US2446439A - Bouncing whistling toy - Google Patents

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Aug. 3, 194s; M, A, STRUM R 2,446,439

BOUNCING WHISTLING T OY Filed May 2, 1946 INVEN MATHEW A. STRU K jm w AT TORNE Y Patented Aug. 3, 1948 UNITED I I y 2,446,439 it BouNoruG Wms'rLnva'roY fMathe'wA StrumorjBrooklym N. Y. Y Application Maya, 194e, sensrnofstsgsoi :Thisfinvention relates to toys. or like articles, and aims to provide a toy in the shape of a clown, animal, or any other figure, weighted at the bottom so that when dropped to the ground it will always strike the ground substantially in upright position, and provided with resilient means to cause it to bounce upon impact with the ground, and further provided with an air-operated sound producing device, such as a whistle, which will be sounded upon impact of the body with the ground.

The above as well as additional objects will become apparent in the following description, wherein characters of reference refer to likenumbered parts in the accompanying drawing. It is to be understood that the drawing is intended for the purpose of illustration only, and that it is neither desired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all of the exact details of construction shown excepting insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the toy.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the condition thereof immediately after impact of the toy with the ground.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral Ill indicates the body of the toy figure, which may be, as shown, substantially ovate in form. At the lower end of the body Ill a boss II is formed, around which the upper end of a coiled spring I 2 registers.

A base [3, which is made of a heavier material than the body of the toy, such as, for instance any suitable metal, and which may, if desired, be provided with a cover over the rounded bottom thereof, not shown, has its lower surface rounded in any desired manner. The base l3 may also, of course, be made of a heavier wood, or it may be made of wood coated with a metal, not shown, the principle thereof being merely thatit will be heavy with respect to the rest of the figure so that when the figure is tossed into the air it will strikethe ground in substantially upright position.

A pair of step-like bosses l4 and I5 are provided on the upper surface of the base l3, and the lower end of the spring I2 registers around the upper boss l5. A cylindrical bellows-like cover is provided around the spring 12 in the form of a band I6 of rubber or the like, the upper periphery of which is secured to the boss II by any suitable 2 Claims. (01. 46- 117) ine'ans'o'r in any desiredmannenas, for instance,

by means of nails or tacks H. In the same fashion the lower periphery of the band it may be secured about the boss i l of the base i3.

The body It) may be constructed in any desired way and of any desired material or materials, so long as it is sufficiently lighter in weight than the base 13 to behave, when dropping freely to the ground, as before mentioned, and so long as it is provided with a sound producing device, such as a whistle, about to be described. Moreover, the sound reproducing device need not necessarily be contained within or be a part of the body It), as it could also be incorporated within or as part of the appendage to the body represented by the base I3, the spring I2, and the band 16.

As illustrated, the body is shown having a vertical passage 18 extending upward from and in communication with the chamber enclosed by the band IS. A horizontal passage I9 is cut into the belly of the body In and communicates with the top of the passage l8 at the throat 20. Just forward of the throat 20 a sounding chamber 2| is provided in the well known manner to enhance the effect of the whistling sound resulting from the blowing of air upward through the channel l8, past the throat 20, and out through the passage [9.

That the body [0 will descend to the ground in upright position is apparent. As the base l3- strikes the ground, the momentum of the body will cause the spring l2 to be compressed and the band to collapse somewhat, substantially as shown in Fig. 4. Upon rebound of the spring l2, the body will spring again into the air, and this performance will be repeated until the body comes to rest in upright position. Each time the body strikes the ground, it is apparent that air will be expelled rapidly past the throat 20 thereby causing the body to issue a whistling sound.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A toy adapted to be dropped to fall freely to the ground comprising a body having a boss extending from one end thereof, a bellows envelope having one rim thereof secured to and around the circumferential wall of said boss, an appendage comprising a weighted base having the conformation of a section of a sphere less than a hemisphere the lower surface of said base being therefore rounded and the upper surface thereof being fiat, said upper surface having an axial boss extending therefrom and of the same diameter as 3 said body boss, the other rim of said bellows envelope being secured to and around the circumferential wall of said base boss and thereby enclosing a compartment between said base and said body, said body having an opening through the side thereof, said body being solid and having a vertical axial passage extending upward from said compartment to said opening, resilient means normally urging saidbody and base apart, said base being so disproportionately heavier than said body that the toy strikes the'ground in upright position when permitted to fall freely, andv a whistle associated with said opening adapted to be sounded by expulsion of air through said passage and said opening from said compartment by 5 1 273 132 impact of said base with the ground.

2. The toy set forth in claim 1, a second boss on:-

said body of smaller diameter than said first body boss extending axially from said first body boss; a second boss of smaller diameter than said first base boss extending axially from said first base boss, said resilient means comprising a coiled spring having said second body boss registering in one peripheral edge thereof and having said second base boss registering in the other periph- 5 eral edge thereof.

MATHEW STRUMOR.

10 file of. this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS I Number Name Date 901,762 Wetzel Oct. 20, 1908 Adams July 23, 1918 1,571,868 Parsons Feb. 2, 1926 1,898,773 Grubman Feb. 21, 1933 a FOREIGN PATENTS go Number Country Date 15,160 France Feb. 29, 1912

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