US1557637A - Vibrating figure toy - Google Patents

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P. B. WARNER V'IBRATING' FIGURE TOY Fixed Dec. 31, 1924 2l Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 20, 1925.

v P la WARNER VIBRATING FIGURE TOY 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec'. 31, 1924 Patented Get. 20, 1925.

UNITED sTATEs PAULINE B. WARNER, or sT. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

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Application tiled December 31, 1924. Serial No. 759,022.

To all tlf/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, PAULINE` B. WARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Pauls in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a. new and useful Vibrating Figure Toy, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates-to improvements in toys.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive toy with which children oftender years may entertain themselves without danger of harm in play.

A further object is to supply a toy including a lbase with upright objects resiliently mounted thereon and adapted to sway, universally, to and fro to provide a highly active and attractive group of independently movable units, the grouping of the objects making for compactness of form and the design of the base'providing for sturdiness of footing.

Another object ofthe invention is to produce a toy of the class described in which the vibrativc objects are so related as to permit of the swaying movements thereof through relativelj7 great limits.

A more specific object is to provide in a toy a plurality of spaced vibrative objects, each comprisinga resilient stem anchored in the base and supplied at its free upper end with a relatively vheavy head, certain of said objects being capable, in given relative positions, of striking each other, head to head, the supporting stems being of different lengths so that one head may pass another without contact therewith, in other relative positions of said certain objects, whereby'relatively great limits of movement of said objects may be obtained in the closely grouped arangement thereof and the posibility of head to head impacts between certain of the objects preserved.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear in the following description, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter 'described and claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toy embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevational view thereof; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view in detail,

the same being taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that -my improved toy includes a base 10 and objects t thereon, each object consisting of a slender stem ll risinv 'from said base and a head l2 of relativey large diameter carried at the top of the stem. A similar object at comprises a stem l1a anchored in the lbase l0 and formed with a hea'd l2 at the upper end thereof.` As will be noted, the object a" is located centrally of the base l0, the objects a being equally spaced apart from each other and from said central object on. v`The short stem 11a of the central object a is-resilient from base 10 to head 12a, but the ylonger stems 1l of the bordering objects a are resilient only at their upper portions, that is to say, .approximately from the middle thereof to the heads l2, the lower portions of said longstems ll being substantially rigid. The stems 1l, lla and heads a, c" preferably are formed of rubber and being of such material, the relatively #heavy heads a, a sway actively and universally to and fro upon their slender yielding stems 11, lla. Dolllike features molded or painted on the heads a, fr add to the fascination that children find in the active and varied swaying movements of the objects a, a.

It is desirable to construct a toy of this character within narrow confines and at the same time render it secure against being easily upset. These ends have been `accomplished without undesirablyl restricting the limits of the swaying movements of the objects a., a. Also, I have provided for the striking of either of the outer objects a, head to head, with the central object ft, whereby a child vmay `bump one object against another, to set up movement therein. The base lO-is tripoda'l iii-shape and in that form is `fairly well seated against being overturned despite its narrow dimensions. Each branch of the base l() supports one of the outer objects a near the outer extremity thereof and said outer objects a have that relation with respect to the central object a, whereby the head 12 of either of the former objects a may strike the head 12 of the latter' object and thereby set up movement in said central object a. However,

since the head 12n of the central object ca is lower than the heads 12 of the outer objects a, an independent movement may be imparted to the central object av to swing the head 12a thereof in a circle beneath the heads 12 of the outer objects a, such path of said head 12a being limited only by the stems 11 of the outer objects a. This arrangement provides for greater limits in the swings of all the objects than otherwise would be the case were all of the heads a, a at the same elevation.

I prefer to construct the base 10, stems 11, 11a and heads 12, 121 integrally of rubber by molding the same in a single mold in one operation. Thismethod, of course,

e entails considerable initial expense in preparing for production, but an initially less expensive method of manufacture may be employed, the same providing for the separate construction of the stems 11, 11u and base 10. In Figs.V 3 and t, I show an effective connection between stem` and base. The base 10 is formed with a socket 13 snugly to receive the stem 11. Said stem isV formed with a bore 14 transversely thereof at its lower end and when the stem is seated in the socket 13, this bore 14 registers with an arched kerf 15, cut in the lower side of the base 10, as by a small circular saw. Said kerf 15 receives a key 16, which is easily directed therethrough and also through said bore 14. Thus applied, the key 16 locks the stem against withdrawal from the base 10.

Changes in the specific forni of my invention, as herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

. 1. In a toy, a tripodal base, a pluralityfof vibrative objects, one object being anchored at each angular extremity of said base and a fourth object at the center thereof, `each object comprising a resilient stem rising from said base and a head on the stem, the stems of the outer objects, at the extremities of the base, being equal in length, and

longer than the stem of the centrally located object, the head of Vsaid last object being free to swing underI the heads of the outer objects, each of said outer objects being positioned with respect to said central object, whereby the head thereof, within the limit of its swaying movement, may strike the head of said central object.

2. In a toy` a base, a group of vibrative objects, each comprising a resilient stem rising from the base and a head on the free end of said stem, one of the objects occupying a central position on the base, the other objects being equally spaced apart from each other and from said central ob ject, the heads thereof, in the normal posi tions of their supporting stems, resting at an elevation 'different from that of said cene tral object.

3. Atoy, a base, a plurality of vibrative objects, each comprising a resilient stem rising from theV base and a relatively heavy head on the free end of said stem, the stems of said objects varying in length normally to position the heads thereof at different elevations, the longer stem being confined in resiliency to the upper portion thereof.

4. In a toy, a base, closely grouped vibrative objects, each comprising a resilient stem rising from the base and having a head thereon1 the heads of said objects being supported, normally, at different elevations to provide for maximum limits in the swaying movements of said objects in such closely grouped relation.

5. In a toy, a base, a stem rising from the base, the lower portion of the stem being rigid and the upper yportion thereof resilient and a head at the tip of said stem, said head being relatively heavy and adapted to sway, universally, to and fro on its resilient support, a second and resilient stem, shorter than the first` rising fromr said base and a head on said second stem, the second head being adapted to be struck by said first head upon the bending 'of its supporting stem and to be free from contact with said first head in the normal position of its said supporting stem.

G. In a toy, a base, a plurality of vibrative objects1 each comprising a resilient stem rising fromr the base and a head on the stem, certain` of said objects being grouped about a given object, the heads 'if said objects grouped about said given object, in the normal positions of their sup# porting stems, resting at elevations yditferent from that of said given object.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

PAULINE B. IVARNICR.

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