aholi f low bulbous membercontaining thereinnoise producing, means and a celluloid s iral to- This specification signed and witnessed wlaiclkthg llallbous'member is secure b this 11th day of May, A. D. 1918.

c i s toy, comprising in com ination a hollow member containing a noise pro- ARTHUR DA A 5 ducing member and a spiral member to one Signed in the presence of end of which spiral member the hollow mem- EVABTS G. Looms, her is secured. JOHN S. HANcooK.