US1502010A - Toy - Google Patents

Description

.my i2, 1924 154mm@ l A. A. BANKS Filed July l5 1920 Patented Juli; 22, i924.

UNITED sraras aLroNso A. BANKS, or NEW Yoan, N Y.

TOY.

Application 1ed`Ju1y 13, 1920. Serial No. 396,038. l of To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALFONSO A. BANKS,

citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented cer`- tain new and useful Improvements in rlloys, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to toys for children, and consists of a mechanical device adapted to be manually operated in such a way vasto impart action to a manikin or doll or other device made in simulation of an animate object, which, when manually operatedwill perform amusing or grotesque motions, after the order of jumping jacks, automatons and the like, for the entertainment and amusement of children or other persons. The object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind that is simple and inexpensive'of construction, and which may be manufactured and soldat a minimum price.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, in which similar characters refer to 'similar parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of the device, the'` manikin being a front or face View, and the manually operable parts beingjshowii in sec-r tion, taken on the line 1-1'of Fig. 2. lFigure 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe de vice, the manikin being va side view and the manually operated parts bein shown in section taken on the line 2 2 Figure 1. Figure 3 is a view of one of the arms of the .manikiii.V Figure l is a view of one of the iegs, and Figure 5 is a. view ofthe crankshaft and cam, by which motion is imparted to the manikin. ,Y

In the drawings the body of the `manikin is indicated by numeral 10. vIn these drawings av dancing man is represented, but it is obvioustliat the toy can be made in the" likeness of any class of persons or in the form of any animal without departing from the spirit vof this invention. The body of the manikin may be carved or turned of wood, or it may be moulded from pulp or other plastic substance into desired form. It may be plain in color or it may be painted any desired color. The limbs are then movably attached. In this device the arm or the leg indicated by numeral 11 may be just alike, or they may be made in pairs right and left, and they may be formed of wood, cardboard, metal or any desired material.

and by the most convenient process, as

ing, stamping, stenCilling, mouldingfrom plastic substance, etc. The body of the figure may bek colored a desired color. At the upper portion of the leg a slot 11a isprovided for connecting the leg to the body, as

shown in Figures 1 and 2 where parallel grooves 12 and'13 are shown to admittlie leg., Each leg isinsertedin one of these grooves and isA secured therein by any preferred means as a nail, a screw or a pin of any'kind, .as 12a and'la, indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, Vand 13a.l being shown in `solid lines in Figure 2. These pins are seated a suitable space below the upper extreme limit of groove soas to provide for avertical movement of the leg, which is provided for by the 4slot through the leg, through which the pin is passed for retaining the Aleg movably in the groove. This admits of a swinging move-ment of the leg,V also the vertical reciprocating movement which will presently be further explained.

The numeral 14 indicates the arms of the figure, which may be both alike or made in pairs, right and left. They may be made of any preferred material, and by. any preferred process, and they may be plain or painted vany desired color. At the shoulder a slot is provided for Connecting the arms movably to the body 4ofthe figure! Supports 141 are provided for securing the arms in position. These supports 'may be nails, screws, or apiii of any preferred forni. They are passed through the slotted opening at the shoulder-whereby the arms" are held in swinging relation to the body, and at the same time may move in a reciprocating movement a'distance as great as the length of the slots, the direction of the movement varying in accordance with the position the arms may be in when motion is imparted through the operation of the device to causethem to move in the manner described upon the supports or pins.

As a means for supporting the iigure I providea pedestal or base 15, which in the drawings is shown as a frame structure having sides 16, 17, 18 and 19, the baseplate v2O, and the top pla-te 21. This support may be constructed o-f any preferred material and in any desired form. It might be made in the similitude of a platform, stage or pulpit, and a number of figures mightbe supported thereon, and a plurality of cams disposed upon the shaft whereby each of the gdles might be operated or controlled, so

as to perform motions, gestures or mali'e other movements.

In the sides of the platform 16 and 17 bearings are provided for a crank-shaft as 22 and 23. A shaft 24 is disposed in the bearings. Cranlrs 25 and 26 are provided at opposite ends of this shaft. A cam member 27 is held upon the crankshaft in such a. manner as to rotate therewith. This may be provided for by flattening the shaft as at 28 and disposing it thro-ugh a slotted opening in the cam as shown in Figures l and 2. The cam member 27 is made with an irregular cam surface, having the depressions 27a, 27h, 27c and 27d, andthe differentially extending portions 27e, 27, 27g and 27h. In the top-plate 21 a bearing is provided as 2 1, through which the vertical rod 29 to serve as a support for the figure, is disposed. This rod or support 29 at its lower end is connected with a` block or shoe member as 30, having the rounded nose or shoe portion 31, which is adapted to rest upon the cam member 27. The body IO is adapted for being supported upon the upper end of the rod or support 29, said body having a recess 32 extending vertically therethrough at the longitudinal center thereof indicated in dotted lines in Figures l and 2. This recess 32 is large enough to loosely retain the upper end of the rod or support 29 at its upper extremity, and is funnel-shaped or slightly conical, gradually increasing in diameter from the upper extremity to the base of the ligure. When the. i'iguie is disposed upon the support 29 it will be balanced upon the upper end of the support, but when any impulse or movement is imparted to the rod 29 it will sway or swing upon the said support, or it may move up and down vertically thereon so as to admit of a variety of movements by the body of the figure. The funnel-shaped form of the recess 32, the same being larger at the bottom as will be seen, admits of a swinging or swaying movement of the lower portion of the body of the figure which corresponds with the hips of a person, so that when the rod is moved by the cam the rapid reciprocating vertical movements thereof causes the ligure to move suddenly upwardly and downwardly, and to sway backwards and forwards and from side to side. This movement of the trunk or body of the figure imparts similar movements to the limbs, or the arms and legs hereinbefore described, which move upwards and downwards on their respective supports, and swing baelrwards and forwards thereon presenting amusing or comical attitudes highly entertaining to children.

While I have described the specific form of my device in the drawings, I do not wish to limit myself thereto, but reserve the right to depart therefrom within the reasonable scope and object of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,

whatI claim as patentable therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Sta-tes is:

In a toy, a ligure representation of an animate` object, comprising a body and swingingly mounted limbs, said body having a conical recess extending vertically and centrally therein, a pedestal for the toy, a vertical standard rcciprocally held in the pedestal and having its upper end bearing against the apex of said conical recess whereby the body may oscillate and rotate on said standard, and be moved upwardly thereby, and a manually operable canimeans for lifting said standard.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of June A. D. 1920.

ALFONSO A. BANKS.

Images