US1437972A

US1437972A - Toy

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Publication number: US1437972A
Application number: US395899A
Authority: US
Inventors: George N Hall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-07-13
Filing date: 1920-07-13
Publication date: 1922-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1939-12-05

Description

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 13. 1920.

1,437,972, Patented Dec. 5,1922.

Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

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Application iuedaui is,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that Gnonen N. HALL, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Council Bluffs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. y

The invention relates to mechanical'toys or toy motion figures, wherein figures of various kinds are used and has for its ob ect to provide a simple mechanical device for operating the figures, causing them to simulate the motions 01 running, bucking, kicking, skating, turning and dancing etc.

A further object is to provide a mechanical toy comprising an upright lever pivoted or hinged near its lower end in a base and normally held in, a vertical position by a spring, and to provide means adapted to cooperate with the lower end of the lever so as to cause the figure carried by the lever to simulate the desired motion.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings described and claimed, it being understood that changesin the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of the lower end of the pivoted lever showing a modified form of operating means.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the pivoted lever showing a further modified form of operating means.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base, and 2 a casing carried thereby. Pivotally mounted on a shaft 3. extending transversely of the chamber of the casing 2 is a vertically disposed lever 4, to the upper end'of which is detachably secured as at 5 a figure of a dog, said figure being designated by the numeral 6. The figure of a dog is shown simply for purposes of illustration and itis to be understood that the figuremay be of various animals, men, etc., for instance, the figure may repre sent a man having pivoted to the body 1920. Serial No. 395,899.

thereof, legs, which legs may have representation of roller skates, so that the figure will simulate skating; ordancing, it being understood that the particular kind of figure and the particular'motion imparted to the same may be varied as desired. -.The lever 4 isfpret'erably held in vertical position by means of a spring'7, which spring has its portion 8 which is coiled, disposed on the shaft 8, one arm of the spring 7 which is designated by the numeral 9 being in engagement with the casing 2, while the other-arm 10 engages the right angled portion 11 of the lever 4. Right angle portion 11 is in a horizontal plane and isiada'pted to be engaged bv lugs 12 carriedby-rotatable disc 13. which disc'is rotatably mounted in the chamber of the casing 2 and is rotated by means of a crank 14.

It will be seen that when the disc 13 is rotated in the direction of the arrow at that the lugs 12 will. intermittently engage the portion 11 of the lever 4, and cause, in combination with the action of the spring 7 an oscillation of the upper end of the lever 4. The figure 6 being carried by the upper end of the lever 4 will also be caused to oscillate, which oscillation will cause its pivoted legs 6 to swing backwardly and forwardly so that the figure will simulate the action of running, bucking, where a horse is used; also kicking where a horse is used. If the figure is that of a skater, a skating action will be simulated; that of a dancer,'a=

dancing action, and a turning action may be also simulated in dancing, if so desired. It has been found that the oscillation when applied vigorously and abruptly, causes the figures with heads,'legs, arms, etc., pivotally attached to very clearly simulate the desired life like motions or movements.

The engagement of the lower end of the pivoted member 4 may be by a pitman arm or lever pivotally connected or otherwise attached at or near the lower end and by either pressing the lever 15, shown in the modified form in Figure 2 or pulling the pitman 16 as shown in Figure 3the desired oscillating rotating reciprocal motion may degrees. Thus the figure has been carried back and forward approximately a distance of 90 to 100 degrees.

The figures representing men, animals, etc., may be constructed of any suitable material, such for instance as fibre, Wood or metal, but preferably of" sheet metal. The

' limbs, heads and other parts to be pivotally or fixedly attached, as will best assist in obtaining the desired motions. The figures may be attached pivot-ally, rigidly or detachably to the upright lever. However, by providing detachable means, carried by the body of the figure, various figures may be used as desired. If it is desired to have a multiple of figures for various purposes, for instance in racing figures, the mechanisms may be placed in multiples. The operating mechanism may be of any kind, that is, manual or power, however for purposes of illustration a crank 1a is shown.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is A toy comprising a base, a shaft disposed in said base, and horizontally disposed, a vertically disposed lever pivotally mounted on said shaft, said lever being pivoted at a point spaced from its ends, a horizontally disposed integral arm carried by the lower end of the lever, a spring for normally holding said lever in vertical position, said spring being coiled around the shaft, one end of the spring engaging the horizontally disposed arm at the lower end of the lever, the other end of the spring being held by a portion of the base, a rotatable wheel being provided with lugs rotatably mounted in the base, said lugs being so positioned that when the Wheel is rotated they will intermittently engage the horizontally disposed arm of the lever and cause the lever to oscillate, a figure carried by the upper end of the pivoted lever, and means for rotating the wheel as desired.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

GEO. N. HALL.