US2457653A - Knockapart toy - Google Patents

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Dec. 28, 1948. G. E. FROELICH KNOCKAPART TOY Filed Jan. 24, 1947 INVENTOR GEORGE E.FROELICH ATT RNEYS Patented Dec. 28, 1948 UNITED STATES PA ENT ()FFICE Application January 24, 1947, Serial No. 724,209

1 Claim. 1

My invention refers to toys and it has for its primary object to provide a body in imitation of a battle tank, boat, animal or other design, having a spring actuated platform controlled by a lock and release trigger. The body is provided with a compartment for a plurality of building blocks of any form, which may be built in an assemblage or fanciful design, depending upon the ingenuity of the player. These blocks are assembled upon the face of the platform and thereafter the manually operated trigger is tripped whereby the block assemblage is projected upwardly in a shower. Briefly, the toy is of the knock-down building type having a storage compartment for the blocks which are to be fancifully built up upon the platform, whereby upon the release of the same, the built-up blocks are knocked down and scattered in the air by a trip finger.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a body embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same with parts broken away and in section to more clearly illustrate structural features.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation showing particularly the pivoted spring controlled platform.

Figure 4 is a cross section of the same, the section being indicated by line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is another cross sectional View particularly illustrating the platform and trigger mechanism, the section being indicated by line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating another block assemblage mounted upon a fragment of a platform.

Referring by characters to the drawings, I indicates the bottom of a skeleton body folded upwardly to form a block compartment I having a downwardly extended wall I, which wall is se- 2 cured to the bottom, the blocks assembled therein being indicated by the letter A.

The forward end of the body is also folded upwardly and inwardly forming a loop 2 terminat ing with a downwardly inclined brace wall 2' also secured to the bottom face of the body I.

The upper face of the loop 2 carries apertured ears 3 for the reception of pintles 4, which pintles extend laterally from a flat platform 5.

The free end of this platform is provided with a vertical flange 5', which flange abuts the body wall I and terminates with a lip 5".

The platform, when in the position shown in full lines of Figure 1 of the drawings, is under tension by a looped spring 6, which spring is coiled about the pintles 4 and has ends 6 extending inwardly and about a corner of the body loop 2, it being understood that the spring, at its outer end, passes under the platform 5.

The platform 5 is locked in its normal position by a trigger 1 that is pivoted to an ear 8, which extends from the body wall I". The trigger is provided with a locking nose l adapted to engage the flange lip 5" of the platform. The trigger is also provided with a trip finger 1 that extends outwardly from its body portion and said trigger is held in its locked position, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, by a spring 9 engaging ghel tail of the trigger and the bottom wall I of said For ornamentation, the pivoted platform I may be provided with a barrel or dome B adjacent the pivoted end thereof.

While I have shown a simple skeleton form of body it is manifest that said body may be in various fanciful shapes pleasing to the eye and while the rectangular blocks A are shown stacked in a compartment of the body, they may obviously be independently housed and it should also be understood that these blocks irrespective of their design are preferably finished in different colors for attractive ornamentation.

As shown in Figures 1 and 6 of the drawings, the blocks are piled upon the upper face of the platform in various designs, for example the built up block design in Figure 1 of the drawings, may suggest a cannon.

After the block design is assembled, when it is desired to explode or scatter the same, the player simply trips the finger l" of the trigger whereby the spring controlled platform will rock upwardly and discharge the blocks in a shower, as indicated in dotted lines of Figure 1 of the drawings. When the table or platform 5 is tripped, it will produce a sound which will tend to increase the pleasure of the player and in some instances, I may, without departing from'the spirit of my invention, increase the sound by a suitable hammer effect which will develop incidental to tripping of the platform.

I claim:

In a knock-down building block toy comprising a skeleton body having a looped end forming a block storage compartment, a, spring actuated platform pivoted to, the body, a lip extending from the free end of the platform, a spring controlled lock and release trigger pivoted to the body having a nose engageable with the platformlip, a manually controlled finger extending from 4 the trigger, and a plurality of building blocks adapted to be assembled in fanciful design upon the platform, whereby upon release of the same, the said assemblage of blocks is scattered up- 5 wardly.

GEORGE E. FROELICH.

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