US1500033A - Toy horse - Google Patents

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Badly 1 1924. 1,500,033

A. POLLMAN TOY' HORSE Original Filed Nov, 1'7 1917' 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 1 19,24. 1,500,033

A. POLLMAN TOY HORSE Original Filed Nov.. 17, 1917 2 smu -spam 2 Patented July 1, 1924.

UNl'l'ED STATES ARTHUR POLL-MAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY HORSE.

Substitute for application Serial No. 202,665, filed. November 17, 1917. This application filed January 29, 1923. Serial No. 615,679.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR POLLMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new I and useful Improvements in Toy Horses, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hobby-horses designed to be actuated and caused to move forward by the weight of the rider and is the invention constituting the subject of my prior application filed Nov. 17, 1917, Serial No. 202,665.

An object of the invention is to produce a hobby-horse in which the rear legs are pivoted to the body and normally retained at a determined angle by spring means be-' tween the said legs and body, the pivotal shaft of the legs having a lever secured thereon, and to this lever is secured the saddle of the hobby-horse. so that the weight of the rider upon the said saddle will swing the lever and swing the rear legs of the hobby-horse against the spring connection between the said legs and the body of the horse, and when such pressure or weight is relieved, by the rider elevating himself on the stirrups connected with the toy, the spring will return the said legs to their initial osition, thus causing the toy to automatical y move in a forward direction, means being provided to prevent a movement of the said toy in a rearward direction.

It is a further object of the invention to reduce a wheeled toy, in the nature of a iiobby-horse, wherein the rear legs will be swung at the pleasure or convenience of the user of the toy to cause the said toy to move in a forward direction, the front portion of the toy being pivotally connected to the rear portion thereof, so that the front wheel may be readily arranged at a desired j angle with respect to the rear wheels, and consequently, the toy may be propelled and directed in accordance with the wishes of tremely simple construction, comparatively the user.

It is. a further object of the invention to produce a progressing toy, in the nature of a hobby-horse, which shall be of an exple and satisfactory reduction of my improvement to practice, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a progressing hobby-horse constructed in accordance with the present in invention.

Figure 2 is an approximately central ver-' tical longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Figure 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure l is a sectional view approximately on the line 47-4: of Figure 2.

The body ofthe toy is formed of two sections 5 and 6, respectively, the front legs 7 being integrally formed with the forward section 5'and the rear legs 8 are connected to the rear section 6 through the medium of a pivot or shaft 9, the said shaft being journaled in suitable openings in the sides of the rear section 6. Both the front section 5 and the rear section 6 are preferably hollow -and are provided with a pair of spaced transverse connecting members 10 and 11, respectively, the ends of the same overlying each other, and passing through this overlying portion is a pivot 12. By this means, the sections 5 and 6 are hingedly connected, and the head of the hobby-horse has arranged thereon, the usual bridle 13, to the bit of which are secured the reins 14. The legs 7 for the front section 5 are connected at their lower ends by a pivot 15 and journaled upon this pivot, between the said legs 7 is a wheel or roller 16. The rear legs 8, are also connected by a pivot or shaft 17, and upon. the said shaft are journaled rollers 1818, the said rollers, upon their confronting faces being provided with ratchet wheels 19, respectively, the said ratchet wheels being engaged by gravitational dogs 20 whereby to prevent the wheels or rollers 18 turning in one direction, or in a rearward direction with respect to the toy. The numeral 21 designates a. pin or shaft on which the dogs 20 are hinged or journaled and the numeral 22 designates a helical spring having one of its ends connected to the said pin or shaft 21 and its other end connected to the belly portion of the rear section 6, as indicated by the. num'eral23. This spring isof sufiicient strength to normally retain the rear body portion, 6, is a lever 24, and to. the

outer end of this lever is secured the saddle 25. The section 6 is provided witha cutaway portion 26 Within which the-saddle25 and the outer end of the lever 24: plus, the said cut away portion being concealed bythe sides of blanket member for the saddle. The saddle is provided with stirrup straps 27' carrying stirrups 28. The stirrups 28, however, or if desired, the lower ends of the straps 27 are secured to the rigid front portion 5 of'the toy, and it will be apparent that when the weight of the user of the toy is disposedhpon the saddle 25, the lever 24' will be swung downwardly, rocking the shaft 9 moving the legs; 8-, together with the rollers 18 carried thereby in a rearward direction. The downward movement of the saddle and lever 24 may be limited bycontacting with the upper transverse member 11 secured in the rear section 6, and when the rider, who has his feet arranged in the stirrups 28 straightens his legs so that the saidstirrups 28 will receive his weight, the saddle 25 and the lever 24, through the medium of the spring 22 connected to the legs 8 and the body section 6 will swing-the said legs in a forward direction, and a continued oscillation of the lever 24' will cause the toy to move in a forward or progressive direction.

