US1461020A - Hobbyhorse toy - Google Patents

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L. D. BARR HOBBYHORSE TOY July 10 1923.

Filed Feb. 28 1922 3mm m Lou/Z5 fifiar/f r W Patented July 1Q, 1923.

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LOUIS D. BARR, F TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

HOBBYHORSE TOY.

Application filed February 28, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LoUIs D. BARR, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hobbyhorse Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hobby horse toys.

An object of the invention is to provide a toy of the character described having a main body portion on which is adjustably mount ed a seat for the user, so that the device is adapted for use by children of various sizes.

The person using this toy wears skates and sits on the seat holding one end of the main body in his hands, and the other end is provided with Wheels for riding along the ground, so that the person may coast down hills and thereby exercise the muscles of his limbs and body in so doing.

The details of construction are more par ticularly described and pointed out in the following description and claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing the user in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a detail view, showing the seat structure.

The main body of the toy is indicated at 1, one end of which is adapted to form a handle and be grasped by the user as indicated at 2. Intermediate the ends of shaft 1, is a slot 3 in which is mounted the securing means 4: for adjustably securing the seat 5 to the shaft. At the lower end of the shaft 1 is secured an axle 6 which extends transversely of the shaft and is secured thereto at its central portion. Wheels 7 are mounted on the ends of the axle for engagement with the ground. The shaft is secured to axle 6, so that the center line thereof intersects the center line of the axle, which is the axis of the wheels 7. The wheels are carried at a substantial distance apart, so that in rotatably I Serial No. 539,977.

use they will prevent the device from turnng over when riding over unlevel surfaces 111 an obvious manner.

To use this device, the seat is first adjusted to the proper position for the size of the user, and secured against movement on the shaft. The user then puts skates on his feet and straddles the shaft 1, grasps the handle 2-, and sits on the seat, and in this position holds his own weight with his arms and legs, and may coast down hills or even skate along the level ground and then coast after sufficient momentum is gotten up. This produces a simple and inexpensive construction, which exercises the muscles of the body and affords unlimited amusement, particularly for children.

It will be noted that the relative position of the skate wheels and the wheels 7 is such as shown in Fig. 1, that the wheels 7 will track outside the skate wheels when the user is coasting, and the wheels 7 may therefore be depended upon to prevent the device from upsetting as above described.

lVhat I claim is:

A device ofthe class described, comprisi g a standard having one end forming a handle, a seat mounted on the standard between the ends, an. axle secured intermediate its ends to the other end of the standard, the center line of the axle and standard intersecting, and wheels mounted on the ends of the axle and spaced a substantial distance apart, whereby the weight of the user is applied to the wheels at the axes thereof between the points of engagement with the ground to prevent the device from turning over in use.

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

LOUIS D. BARR. Witnesses:

L. C. STEVENSON, D. O. CHAMBERLAIN.

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