US1877661A - Toy car - Google Patents

Description

Sept. 13, 1932- c. A. HEISLER ET AL 1,877,661

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c. A. HEIISLER ET AL TOY CAR Filed April 12, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WENE #2 Mill-m INVENTORS He zsler A e Mm A oRNEYs Patented Sept. 13, 1932 UNITED T STATES curs a EEISLER TOY Application filed April 12,

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to toy automobiles.

An important object of the invention is to provide an advantageous and novel form L; of toy, such as an automobile, made up of a small number of assemblages or parts adapted to cooperate with each other when placed together, and fastening means so simple in character that a child can readily learn to 110 manipulate the same in fastening such assemblages or parts together and. in releasing them to permit separation. Another object of the invention is to provide an improved a construction which is simple in form and 16: economical to manufacture.

In carrying out the invention in an approved manner, the toy may be made up principally of a body portion, which may correspond to the body of an automobile, a -80 supporting portion, which may correspond to the chassis of an automobile, and means for resiliently fastening them together. The wheels may be connected with the chassis P H portion by means entirely independent of the means for fastening the body portion to the chassis, and preferably are fixed on the ends of axles passing through openings in projections or brackets extending downwardly V from the chassis portion and held against re- 5 moval by said wheels.

The fastening together of the body portion and the chassis portion of the toy may be effected in a very simple manner as by forming these portions with cooperatin parts which prevent relative forward an rearward movement thereof, and securing said body and chassis portions together substantially midway between the ends of the toy automobile by a resilient or elastic connection which may include a hook attached toone of said portions and a part on the other of said portions to cooperate with the hook. Preferably the body portion includes the hood and the radiator and the chassis ineludes running boards, front and rear fenders, and front and rearbumpers.

One desirable way .to handle the invention commercially is to provide with each chassis several types of bodies .to be mounted thereon toform, for example, as shown in Figs.

PATEN.

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1, 2, 3 and l, a sedan, a coupe, a roadster and-a truck, all of these bodies being con-. structed to fit the same chassis. Due to the very simple form of means for fastening each body to the chassis, it will be easy for a child either to mount any selected body on the chassis and secure it thereto, or to unfasten the connection and separate the body and chassis portions, Furthermore, each of the chassis and bodies is preferably of one solid color and by having a plurality of chassis of different colors, it would be easy within the range of colors provided to get any desired combination of chassis colors and body colors.

Other objects and advantages will appear upon consideration of the following description and of the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a sedan em bodying the present invention; I

Fig. 2'is a sideelevation of a coupe; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a roadster; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a truck;

Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section of the sedan shown in Fig.1;

Fig.6 is a'bottom view of the sedan; and Fig. '7 is a section taken along the line 7 7 of'Fi'g. 5.

Referring to Figs. 1, 5;, 6 and 7, the sedan I there shown is made up of a chassis portion 3 10 and a body portion 11. Preferably the chassis portion" 10 includes side members 12 having running boards 1200 at their outer edges, front'fenders 13, rear fenders 14:, a cross member or rear bumper 15, a cross memher or connection 16 substantially midway between the front and back of the car, a cross member 17 at the front of the chassis,

and a front bumper 18 extending across the front of the chassis and connected by rearward extensions 19 with the side members 12. Near their front endsthe side members 12 areprovided with suitable means, such as downwardly and inwardly extending brackets 20, to receive an axle 21 which passes through perforations -22 in the brackets and is held therein by wheels 23 fastened on the ends thereof and preferably carrying tires 24; At theirrear ends, the side members 12' are preferably'provided with 10* downwardly projecting brackets'25 having perforations 26 to receive another axle 21 held in place by wheels 23 fastened on the ends of the axle.

Preferably the body portion 11 of the sedan shown in Figs. 1, 5, 6 and 7 is made up of two parts, one part 27 at the right and the other 28 at the left meeting along a vertical plane extending longitudinally and centrallywith -res'pect to the assembled'body portion. The division of" the body into two parts is made principally for convenience in forming them as, for example, by green sand molding. To hold the two halvesof the body;

against relative movement along their plane ofdivision when they are placed together, said halves or parts 27 and 28, which are il lustrated as open at the bottom, are provided with suitablemeans, suchtas ribs 29 at their inner surfaces along their tops, fronts and backs which alternate in position along theline of division and extend across the line of division so tliatthe ends of the ribs on each half or part engage the inner surface of the other part. With this arrangement of ribs 29 having projecting ends, the ribs at the upper part of thebodyprevent upward and downward relative movement between the parts 27 and 28 and the ribs at the front,

and back ends of the body prevent forward and rearward relative movement. The two halves or parts 27 and 28 may be permanently held together by any suitable means such, for example, as a rivet or tension rod 30 extending from side to side. Preferably the rivet 30 is located immediately above the cross, member 16 of the chassis portion 10 and the rivet and cross piece are located substantially' midway between the front and rear ends of the automobile.

