US1481656A - Toy vehicle - Google Patents

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W. J. TRAHANT Toy VEHICLE Filed Aug- 14 1.922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Eli) Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

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WILLIAM J'. TBA-RANT, OF NEJV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

TOY VEHICLE.

Application filed August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,611.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. TRAHANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

In carrying out the present invention it is my purpose to provide a toy vehicle which may be used by children and which will be constructed after the fashion. of an automobile and may be propelled by hand by the occupants of the vehicle.

It is also my purpose to provide atoy vehicle of the class described wherein the handle bars ma be folded up when not in use so that the occupants of the vehicle may readily enter and leave.

Furthermore, I aim to provide a toy vehicle for childrens use which will embrace the desired features of etliciency, simplicity and durability, which may be manufactured and marketed at small cost and which will embody comparatively few parts and these so arranged and correlated as to reduce the possibility of derangement to a minimum.

lVith the above recited objects in view, and others of a similar nature, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a toy vehicle constructed in accordance with m invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the body of the vehicle with parts removed.

Figure -11 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation partly in section showing one of the operating handles.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 4:.

Figure 6 is a detail plan view of the crank.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on line 7-7 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 1 designates the body of my improved toy vehicle which, in the present instance, is shaped after the fashion of an automobile body and is mounted upon the front ground wheels 2 and rear drive wheels 3. The rear drive wheels 3 are mounted upon an axle 4 and one of such drive wheels is fixed to such axle, so that in the rotation of the axle motion will be transmitted to the vehicle to propel the latter over the ground. The body 1 in the present instance is formed with a front compartment 5 and a rear compartment 6, and in these compartments are seats 7. the seats in the front compartment being divided by an aisle 8. The body is also equipped with a top 9 made after the fashion of an automobile top and a wind shield 10.

In accordance with my invention I mount within the aisle-way 8 a standard 11 which, in the present instance, is substantially A- shaped and has the lower ends of its legs formed with'outwardly extending flanges 12 that are bolted or otherwise secured to the floor of the body.

Suitably fastened to the under side of the floor of the body below the frame 11 are bearings 13 spaced apart transversely of the body and journaled in these hearings are the ends 14 of a crank shaft 15. This crank shaft is formed with two cranks, as clearly illustrated in Figure 6, and fixed thereon is a sprocket wheel 17 that is arranged in the same plane as the sprocket wheel 18 that is fixed to the rear axle 4: of the vehicle. Trained over these sprocket wheels 17 and 18 is an endless chain 19 by which motion is transmitted to the rear axle from the crank shaft when the latter is rotated.

Pivoted between its ends to the upper end of the frame 11 is a lever 20 arranged longitudinally of the vehicle and having its opposits ends bifurcated or forked as at 21. The outer edges of the legs of the forked ends 21 are formed with shoulders 22 arranged below the plane of the lever and pivoted within each bifurcated end upon a pivot bolt 23 is one end of a handle bar 24:, the other end of said bar being provided with hand grips25 that extend outwardly from the handle bar 24 in opposite directions, as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings.

These handle bars 24; adjacent to their pivoted ends are formed with laterally extending stop lugs 26 that engage the shoulders 22, so that downward motion of the handle bars may be transmitted to the lever 20. By reason of the pivotal connections between the handlebars and the lever 20 the handle bars may be swung upwardly to inactive position, as indicated by the arrows in Figure 2 of the drawings, thereby enabling the occupants of the vehicle to leave and enter with ease and facility.

Also pivotally connected to the bifurcated ends 21 of the lever 20' are" the upper extremities of transmission rods 27. The lower ends of these rods 27 are connected to the crank portions respectively of the shaft 15. The front supporting wheels 2 may be steered by the occupant in the usual manner by means of steering. wheel S.

In practice, the handle bars 24 extend into the front and rear compartments respectively, as clearly illustrated in Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings, and the occupants of such compartments may swing the lever 20 about its pivotal connection with the frame 11, thereby transmitting motion through the rods 27 to the crank shaft 15, thus propelling the vehicle.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrange.

ment of parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention with a view to imparting a full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, inasmuch as in the future practice of my invention such changes or modifications may be made as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as defined by my appended claims.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is:-

1. An occupant steered wheeled vehicle including a body provided with a floor and having front steering and supporting wheels and rear driving and supporting wheels, said body having front and rear seats with the front seats spaced apart to provide an aisle therebetween, a standard mounted in said aisle and fixed upon the floor of the body, a crank shaft journaled transversely of the body beneath its floor, a lever arranged longitudinally of the body and pivoted between its ends to the upper end of the standard upon a horizontal axis, said lever being provided with handle bars at its ends operable by the occupants of said front and'rear seats for rocking said lever, transmission rods connected to said lever forwardly and rearwardly of its pivot and connected tothe crank shaft for rotating the latter when the lever is rocked, and means to transmit the rotation of the crank shaft to said rear driving wheels, said handle bars being pivoted to the lever for folding upwardly toward each other and onto the lever when not in use.

2. An occupant steered wheeled vehicle in cluding a body provided with a floor and having front steering and supporting wheels and rear driving and supporting wheels, said body having front and rear seats with the front seats spaced apart to provide an aisle therebetween, a standard mounted in said aisle and fixed upon the floor of the body, a crank shaft journaled transversely of the body beneath its floor, a lever ar ranged longitudinally of the body and pivoted between its ends to the upper end of the standard upon a horizontal axis, said lever being provided with handle bars at its ends operable by the occupants of said front and rear seats for rocking said lever, transmission rods connected to said lever forwardly and rearwardly of its pivot and connected to the crank shaft for rotating the latter when the lever is rocked, and means to transmit the rotation of the crank shaft to said rear driving wheels, said handle bars beingpivoted to the lever for folding upwardly toward each other and onto the lever when not in use, and means to limit movement of the handle bars to a position coextensive with the lever when swung to opera ti've position from their folded position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM J. TRAHANT.

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