US2002026A - Fighting toy - Google Patents

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Patented May 21, 1935 rron'rmo ms 71 Albert Deans: Fairg'rievei Valficouverjflritigh Columbia, Canada" Application October tl, asseuse mm. I

My invention relates to improvements in fighti'ng toys,- the objects of which are to provide means whereby a" match may be played by two figures representing boxers and the count taken I by a referee, as one; of the boxers is knocked out;

to provide means whereby the boxers are largely controlled by the operators of the toy and whereby either of the boxers may be restoredto an upright position subsequent to being knocked partly over in response to manipulation by the operator controlling the boxer who'administered the blow which upset the equilibrium of the one." i

The invention consists of two figures representing boxers, means ior imparting movement to 15? their arms and separate means for moving their legs: and for swinging theirbodies, which latter means is under selective control of the operators,

as will be more fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying 7 e drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a plan view of the toy takenirmnediately below the platform and showing the control rods forthe foot and body movement.

Figure 2 isa sectional view taken on the line ZKZ- ZOfFIgureI. k Figure 3" is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, with the drive means operatively connected. i

Figure '4 is a similar sectional view showing the 30". drive means'disconnected. i i

Figure 5- is a sectional view of one of the boxers as viewed fromthe back. 1 Figure 6 is a sectional view of same asviewed from the side. 1 1 In the drawings" like characters oi reierence indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

The numeral-I indicates generally a casing hav ing side walls 2' one of which carries a coin lock 3 of any suitable type which serves to permit 49; the device to be operated. Upon the casing is a platform 4 forming a ring in which the boxers fight. The platform is provided with pairs-of slots 5 and 6 indicated in dotted line in Figure 1; these slots are reversel-y curvedandthose of each pair are opposed'so that leading from the inner end of each pair towards their outer endsthey converge; then diverge and finally converge again. Standing upon the platform are two figures or boxers! and B'Qbothidenti alin construction; each having legs and feet9 ,abodies l, heads [I and arms l2 fitted inthe usual way'withj boxing gloves Hi. The intersection or joint-oi the legs and bodies consists oftwocams l4 and l which may be slightly concavo convex or fiat'as desired though the former is preferred, different por-i 21:. (or. 461-916. v

.oi' the; faces of. these camszare at varying angles to the axis X (indicated. by chain dotted line? of thel'egs. The legs. are resiliently con-. nected to the bodyby tension springs IQ surroundingxsleeves l1; so that if one :01 bothlegs are 5.

turned upon the body, by: of its cam faces I15 ridinaupon; the: cam faces it. the body swings either forwardly or rearwardly and if one leg is forward of. the other and. both are turned, the body wfli'swing alsq to'. some extents'idewise. 10 Thefeet oteach boxes are hingedlyconnected at the heels as at l8 to; the: free: end of; a pair of spring forks ltwwhich forks are provided with an operatin knob and slidab y car iedimm diatelrbelow the platform! so that th y can b movedin or out or from side to side as desired to dispose the reel: of the: box rs at any posi i along the slots 5 or 5-. I The heads it are eachoivota connected t the bodr with a downwa dl ext nding flat stem 2|; and a sprin 2 The stem passes through a reetanxular slot 21 in tl'lelmdy, 0 thehead may not: twist undu y. th u h itmay by virtue gt the sprin tension swing: freely in, any dir mountednon-rotatablybutcentrally low the platform 4 is a vertical .shait .24 up n which is journaled a disc 25, above the disc is a collarand asnring 21. and above the sprin is ave ically slidableplate. 2a. which is h ld d pr ss d when the. device iain play by a i rk 29 whi h i aged. at its: end by a trigger it weig d a itsouter end? as at 3!. The tork 39 is mounted p n-a shaft 32 havingan operatinghan le extending beyond the and walls ofthe casing 35 for manual settinB, this shaft'is provided with a'leverzfl' which isnormally enzae dby a pr j'ection'li of the eoinlook mechani m 3 whi h Prevents the shaft iroin being rocked by th handle at until a coin is inserted, but subse- 40 quently allows the handle to be turned and the fork 29 to be lowered: until engaged by the end or the trigger i0, thusholding the plate 28 in depressed position. Slidably supported above the plate It is a flange 36 which is adiu ly an 4,5 resiliently depressedbelowthenla-ti rm by a spring 31,.this flange is provided on opposite sides with eyes 38. I

