US1429789A - Toy - Google Patents

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W.JC. STANKE.

A TOY. APPLICATIO'N FILED OCT.

Patented Se l NVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept., i9, 1922.

WILLIAM C. STANKE, 0F HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

v TOY.

Appiieanon inea-ombre: i929. `serial No. mense.

To LEZ Whom t may concern.'

le it known that l, VILLIAM C. STANKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at liicboken. in the county of Hudson and tate of Nev-f Jersey, have invented new and useful improvements in Toys, of whiclrthe felloiving is a specification.

This inventionrelates to toys, and one of the principal objects is to provide a toy which shall be both interesting to a child and a patriotic inspiration. v

Another object is to produce a toy battleship which when moved across the floor will give a life-like imitation of a ship riding up and down the waves.

Another obj ect is to provide means whereby the figure of the ship may be advanced more rapidly whenv apparently riding down a wave than when it appears to be riding up.

/Vith these and incidental objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter described and claimed, and fully illustrated in the accompanying` drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my iinproved toy, showing the foremost position in full lines.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the device on line 2 2, Figure 1, with the boat gure made from a piece of board or other flat material.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the boat figure as shaped up into proper relative thickness.

Figure e is a side elevation, showing several of the toys hitched together in squadron formation.

Figure 5 is a detail of the securing means for the fulcrum pin.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in all views.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 represents box-like structure having depending' sides 11 to cover the greater portion of the wheels, and preferably painted to simulate water. The box is also provided with a top portion 12 having a longitudinal aperture 13 therein. Depending from member 12 are supports 14 which have at their lower ends bearings for front and rear shafts 15 and 16, the rear shaft 16 being formed with cranks 17 and a crank pin 18 At opposite ends, shafts 15 and 16 carry wheels 19 projecting slightly below sides 11. i

A boat figure or form is shown at 2O and may be made either; flat as shown in Figure 2. or shaped as shown in Figure i3, and in either case is provided on its under side with a notch or cut away portion 21 extending in front and rear of the middle of the boat. lt is, of course, understood that the boat iigure may be made to simulate a battleship, cruiser, torpedo-boat or anything of the like nat-ure according to the desire of the maker.

The stern of the boat 20 is mounted upon the crank pin 1 8 so as to be given a rotary motion upon the revolving of the rear wheels. A pin 22 is secured to the under side of member 12 and crosswise of aperture 13, and is held in place by thin metal strips 23. This pin 22 passes through the notch 21 and a thin strip 211 passes lengthwise of notch 21 and is secured to the bottom of the boat so as to prevent disassociation ofsaid pin and notch.

Pieces of quarter-round 25 are formed to simulate waves, and are suitably painted, said pieces being mounted on the members l2.

If desired a series of toys may be secured together by U-shaped coupling hooks 25, the opposite ends of which are inserted into apertures in adjacent ends of contiguous boxes 10. If it is desired to connect the boats beside each other or in staggered relation, the couplings should be inserted in the end of one box and the side of the adjacent one.

In operation, the toy is drawn along the floor and the rear wheels will cause the crank shaft 16 to effect a forward and backward movement of the boat ligure and also, the lboat will rock about pin 22 so as to give an up and down movement. A boat at sea rides down a wave more rapidly than it mounts a wave and this effect is produced in the toy by the fact that the downward and forward movement of the prow of the boat ligure 2O accompanies the forward move ment of the entire toy along the floor, whereas the upward movement of the prow is accompanied by a rearward movement of the boat figure in the 'frame 10, so that the forward movement of the figure 20 is equal to the distance traversed by the wheels less the distance the figure l0 is moved rearwardly by the crank shaft.

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l Particular emphasis is laid upon the fact that this toy tends to arouse patriotic interest in our Navy in the minds of the children using the same. While I have described what I `deem to be themost desirable embodiment of my invention it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any vway departing from the spirit of my invention; and I therefore do not limit myself to theexact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the Whole of my invention limited only by the appended claims. WVhat is claimed vas new is v Y f l.. In a device of the class described, the

. combination of a box-like frame having an aperture therein, a pin extending crosswise of said aperture, a boat figure provided with a cutaway portion for (3o-action with said pin, wave-simulating members mounted adjacent to said aperture, means ,"for securing said pin and ligure in co-operative relationship, .wheels upon whichsaid vframe is supported, and a crank shaft .operable by certain of said wheels and secured to said figure.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a framework, wheels upon which said framework is' supported, a crank shaft operable by certain of said wheels, a pin stationarily mounted on vsaid. frame work, and a lboat figure secured slidably on irstsaid means to elfect sl'idingand-rocking movements ofv said body.

In testimony wlie'reofI hai'fey my signature.

WILLIAM'C. STANKE. i

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