US1367345A - Toy vehicle - Google Patents

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N. HIANDERSON.

TOY VEH ICLE. APPLICATION HLED DEC. 15, 1919.

I Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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UNITED srares' PATENT cri ics.

NILES I-I. ANDERSON, OF NORTH EASTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY VEHICLE.

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Application filed December 15, 1919.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILES H. ANDERSON, citizen of the United States, residing at North Easton, county of Bristol Commonwealth of hilassachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Toy Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy wheeled vehicles and particularly to that type propelled by a direct pushing of the foot. These 11ttle carts or coasters have proved to be a popular and desirable means both of amuse ment and exercise at certain stages in the childs development. The requisites of such an article are that they be sufficiently inexpensive to be available at a reasonable figure for a limited period of use, and that they be strong enough to withstand the rough usage of childhood both indoors and out. It is furthermore highly desirable that they be capable of being packed snugly either for shipment or storage. The problem of making an inexpensive article in. knockdown form and at the same time to have it sufhciently strongto avoid any pos sible accident involves a good many difficulties.

The object of my invention is to provide an article of this type which will meet these requirements. In the form which I have selected as illustrative of my invention, I have shown an embodiment fully meeting these requirements and at the same time possessing various features of advantageancl improvement.

Throughout specification and drawings like reference characters are employed to indicate corresponding parts, and in the drawings: 1 i 9 l t Figure I is a general view of a device in accordance with my invention.

Fig/II a partly sectional view of frame and seat member assembled.

Fig. III a section through the seat memher on theline 3--3, Fig. 2.

Figs. IV and V fragmentary views illus trative of the manner of assembly of frame and seat member. i

Fig. VI a view of the'handlel i Fig. VII a view ofthe wheeled steering post, and

Fig. VIII a detail of an axle screw.

In-the form' shown, I provide a frame member 1 adapted to be disposed in an in- ;clined fore and aft position. This member Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 344,975.

is preferably of flat stock such as a plank from which it may be conveniently shaped.

in its position in the device it is disposed vertically edgewise and has formed on its upper edge intermediate of its ends a seat hearing 2. On its lower rear end it has a transverse bore 3 in which is lodged a wooden axle bearing l on the ends of which are rounded wheels In theends of the axle bearing are set screws consisting of a long threaded shank 6 and a smooth bearing portion 6 and a slotted end 6 for seating the screw in the axle hearing. The portion 6 is transversely bored for acotter-pin 6 At its upper and forward :portion, the frame l is flattened and widened as at 10, the transverse dimension of 10 being Wider than the thickness of the main portion of the frame 1. In this portion 10 is a bearing 9 for the steering post 11. t On the lower end of the steering post 11 is a forked ortion '12 in which is thefron-t wheel 13. ust belowthe flattened forward portion 10 of the frame a reduced and rounded neck portion 8, which, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 is intermediate ofthe seathearing 2 and the flattened end 10. Justbelow this and in the same horizontalplane when assembled as the bearing 2 iSna portion 7 -\Vl1l(3ll 1E5 soshaped as to substantially fill the slot 'li of the scat member 15. The slot 14, in the; seat member 15 is intermediate of the opening 3 in the frame 1.] "This is preferably held in proper secured position bya pint The seat member 15 is then turned at right angles to the framel. andtheflattened end 10 of the frame 1 slipped through the slot 14 as shown in Fig. 4. As soon as the flattened portion 10 has passed through i the slot and the neck 8 is lodged thereln, the seat may be rotated so that its: fore and aft line lies in the same plane as the frame" 1, in which position it may be brought down on a'shoulder 2 where it will'find' afirm b'earingand in which. positionit .wi'llnbe substantially held fby the 1 comparatively snug fit of the .piortionflmwithin th'slota;

Fig. 2, and the portion '7 and slot 14 are made to .fit with corresponding faces 7 and 7 The post 10 is then thrust up through the bearings 16 and 9 and the steering handle 17 pinned on in place on the end of the post.

The handle 17 has a broad flat end bearing 17 lying immediately about its post receiving aperture 17 This lower face 1'7 is set so as to act as a stop against the face 10 inflthe short bevel cut on the end of the flattened portion 10 of the frame and .just outside the bearing 9 so that the end portion is not weakened.

It will therefore be seen that my devicewhile capable of being quickly reduced to substantially flat and easily packed elements, is when assembled a very sturdy structure interlocking in such a way that it may almost be said to be assembled without fastening.