Connecting e toes of. each foot of one boxer 8 with the: crotclrof the spring fork [9 controlling the other boxer is a spring wire 39, which passesthrough onerof the eyes 38 and. is surrounded. adjaoentthe toe: connection with a coil spring 40 which issnohored at its lower end to the-wire and is adapted to abut the. underside 56:

of the'platform as the inner end of the wire is drawn upwardly due to the falling of one of the boxers, thus preventing him from falling too heavily on receiving a knock out blow, and to restore him to standing position if he is not knocked over too far. By virtue of spring wire being used for the elements, 39 and also the spring 3'! serving to depress the flange 36, a resilient force is exerted on the toes of each boxer to hold themin standing position. I g

A forked arm 4|, see Figure ,3, is pivotally connected to the underside of the platform 4, which rests its free end upon the flange 36 and is raised or lowered accordingly as the. flange moves. Intermediate the length of this arm a cord 42 extends to the trigger 30, so that when one of the boxers is knocked down a strong upward pull is imposed upon one-end 'of the wiresr 39, thus raising the flange 36 and the forked arm 4|, and through the cord 42 the trigger is swung out of. abutment with the-fork 29, .thus allowing said fork and theplate. 28 to rise to the positionshown inrFigure 4, with the assistance of the then freed spring 21.

Downwardly extendingv .from the platform'4. are two pairs of brackets 43 and in the free end of each a rocking lever 44. is mounted; .Each rocking lever 44 is provided at its outer end with a roller 45 and is connected at its inner :end by a wire 45 which passesupwards through a foot and leg 9 and body In to a cranked shaft 47 upon which an arm I2-is-secured-.=

Supported above the disc 25 upon uprights 48 is a cam ring 49'having upon its underside a M plurality of wedge shaped cams 59 of varying size and inclination, each of which is adapted to progressively engage the rollers-45 of the rocking levers 44 as they pass thereover, thus depressing them and through the slackening of the wires 46 passing upwards through-the feet, legs and bodies which connect with the cranked shafts 4! carrying-the arms 12, lowering said armsand when the tension springs 5| to the rocking levers 44 rapidly reverse their motion as the rollers 45 disengage each cam 50 the wires are tensioned, thus swinging the arms upwards to administer blows upon the opposingboxerp Mounted upon the platform 4 to the side. of the boxers is the figure of a referee. 52 whose arms 53 and. 54 are swingingly mounted on cranked shafts55- and are operated through .wires 56 and 57. Suspended from the wire 56 isan iron plate or armature 58 to which is: attached. also a cord 59 extending upwardlyand through an eye 60, thence downwardly to the plate 28 to which it is secured. The wire 51 extends-downwardly and has suspended from it another: iron plate 6| which is adapted to be engaged at intervals :of rotation of the disc 25 by a plurality of. inverted and inclined horseshoe magnets .62 carried by said 'disc.-- Carried by the disc 25-is another magnet 63- which is set to a .smaller radius than those of. the magnets 62, but at a greater radius than "that of the armature 58 when in its normal position as shown in Figure 3. A wheel 54 mounted upon a shaft .65 forms a driving means for rotating the disc 25, butthis may be substituted by-any manual or motor drive desired.