The two parts 27 and 28 when assembled provide not only a two-part hood and radiator portion 31 having on one of its parts aprojection 31a simulating a radiator cap, but also a two-part body proper 32,.the portion 31 being shaped to fit down between the front fenders 13 of the chassis portion and thesecond portion 32 being shaped, as indicated inFigs. 5 and 7, to fit down over the rearfenders 14 of the chassis portion. lVith this arrangement relative movement between the chassis portion 10 and the body portion 11 either in a forward and rearward direction orin a transverse direction will be prevented when these portions are held togetherby suitable means such as a resilient or elastic connection between the rivet 30 of the, body portion 11 and the cross member 16 of the chassis portion.

Preferably this resilient connection comprises a leaf-spring in the form of a hook 33 having a loop at one end enclosing the rivet 30 to provide a pivotal connection and a hookportionofsuitable shape to engage the cross member. 16 of the chassis portion 12 between ribs 32a. The cross member 16 is preferably flat and so shaped that the cross member becomes thinner toward rounded edges to facilitate manipulation of the hook 33 to and from operative position as well as to provide for effective connection between the hook and cross member. Preferably the book 33 is shaped with a portion 34; substantially in the circumference of acircle described about theaxis of the rivet 30 and'of; a length corresponding to the width of the cross member 16. The hook may be held against accidental release from the cross member 16 by a hump 35 formed by a reverse bend atits free end, and additional flexibility in the hook maybe provided for by means of a reverse bend between the pivot 30 and theportion 34 of the hook. Thecon nection between the chassis portion 10 and the body portion 11 is so simple that a child can readily learn tomanipulate the hook 33 either to fasten them together or to release them from each other. In Figs. 2, 3, and 41-, there are shown other embodiments of the invention which in each case includes a chassis portion 10 sub'stan tially the same as that shown in Figs. 1, 5, .6 and 7 The body portions are, however, dif ferent,Fig. 2 showing'a body portion 116; of coupe type, Fig. 3- showing body portion 11b ofroadster type, and Fig. 1 showing a body portion 110 oftruck type.

All of the body portions 11, 11a, 11b and 110 are adapted to fit on the same chassis aortion' 10 and each of these body portions is provided with a spring hook 33 pivoted on a cross member or rivet 30 to cooperate with the cross member 16 of the chassis portion 10. Then, ifa chassis portion 10 and several difierent body portionsare sold in a set, the child to whom they are given can with very little direction, if any, learn to mount any one of the body portions on the chassis portion 10 and secure it in position or .toy release the connecting means and separate the chassis portion and any body portion mounted thereon. :Thus, by combining the body portions with the chassis portion as desired the child can pretend that he is drivin a car corresponding to any one of thedili'erenttypes of body portion furnished.

. The chassis portions and body portions can conveniently be colored differently, and, particularly if a plurality of chassis portions are furnished'with a set of body portions, this condition enables a large number of color combinations to be made by combining different chassis portions and body portions.

The foregoing description has beendirected to a preferred embodiment of the invention in the form of a toy automobile or car and, for convenience, toy car may be taken as the title of the invention. Itshould, however, be understood that the invention isv of such breadth as to include within its range.

of equivalents other toys, such as aircraft, fire apparatus, rolling stock for use on rails, horse-drawn vehicles, etc., which have bodies detachably connected with running gear in accordance with the present invention.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding and no undue limitation should be deduced. therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. In a toy, the combination of a body portion having a cross member intermediate its ends, a chassis portion having a cross member intermediate its ends, said body portion and said chassis portion being constructed with cooperating parts to prevent relative forward and rearward'movement and lateral movement, front and rear wheels rotatably connected with said chassis, and a spring hook mounted on one of said cross members and adapted to engage the other when the godly portion and chassis portion are assem- 2. In a toy, the combination of a body portion open at its lower side and having a cross member intermediate its ends, a chassis portion having a cross member intermediate its ends, said body portion and said chassis portion being constructed with cooperating parts to prevent relative forward and rearward movement and lateral movement, front and rear wheels rotatably connected with said chassis, and a hook of spring material pivotally mounted on one of said cross members and adapted to engage the other when the body portion and chassis portion are assembled.

3. In a toy, the combination of a body portion open at its lower side and including two side portions fitting together at their edges to prevent relative movement and a transverse rod holding them together, a chassis portion having beneath said rod a cross piece with its lower side curved to present in cross section a curve substantially in the arc of a circle about the axis of said rod, and a hook comprising a portion to engage the lower side of said cross piece, a loop encircling said rod and a curved part connecting said loop and said engaging portion to facilitate stretching of the hook.

CLYDE A. I-IEISLER. THOMAS FLETCHER.

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