Furthermore the characteristic of the seat and framemembers in addition to providing an interlocking gives a separation to the bearings 9 and 16 so that the post 11 is held in its proper vertical position firmly and evenly against rack and strain which is always thrown on this member of such a device. The fork 12 having a flat 7 upper portion 12 receives the direct thrust and the forward factor of the users weight as. it bears on the seat 15. It will therefore be seen that the rounded portion 8 of the frame which is straddled by the child is conveniently and comfortably adapted to its purpose. It is so disposed as to receive the crotch pressure as the device is propolled by the childs feet and to transmit that pressure both as a pull on the rear wheels and as a push on the front wheel.

Various modifications may obviously be made in details of design, structure and assembly as well as in material and equip ment, all without departing from the spirit of my invention if within the limits of the appended claims.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

-1-. A vehicle of the class described comprising an inclined frame member of flat stocksetverti'cally edgewise and having a horizontal shoulder formed 'on the upper edge thereof intermediate of its ends and having its upper end transversely flattened and a vertical bearing through said fiatt'ened portion; a wheeled axle thrust transf versely through the lower end of said frame fsaii; frame and bearing; said "seat member havin a longitudinal slot between its ends of substantially a cross section of the Hattened bearing end of the frame, and said frame being reduced and rounded below said flattened end of the chamber substantially equal to the depth of the flattened portion of the frame end to permit the frame to be turned after being passed through said seat slot. and a wheeled steering post passed through the vertieal hearing of said frame and seat members. and a steering handle on said steering post 2. A vehicle of the class described lUlllprising an inclined frame member of llat stock set vertically edgewise and ha \ing a horizontal shoulder formed on the upper edge thereof intermediate of its ends and having its upper end transversely flattened and a vertical bearing through said flattened portion. a wheeled axle thrust transversely through the lower end of said frame inember stock, a seat member of flat stock di. posed in a horizontal plane and having a rearward seat at one end and a vertical hearing at the other end and alined with said frame end bearing, said seat member having a longitudinal slot between its ends of substantially a cross section of the flattened bearing end of the frame, and said frame being reduced and rounded below said flattened end of the chamber substantially equal to the depth of the flattened portion of the frame end to permit the frame to be turned after being passed through said seat slot. and a wheeled steering post passed through the vertical bearing of said frame and seat members, said seat member being horizontally beveled on its upper corner adjacent said bearing, and a steering handle on said steering post and having a lower horizontal surface exposed opposite to said beveled portion.

3. A vehicle of the class described eomprising an inclined frame member and having a horizontal shoulder formed on the upper edge thereof intermediate of its ends and a vertical bearing through its forward end, a wheeled axle thrust transversely through the rear end of said frame member. a seat member disposed in a horizontal plane and having a rearward seat portion at one end and a vertical bearing at the other end and alined with said frame end bearing. said seat member having a slot between its ends and embracing said frame, and a wheeled steering post passed through the vertical bearing of said frame and seat members. and a steering handle on said steering post.

4. A vehicle of the class described comprising an inclined frame member and hav- Sll and having a rearward seat portion at one end and a vertical bearing at the other end and alined With said frame and bearing, said seat member havin a slot between its ends and embracing said frame, a wheeled steering post passed through the vertical bearing of said frame and seat members, said seat member being horizontally beveled on its upper corner adjacent said bearing, and a steering handle on said steering post and having a lower horizontal surface exposed opposite to said beveled portion.

5. In a toy vehicle, the combination with a steering post, a rear axle, and a seat member disposed horizontally therebetween, of a centrally disposed frame member crossing said seat member and connecting said post and axle, and havinw on its upper facea horizontally disposed shoulder providing underneath support and bearing for the seat member in rear of the point of crossing of the frame member.

6. In a toy vehicle, the combination With a steering post, a rear axle, and a slotted seat member disposed horizontally therebetween, of a frame member extendin through said slot of the seat member an connecting said post and axle and having a horizontally disposed seat bearing providing underneath support for the seat member in rear of said slot.

7. In a toy vehicle, the combination with a steering post, a rear axle, and a centrally slotted seat member disposed horizontally therebetween, of a centrally disposed member extending through said slot of the seat member and connecting said post and axle and having on its upper face a horizontally disposed shoulder providing underneath support and bearing for the seat member in rear of said slot.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NILES H. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID J. OCONNELL, EDITH G. OCoNNELL.

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