Following a play inwhich. one of the boxers 8 is knocked out, a: coin is inserted into the lock and the handle 33. turned to swing the fork 29 downwardly and depress thev plate 28 into normal or operating position. with. the. trigger 36 abut: ting the free end of the fork.. The plate 28,prior to depression was in contact with the inner end of the rocking levers 44 raising them to such an extent as to prevent the engagement of the cams 59 with the rollers 45. The knob 26 remote from the fallen boxer is outwardly drawn, thus through the wires 39 pulling him back into standing position and withdrawing the other boxer 7 back from the centre of the platform 4. The disc 25 and its cam ring 49 are set in rotation and by virtue of the plate 28 having. been lowered out of contact with the inner ends of the levers 44 their rollers 45 are set to be engaged by the cams 50, so that as each cam passes a roller the arm connected therewith is swiftly moved in an upward direction to administer a blow to the opponent boxer. Each player, having assumed control of an operating knob 20 moves his fork l9 forwardly or back wardly or from one side to another as he may deem fit to dispose his boxer and the boxers body in position to most effectively fight the opponent boxer. During this playthe magnets 62 in passing in the path of the armature 6| engage it and by so doing exert a pull on the wire 57 and impart an upward movement to the left arm 54 of the referee 52, when the magnet passes beyond the armature of the latter swings free and the tension being removed from the wire 5! the arm 54 drops back to its normal position. When one boxer through manipulation of the corresponding fork l9 and the blow struck by the cam and rocking lever movement knocks his opponent over, the upward pull on the wires 39 due to the toes being raised from the platform 4 compresses the spring 37 and raises the flange 36 and with it the arm 4! this arm, through the cord 42 pulls the trigger 39 free from abutment with the fork 29 and permits the plate 28 to rise into contact with the inner ends of the levers 44, thus preventing them from operating and consequently leaving both boxers at rest. The raising of the plate 28 permits the endwise movement of the cord 59, so that the armature 58 swings outwardly into the path of the magnet 63 to be engaged thereby on each rotation of the disc. Each time that this armature is caught by the. magnet 63, the arm 53 is raised, thus simulating the counting out of the fallen boxer by the referee.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers each having arms, legs and body, means for swinging the arms, and means operable by players for imparting movement to both legs of each boxer causing them to converge or diverge. V

2. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers each having arms, legs and bodies, the bodies being supported solely by the legs, means for swinging the arms, and means operable by players for moving the legs and for swinging the body of each boxer from the hips.

3. A fighting toy comprising a platform sup.- porting a pair of boxers each having arms, legs and bodies, means for swinging the arms, means operable by players for moving the legs independently of each other, and means associated with the legs and body of each boxer whereby the turning of either leg with respect to the body, imparts a tilting movement to the body.

4. In a fighting toy including opposing boxershaving legs, arms and bodies, each of said boxers having a joint between the legs and the body in the form of coacting face cams resiliently connected together whereby the turning of oneleg with respect to the other imparts a tilting movement to the body.

' aooaoza the feet of each. of the boxers, means for impart:

ingmovement-to the. armsand me'ansoperable by. players engaging said members for moving the boxersifeet along the slots sirnultaneously or one in advance of the other.

6. A fighting toy comprising a platform having a pair of spaced slots, a boxer having a foot movable along each of said slots, and means operable by a player for moving the boxer by exerting force to both feet, said means permitting the advancement of one foot beyond another.

7. A fighting toy comprising a platform having a pair of oppositely curved spaced slots, a boxer having a foot engaging eachslot, means connected with the feet operable by a Player for moving the boxer along the slots and a pair-of opposed cams between each leg and the body,said cams coacting as the boxer moves ,along the slots for tilting the boxers body.

8. In a fighting toy having a platform supporting a pair of boxers, means for imparting movement to the boxers arms, and means operable by players for moving each boxer by the feet, and means causing the feet to spread apart and draw together as the boxer is moved.

9. In a fighting toy having a platform supporting apair of opposing boxers, means for moving the arms of the boxers, and means operable by two players for moving each of the boxers towards and away from the centre of the platform, a boxer being pivotally connected to each of said player moving means to permit a boxer to fall in response to a blow from the other boxer and means associated with each player moving means for restoring a fallen boxer to his equilibrium.

10. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of opposing boxers, means for imparting movement to the boxersfarms, and means operable by opposing players for controlling the position of the boxers upon the plat-,

form, a boxer being pivotally connected to each of said position controlling means to permit a boxer to fall in response to a blow from the other boxer, and means as a boxer falls for disconnecting the means for imparting movement to the arms of each boxer.

11. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers and a referee, means for moving the arms of the boxers, means operable by opposing players for moving the boxers, said boxers being pivotally connected to members carried by the platform'to' permit one boxer to fall to a supine position in response to a blow from the other, and means as one boxer falls to the platform for imparting raising and lowering movement to the referees arm to count referees arm to count out the fallen boxer, said last mentioned means including an armature and a magnet.

13- Afighting toy comprising a platform supporting apair :of boxers,.-meansior moving the arms of the boxers, means operable by..opposing players. for movingthe boxers, said boxers being pivotally connected to members carried by the platform to permit one to fall in response to a blow from the other, the arm moving. means consisting oflevers and pull cords connected to the arms, and a rotary member having a plurality of tripping devices adapted to progressively .engageand'releaseithe-levers. J

14. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a. pair of boxers, means for moving, the arms of the boxers, means operable by opposing players for moving the boxers, said boxers being pivotally connected to members carried by the platform to permit one to fall in response to a blow from the other the arm moving means consisting of levers and pull cords connected to the arms, and a rotary member having a plurality of tripping devices adapted to progressively engage and release the levers, and means as one of the boxers falls for disconnecting said tripping devices from said levers to stop the arm movements.

15. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers, means for moving the arms of the boxers, means operable by opposing players for moving the boxers, said boxers being pivotally connected to members carried by the platform to permit one to fall in response to a blow from the other the arm moving means consisting of levers and pull cords connected to the arms, and a rotary member having a plurality of tripping devices adapted to progressively engage and release the levers, and means as one of the boxers falls for disrupting the tripping devices to stop the arm movement, means associated with the boxer moving means for restoring the fallen boxer to standing position, and manually operable means for disconnecting said tripping devices from said levers to stop the arm movements.

16. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers, a pair of manually operable forks each having two prongs connected to the heels of aboxer, and a pair of flexible tensioned members extending from each fork to the toes of the boxer connected to the other fork to urge said boxer into a standing position.

17. A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of. boxers, a pair of manually operable forks each having two prongs connected to the heels of a boxer, and a pair of flexible tensioned members extending from each fork to the toes of the boxer connected to the other fork to urge said boxer into a standing position, means for imparting movement to the arms of both boxers, a vertically movable plate connected to the flexible tensioned members and adapted to be raised thereby as-one of said boxers falls, and means associated with saidplate adapted to disconnect the means for imparting movement to the arms of both boxers as the vertically movable plate is raised.

18.'A fighting toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers each capable of being knocked down by the other, and a referee, means for moving the arms of the boxers, means operable by opposing players for moving the boxers and means for imparting movement to one of the referees arms throughout the entire period of play and for moving the other arm subsequent to the knocking down of one of the boxers.

19. A fighting toy as" claimed .in claim 18 wherein the referee arm-moving means includes an armature and'a magnet.

20. A fighting .toy comprising a platform supporting a pair of boxers having arms, legs and bodies, means for swinging the arms, ;means operable manually for turning-the legs inwardly or outwardly whereby the body is inclined with respect to said legs, said means comprising converging and diverging slotsin which the feet of the boxers are guided as'they are moved along the slots. V l

21. A.fighting toy comprising a platform hav'- ing spaced slots, a pair ofboxers having legs and bodies pivotally connected together at each hip, means for moving each of the boxers bodily forward along the slots for advancing one leg in front of the other, and through said advancement causing the body to. beinclined in respect to the legs. 7

ALBERT DEANS FAIRGRIEVE.

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