By providing the rear of' the toy with the two spaced wheels or rollers 18 and the front thereof with a single wheel or roller 16, the toy will be effectively balanced and easily steered. If desired, the wheels 18 may have their peripheries roughened to effectively grip the surface on which the toy is arranged. The rear legs 8, together with the lever 24 and the saddle 25 provide. in reality, a substantially L-shaped lever. The dogs 20 engaging with the ratchet wheels 19 of the wheels 18, as previously stated, hold the wheels 18 against rotation in a rearward direction, and lock. the said. wheels to the rear legs 8, when the upper member, comprising the elements 24 and 25 of, the l.- shaped lever, are depressed. The surface upon which the toy'is arranged serves as a fulcrum for. the wheels 18 in the downward" swinging ofthe members 24 and 25, the forward portion ofthe toy being relieved from strain, during this movement is; projected or propelled in a forward direction. When the rider elevates himself in the stirrups 2,8, as previously stated, the weight. of the rider will be maintained by the front or forward portion 51 of the toy'permitting the spring 22 to swing the legs 8' to their initial position, the. wheels or rollers, 2Q revolving over the surface, during thisaction of the L-sh-aped lever, so, that the movement of the toy will simulate a galloping movement of the hobby-horse.

lVhile I have illustrated and described the improvement in connection with hobbyhorse, it is, of course, to be understood that any other form of quadrupeds may be substituted in lieu of the figure of the horse, and, it is believed, from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings, that the construction and operation ofthe device will be apparent without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1". In a progressinghobby-horse, a hollow body comp-rising two hinged" sections, a rollerjournaled between the legs at the lower ends thereof ofthe forward section, a shaft passing through the rear section and connected' with the rear legs therefor, spaced rollers journaled on the said rear legs at the outer ends thereof, means for preventing the movement of the rollers in one direction, spring means between the rearlegs and the; body for normally retaining said legs at a determined" angle with respect to the body, a normally horizontally disposed lever secured to the shaft, and" means forl'imitingthe downward swinging movement of" such lever.

2 A progressing hobby-horse, comprising; two hinged hollow sections, the forward section being integrally formed with legs, a friction roller journaled between the legs, L-shaped lever pivotally connected to the rear section, and" the vertical membersof the said lever being'shaped to provide the rear legs of] the toy, a shaft journaled between said rear legs at theouter ends thereof, friction rollers journal'ed; on the said shaft, rigid wheels on said rollers, d'ogs engaging said rigid wheels, and spring means between said rear legs and the rear section of the; body for normally retaining the L-shaped levernormall'y at a determined positionwith respect to the body.

3. In a progressing hobby-horse, a body comprising two hollow sections, the front section having depending membersshapedto simulate the front of the hobby-horse, a ground roller journaled between said legs, transverse plates between the sides of'both of the sections at the confronting ends thereof, a pivot pinpassing through said plates to hingedly connect the sections, supportingstirrups secured to the front section, a fleXiblegn-idin-g element secured to the front section, a shaft journaled in the sidesof' the rear section adjacent the rear end thereof, depending members shaped to simulatethe rear legs of the hobby-horse secured to said shaft, propelling rollers journaled between the said rear legs, a rigidwheel on each of} said rollers, dogs betweenthe legs and rigid wheels for preventing the rotary movement of the rollers in one direction, spring means between said rear legs and the rear section end of the lever and arranged in the path of of the body for normally retaining the legs contact with the upper referred to transverse at a desired angle with respect to the body, connecting member for the sides of the said 10 a lever secured to the shaft in the hollow rear portion of the body.

5 rear section on the body and having its for- In testimony whereof I afiix my signaward end received in an opening in the ture. body, a saddle secured to the said forward ARTHUR POLLMAN.

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