US1644047A - Mechanical toy - Google Patents

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Oct. 4, 1927.

C. A. WETZELL MECHANICAL TOY Filed` Dec. 4, 1925 `Patented Oct. 4, 1927.

UNITIEZDl STATI-:esg

CLATLENCE A. W'ETZELL,

or STERLING, ILLINOIS.

f MECHANICAL TOY.

Application led December This invention relates to mechanical toys, and more particularly to those adapted for .playing games. l l

-Generally stated, therefore, ythe invention contemplates a mechanical toy involving the ligure of a live creature and having means to operate the tigure to cause it to throw or pitch or project an object distance away therefrom, in 21115' suitable manner, to simulate the playingv of some sort of game, or for other purposes. y To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

. Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a mechanical toyembodying the principles of the invention.`

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 in F ig. 1. l

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the adjuncts employed'in connection with said toy, for playing a game.

-Fig l is a perspective showing ofa different ferm of the invention. i i

As thus illustrated, the invention is a miniature horseshoe pitching or throwing game, and comprises a toy figure in the form of a man or boy having a body `1, a head '2, and legs 3, the latter being made fast and rigid at their lower ends to the basefl,

,Y the parts being of wood or other suitable material. VA transverse rock shaft V5 is inserted through the upper portion ofthe body 1, as shown, and the arms 6 and 7 are mounted on the ends vof this rock shaft or pivot, the arm 6 being rigid with the shaft, while the arm 7 isvloose thereon. The arm 6 has a notch 8 in the end thereof, as shown, and the shaft 5 has a short arm 9 towhich is pivoted the upper Vend .of the vertically disposed member 10, which latter extends downward through the slot 11 in the base. A horizontally disposed lever 12 is pivoted inthe recess 18 of the base, at 14, and has its other end pivotally connected at 15 with the lower end of the member 10 previously mentioned. A plunger 16 is mounted to slide up and down in the' base, with its lower end in pivotal connection with the lever 12, and has a spring 17 to yieldingly keep the plunger in raised position. i

A toy horseshoe 18 is adapted to be placed in the notch 8 ofthe arm 6, in position to be thrown er tossed a distance when this arm is raised, the lower ends of Lthe horseshoe 4, 1925; Serial No. 73,078.

resting l (when in f position to be thrown) upon yt-he base of the toy. n e i By pushing down suddenly on the plunger 16, the connections 9, 10 and 1,2will partially rock the shaft 5, until the lever 12 engages the stop 19 in the base. This will carry the arm 6 forward and upward approximately Vtothe position -fshown in dotted lines Fig.

2, and will pitch or toss the horseshoe 18 a distance depending sudden pressure on the plunger.

"To pla the game of horseshoes,a base A`20 is provi ed with an upright pin '21, thus forming a lminiature post vwhich can 'be placed in position to'jreceive' the horseshoe. Thus, the toy'can be operated to throw Vthe horseshoe, and-.with some practicethe'Qpupon the force of the erator can become more lo'rV ,less skillful, and

thing thrown or tossed orpitched oryvprojected into the air maybe of any suitable character, depending upon lthe desired effectand t-he 'aine to be played or simulated, l

or for 'any ot 1er purpose;

As shown in Fig. 4, a crank shaft 221s employed to operate the arms, instead of the rock` shaft 5, previously described. i' Also,'as shown .in Fig.` 4, the member 23 (whit-,licorresponds to the member 10 previouslyl described) has its .upper endsimplynotched to engage the crank of`this member 22 and is' bent around this crank, after "being Aap plied thereto,`in the manner shown, A.whereby a vvery simple and inexpensive construction is provided; Y'

The toy horseshoe 18, it will be seen, when inserted inthe longitudinal end notch 8 of the arm 6, forms in effect a longitudinal eX- tension of said arm, with a sliding connection between the arm and the horseshoe, so v that the armand horseshoe can have relative movement between them only in the longitudinal lane thereof. When the arm (i is raised, t ie horseshoe 18 is raised` Stitliy therewith, being retained by the .'rte'h 8 in straight longitudinal extension of the'arm, but as soon as the arm 6 is raised high enough,momentum then causes the horseshoe 18 to slide out of the notch S, and to depart longitudinally from the end of the arm. Before the horseshoe is tossed through the air, the support i keeps it from dropping` out of connection with the-arm 6, as without such support for the lower end of the horseshoe the latter' would slide out of the notch 8, it being desirable to have thenotch. wide enough'to permit easy and tree sliding movement of the horseshoe therein.

Vithout disclaiming anything, and without prejudice to any novelty disclosed, what Iv claim asmy invention is:

1. A toy ligure of a live creature having relatively movable parts, means forming a support, and an unattached object resting on said support, disposed'in position in normal detachable engagement with both the figure and the support, havingrelative sliding connection with a movable portion of said ligure, adapted to be projected into the air by the movement of the toy, thereby to simulate what might be done by the live creature represented by the toy figure, said support preventing said object from sliding downward out of operative connection with said portion of said figure, and means to actuate said ligure to raise said object from said support to a position permitting it to disconnect by momentum from said figure, which connection is formed to lift said object a distance before it is disengaged from said figure.

2. A structure as speciiiedin claim 1, said toy figure being that of a human being, and having a movable arm forming said movable portion and normally detachablyV engaging the upper end ofsaid object, .said arm being movable forward and upward to disengage and toss said object forward a distance, said support engaging the lower end of said object. n

. 3. A structure as specified in claim l, said toy ligure being that of a human being, and havingy a movable arm forming said movable portion and normally detachably engaging said object, said arm being movableV forward and upward to disengage and toss said object forward a distance, and said object being a toy horseshoe, unattached to but resting at its lower end on said base, in combination with an element to be placed a distance from said toy figure, having an upstanding part to receive said horseshoe thereon or near thereto, and said means to support the lower end of the horseshoe before it is thrown forming a base for said figure. y

4. A structure as specified in claim l, said toy tigure comprising an upright hollow body, legs rigid with said body, a base rigid with said legs, a head rigid with the upper end of said body, arms at the opposite sides of said body, forming two of said parts, one arm being movable and having a straight longitudinal end notch to detachably engage said object, and said vactuating means comprising an operating Vmember extending downwardly from within said body, and` means to actuate said member.

5. As an article of manufacture, an unattached toy horseshoe, means for normally engaging and detachably supporting the lower end of said horseshoe in position to be thrown or tossed a distance, manually operated mechanism normally detachably engaging the upper end of the horseshoe for tossing the horseshoe a distance, means having an upstanding post to receive sai-d horseshoe, and means to operate said mechanism.

6. is an article of manufacture, a free object to be projected through the air, a swinging arm having detachable engagement with the upper portion of said object, the arm and object being relatively formed and provided with means tolift the object when thearm is swung upward, vformed also to release said object by momentum and by movement thereof longitudinally of said arm, a support for the lower portion of said object, to keep said object from dropping out of engagement with said arm, mechanism for actuating said arm upward, to raise and toss said object through the air, and a handle to actuate said mechanism, sai-d object forming in effect a'longitudinal extension of said arm, and the detachable engagement between the arm and object permitting relative` movement between the two only in the longitudinal plane thereof, thereby to insure longitudinal departure of said object by momentum from said arm, when the latter is raised. i

Specification signed this 30th day of Nov.,

CLARENCE A. VETZELL.

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