US1527532A

US1527532A - Juggling toy

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Publication number: US1527532A
Application number: US684281A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alcaraz Jose
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-01-04
Filing date: 1924-01-04
Publication date: 1925-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 1942-02-24

Description

Feb. 24. 1925.

. 1,527,532 J. ALCARAZ JUGGLING TOY Filed Jan. 4, 1924 IN V EN TOR JA lcaraz BY MV ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

- ibly connected to the spear UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J'U'GGLING TOY.

Application filed January 4, 1924. Serial No. 684,281.

'1 '0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Jose ALoAnAz, a citizen of Mexico, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Juggling Toys, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention has for its main object to provide a type of juggling toy for children and others, which is both instructive and entertaining as it requires practice to become adopt in its use, as after short ractice the trick which appears difficult at rst, may be readily accomplished.

,Another object is to provide an article as mentioned and comprising a handle bar used as a spear, and a free swinging member, flexy a cord, the trick of thistoy being to swing the lastnamed member and catch the same upon the spear.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing. 7

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure 1 is an illustrative perspective view showing the swinging member in various positlons and the spear poised for a catch.

Figure 2 is an elevational view showing a modified type of swinging member poised upon the spear, the swinging member bemg shown in section to illustrate the construction thereof.

Figure 3 is an illustrative view'showing the toy in its initial osition preparatory to the performance of t e trick.

Referrin in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 lndicates a swinging member, 1n this case a drum but its outline may be of any design desired. In Figures 2 and 3 a spheroid swinging member 2 is illustrated. Both types of swinging members have longltudinal circular channels 3 passing axlally thru the greater portion of the body of the swinging members. These circular channels communicate with a smaller opening at their opposite ends, the opening being indicated by the numeral 4. A flexible cord 5 of suitable length has one of its ends formed-into a knot 6 after said end has been slipped thru the opening 4. The op osite end of the cord is then twlsted 'aroun a spear handle 7, and is secured to said handle intermediate its length in a circular depression 8. The outline of the handle'is curved into any ornamental shape desired and the base 9 may be used to support the same in vertical position'when the toy is not being used. At the upper end of the handle a stud 10 is rovided which is tapered thru a portion of its length, said stud being adapted to be easily slipped into the channel 3 of its respective swinging member.

The swinging member shown in Figure 1 is cylindrical in shape having its outer peripherial edges formed into fiat taperlng bands 11 and the surface between these bands is spherical in shape, said portion being indicated by the numeral 12.

In using the toy to perform the trick, the

handle is grasped in the palm of the hand with the stud 10 pointing upwardly. When 1n this osition the swinging member hangs suspen ed from the cord 5 as illustrated in 1 full lines in Figure 3. The sus ended swinging member 1 or 2 is then osclllated to and fro until the inertia carries the same to horizontal position. Until this time the distance between the handle and swinging member remains fixed by the cord 5, which is until this time taut. As the swinging member is lifted above the horizontal plane the hand which holds the handle is moved into closer relation withthe swinging member thereby permitting the latter to rotate. As the swinging member travels from the horizontal to the vertical plane, the same will rotate about its axis. As the swinging member rotates to the position where the channel 3 is nearly in a vertical plane and mutually adjacent the stud 10 the handle is thrust toward the swinging member, so that said stud 10 is inserted into the channel 3. At an initial trial the trick appears difiicult but with some little practice a person becomes adept and can usually cause the swin ing member to readily engage the stud o the handle member.

I claim lindrical b0 y having a' cyl ndrical channel assing axially therethru, the channel being having a blunt end, the stud extendin loniiirger at one end, a spherical surface encirgitudmally from'the handle, said stud ein cling the body intermediate its length, a partly tapered lengt I hwise, and a base on the 10 l knotted cord passing thru the restncted end opgosite end of said handle.

6 of said channel, a handle the op site end testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

of said cord being secured to sm handle, a

stud on the end of said handle, said stud JOSE ALOARM