US1665043A

US1665043A - Convertible toy

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Publication number: US1665043A
Application number: US157978A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter E Stark
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1926-12-30
Filing date: 1926-12-30
Publication date: 1928-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 1945-04-03

Description

April 3, 1928. 1,665,043

w. E. STARK CONVERTIBLE TOY Filed Dec. 50, 1925 BY ,L

W a ATTORNEYS liatented Apr. 3, 1928. I 7

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

WALTER E. STARK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

couvnnrnam TOY.-

Applioation filed December 30, 1926. Serial No. 157,978.

Another object of the invention is to provide a convertible toy having two bases or supports, each base or support constituting the feet of one creature and the tail of another creature, whereby the toy when supported on one base will represent one creature and when supported on the other base will represent another and different creature.-

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy having two bases or supports and of such outline that when shifted from one base or support to the other the back of one creature becomes the front. of the other, and the front of one creature becomes the back of the other.

There are other important objects and advantages of the invention which will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the toy resting on one of its bases and representing a rabbit;

Fig. 2 a similar view of the toy resting on the other one of its bases and representing a duck;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the toy resting on one of its bases and representing a rabbit; and I Fig. 4. a similar view of the toy resting on its other base and representing a duck.

Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates a block, preferably a block of wood, of such outline as to provide two bases or supports 2 and 3, and a head portion 4. The bases or supports 2 and 3 are of such outline that the base 2 represents the feet of a rabbit and the base 3 the tail thereof. The head portion 4 is of such outline that when the block is resting on the base 2 the part 5 of the head portion constitutes the ears of the rabbit and the part 6 the nose thereof. The outline 7 represents the front of the rabbit and the outline 8 the back thereof. 9 designates the eye of the rabbit when the toy is set up as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

When the toy is set up on the base 3 the said base then constitutes the feet of a duck and the base 2 becomes the tail of the duck. The outline 7 becomes the back of the duck and the outline 8 becomes thefront part" becomes the bill thereof. The head part 5 of the duck and the head part 6 constitutes the back of the head of'the duck. The eye part 9 becomes the eye of the duck when he toy is supported on the base 3, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4.

The invention may .be worked out *in a varlety of ways. In the drawings I have lllustrated a toy which in one position represents an animal and in another position represents a bird. It is obvious that the blocks may be cut out to represent other creatures and things, the essential feature of the 1nvent1on being that the outline of the toy must be such that-when arranged in one position it represents one animal orthing and when arranged in another position 1t represents another and different annual or thing. i

The toy as represented in the drawings,

and as described herein, is formed with a duplex body part, a duplex head part at one end of the bodypart and a duplex base part at the other end of the body part. The duplex base part comprises the tails and feet of the rabbit and the duck and form the supports on which the toy may be set. When the toy is set up as arabbit it faces in one direction and when it is set up as a (luck it faces in the opposite direction. The feet and tail parts are close together and are arranged at an angle to each other.

What I claim is: I

1. A convertible toy comprising a duplex body part, a duplex head part, and a duplex port, each support part constituting the feet of one creature and the tail of the other.

2. A convertible t'oy'comprising a duplex body part, a duplex head part, and a duplex base part, the ass part forming two supports ori each of WhICh the toy may be supported in an upright position, the whole outline of the toy in side elevation being formed to represent one creature when set on one support and formed to represent another and different creature when'i'set on its other su port, each support part constituting the wt of one creature and the tail of the other, the line of the back of the body prising a duplex b part of one creature becoming the line of the front of the body of the other creature when the toy is shifted from one support 'to the other.

.3. A selfsustainin convertible toy comy part, a duplex head partfiat one end of the body part and .a duplex base part forming two bases or supports on each of which the toy may be set in an upright position, said two supports being-arranged at an angle --to each other and so positioned that when the toy is supported on one support itfaces inone direction and when it is supported on the other support it faces in the opposite direction,

the whole outline of the toy in side ele the other.

4. A selfsustaining convertible toy comprising a duplex body part, a duplex head part at one end of the'body part, and a,

duplex tail and feet part at the other end of the body part, said duplex tail and feet part formin two supports on each of which the toy may be supported in an upright position, the whole outline of the toy being formed to represent a duck when supported on one support and formed to represent a rabbit when supported on its other support, the feet of the duck being formed to constitute the tail of the rabbit and the tail of the rabbit being formed to constitute the feet of the duck.

5. A selfsustaining convertible toy comprising a duplex body part, a duplex head part at one end of the body part, and a duplex tail and feet art at the other end of the body part, sai duplex tail and feet part formin two supports on each of which the toy may e supported in an upright position, the 'whole outline of the toy being i the duck, and the back of the rabbit becoming the front of the duck and the front of the rabbit becoming the back of the duck when the toy is supported on the feet of the duck.

6. A selfsustainin convertible toy com prising a, duplex body part, a duplex head part, and a duplex tail and feet part, said duplex tail and feet part forming two supports on caclnof which the toy may be supported in an upright position the Whole outline of the toy being formed to represent a bird when set on one support and formed to represent an animal when set out its other support.

7. A self-sustaining convertible toy comprising a body formed with a duplex head part and a duplex tail and feet portion, at the opposite part of the body from the head part, the duplex tail and feet part forming two supports on each of which the toy may be supported in an upright position, the outline of the toy in side elevation being formed to represent one creature when set on one support and to represent another and different creature when set on its other support, and each support forming-the tail of one creature and the feet of another.

8. A se1f-sustaining convertible multiple toycomprising a multiplex bodypart formed with a multiplex head part and a multiplex tail and feet portion at the opposite art of the body from the head part, the mu tiplex tail and feet part forming a plurality of supports on each of which the toy may be supported in an upright position, the outline of the toy in side elevation being formed to represent different creatureswhen set on the different supports and each support forming the tail of one creature and the feet of another.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WALTER E. STARK.