US1425869A - Toy - Google Patents

Description

HDR. LARSEN.

TOY. APPLICATION FILED MAYS, |921- Patented Aug. 15, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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application inea may a, 1921.Y ,serial no. teaser, i

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Howano E. Lansnn,

a citizen of the United State-s, andresident' of Milwaukee, in the county of `Milwaulree and State of Wisconsim have invented'certainnew and useful Improvementsfii'i Toys; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact vdescription thereof.l

The invention relates 4to improvements in toys generally andmore particularly a. type of the same adapted for the amusement one wherein the figured portion of the same'y is arranged to have a reciprocatory movement imparted thereto through the medium o-f a simple actuating means, whereby to greatly add to the amusement features to be obtained in the mere viewingy of its comical or fanciful configuration.

With the foregoing and other objects in` view, the invention resides in the certain novel and useful construction and arrangement as will be hereinafter more fully described, as set forth in the appended claims,

and illustrated in the accompanying'drawing, in which Figure'l is a side elevation, partly in section, of the preferred form and conguratio of the toy, and

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2--2 of kFigure 1.

Beferring'to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates a. body portion or member, preferably formed of a. suitable length of tubular wooden or metal stock open at both of its ends, and constituting the handle of the toy. Movable vertically of the body or handle 10 is a rod 11 upon the upper end of which is secured a supporting plate 12 having an intermediate portion normally resting in flat contacting relation on the upper end of the body or handle. The plate 12 is l preferably of sheet metal and is pro-vided with a forwardly and downwardly curved portion 18 and a rearwardly and upwardly inclined or angularly Vdisposed portion 14,'

of theh'ead-portion 151iA 13, of the plate '12,fwh'ile the frearpo of the latter, extendsupava thef head portion after 'fthe' i,

which portions arexsliapedtoi-"characterise the breast j and 'collarportions, respectively, f

of a fanciful` costume, Y such 'is lusually worn' by "circus'clowns liiounted onand 60 suitably secured to the intermediate portion of the' plate 1Qfis a head portion 15 which may be of any desired configuration, suchas` characterizes a clowns head, andv-"risingf fromthey upper `portion of thehead portion 15 is a body portion' lih'aving the form'ef al clowns usual head-"gear or carp. The face t l A y osed ina-plane immediately' abovethe ,centerv of the p 'rtion 'nil-4; l70 ,r-iearfof f ialvv m'anner off the collarportion of aclownscostume.

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portionsl'and'jla,ofthe supporting,platej` Y' n 12,' the head portion15,r and 'the khead-gear` or cap body arefto be suitably` coloredor i painted in conformity,withthe usual colors y, i used inthe maire-up Iof a clown, or to otherwise characterize any; ofthe well'known iig-f ures of mythical orlnstorical .,origin." l

`For impa'r-,ing'f'avv vertical.A reciprocatory =movement to the'rod 11,4a flexible actuatingvl medium 17, such a suitable length of cord or thelike, is provided, and the samel is trained over a supporting elementlor' pin 18 extending transversely of the upperlend` portion of the bodyor handle 10 to one sider of the center of the-boreA of thetubeto g ,jivey y clearance for thefree movement ofthe rod past the same, one end of the flexibleIne- 90'` diurn 17 being secured, as at 19, tothe' lower end ofthe rod 11, and the other end thereof depending free of thelower openl end of the body or handle 10 andbarrying ,av finger" piece or ring 2O at its extremity. L

. In the manipulation of the toy thus provided, the rod 11, with the attached character portions, is to be projected upwardly ofl the body or handle y10 by the pulling of the freel depending` end ofthe flexible medium or cord 17 in a downward direction withone hand, while the body or handle is firmly 'y so f l parts thereof may he resorted to without departing from the Spirit oi the invention or from the scope of the appended claims.

Ha-Vlno' thus full described the invention u t., n L 9 what is claimed is l. A to f coinorisinp a tubular handle `nor- .J l D l tion, a rod movable in the handle portion` a head ortion havino a fanciful Conouration p b Y, carried at one end of said rod, and means for lmparting` a reoiprooatory movement to saidrod. l f

2. A to f oom arising-a tubular' handle yorn 1am. yl tion a rod movaloie within the handle 3orv l tion, a head portion having a 'ancirul confiouration Carried at one end of said rod a l -1 a and means extending within said handle portionA for imparting reeiproeatory 4Inove- Inent to saidrod.

A toy Comprising a tubular handle portion7 arod, a head portion'having a fanciful eonguration carried at one'end of. said rod and Supporting the same within said handleportion and means extending' within the Said yhandle portion for projecting said rod outwardly of one end thereof.'

4C. A toy comprising a tubular, handle portion, a. rod, a head portion *having a: .fanciupper endA of said handle portion7 a pin eX- tending` traneyersely of the upper end of Said handle portion to one side of said rod, and a flexible cord extending' inwardly of the lower end of said handle portion and having one end trained over said pin and conneoting the lower end of Said rod, the other lend of said flexible cord dependingv free from the lower end of said handle portion and adapted to he manipulated in a manner to project said rod upwardly of the latter.

ln testimony that Claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand vat Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of liseonsin.

HOWARD R. LARSEN.

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