US2457865A - Toy wagon - Google Patents

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A. B. CARMCHAEL TOY WAGON Jan. 4, 1949.

2 Shets-Sh'eet 1' ASA '84 cARMICHAEL,

Filed Dec. '7, 1945 ,Jan. 4, 1949.

A. B. CARMICHAEL TOY WAGON 2 Sheds-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 7, 1945 vicled with an extension elastic cord 40 passing through the screw-eyes 39 along the back of the leg forms, and anchored at the top of the leg at 4| and at the bottom of the leg at 42. When this leg is bent forward at knee joint 38, the elastic cord 40 opposes this action and will tend to straighten out the leg. Similarly each front leg is provided with an extension elastic cord 43, passing through the screw-eyes 39 along the front of the leg forms, and anchored at the top of the leg at 44 and at the bottom of the leg at 45. Thus when a front leg is bent backward at knee joint 38, the elastic cord 43 opposes bending action and tends to straighten the leg. Similarly each hind leg is provided with a fiection elastic cord passing through the screw-eyes along the front of the leg forms and anchored at the bottom of the leg as at 46. Also each front leg is provided with a flection elastic cord passing through the screw eyes along the back of the leg forms and anchored at the bottom of the leg as at 41. The flection elastic cords oppose the extension elastic cords and operate to flex the legs, the front leg backwardly and the hind leg forwardly, to simulate a real horse. Each fiection cord, adjacent the top of the leg, passes through an opening as 48 and 49, in the side of the horse and thence through an opening into shaft [4 and extend through the shaft [4 for connection to a driving disc in the front of the wagon, explained hereinafter. If desired the flection elastic cord may connect with an ordinary cord in the shaft 14 and form a continuation thereof, the ordinary cord being connected to the driving disc. Only the elastic cords producing flection pass through the Wagon shaft I4.

As shown schematically in Figure 4, the fiection cord 50 for the left horses left hind leg is attached to a drive disc at thecrank pin 52. The fiection cord 53 for the left horses left front leg is attached to drive disc 54 at the crank pin 55. The flection cord 56 for the left horses right hind leg is attached to the disc 5! at the crank pin 58. The flectlon cord 59 for the left horses right front leg is attached to the disc 60 at the crank pin 6|. The fiection cord 62 for the right horses left hind leg is attached to the disc 63 at the crank pin64. The fiection cord 65 for the right horses left front leg is attached to the disc 66 at the crank pin 61. The flection= cord. 68 for the right horses right hind leg is attached to the disc 69 at crank pin 70. The flection cord H for the right horses right front leg is attached to the disc 12 at crank pin 13. The discs 5| and 54 are mounted on a stub shaft 14' passing through an upright post 15 fixed within the front end of the wagon. Similarly discs 51 and 60 are mounted on a stub shaft 16 passing through an upright post 11; discs 63 and 66 are similarly supported by post I8, and discs 69 and 12 are similarly supported by post 19. The use of stub shafts to support the discs permits the flection cord ends to revolve with the discs without fouling the cords on a continuous shaft. The front axle 2 has fixedthereon leased alternately. As each fiection cord is pulled,

the leg associated with the -particll1a1j iiectior;

4 cord will flex or bend at the knee. This action will tension the extension cord of that leg. Then as soon as the disc rotates sufficiently to loosen the fiection cord, the extension cord will immediately straighten the leg. The position of the crank pins 52, 55, 58, BI, 64, 61, 10 and 73 are such that the four legs of a horse are flexed and straightened in a natural sequence.

In operation, the key 2| is turned to wind the spring and the'toy-placed on the floor. As the spring unwinds, the elephant 8 and umbrella I 3 will rotate, and the rear wheels 5 will be driven to move the toy along the floor. The friction between the front wheels 4 and the floor will cause the front wheels to rotate and this in turn will supply the motive power to cause the horses legs to move in simulation of live horses and give the impression that the horses are pulling the wagon.

While a certain specific embodiment of this invention has been shown it will be understood that various modifications may be made within the spirit of the invention. Therefore no limitations on the invention are intended other than are imposed by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A toy vehicle comprising a wagon including front and rear wheels, a wagon body mounted on said wheels, a shaft extending forwardly of said wagon body, at least one toy horse fixed to said shaft, said horse being provided with front and hind legs having section forming knees and shoulder joints, a power means concealed in said wagon body for driving at least one of said wheels to move the vehicle, and means operable from said front wheels for moving the horses legs during the movement of the vehicle, to simulate a horse-drawn wagon, said means for moving the horses legs comprising apair of elastic members for each leg, one elastic memberv to flex the leg and the other elastic member to straighten the leg, and means to alternately. operate the elastic members for each leg.

2. A toy vehicle comprising, a wagon including front and rear wheels, a Wagon body mounted on said wheels, a shaft extending'forwardly of said wagon body, at least one toy horse fixed to said shaft, said horse being provided with front and hind legs having sections forming knee and shoulder Joints, a power means concealed in said wagon body for driving at least one of said wheels to move the vehicle, and means operable from said front wheels for moving the horses legs during movement of the vehicle to simulate a horsedrawn Wagon, said means for moving the horses legs comprising a concealedelastic cord for flexing the leg, having one endfixed to the lower end of each leg and the other end extending through said shaft, a concealed elastic cord for straightening the leg, having one end fixed to'the lower end of each leg and the other end fixed to the upper end of each leg, and concealed means in the wagon body for connecting to and alternately pulling and releasing the end of said first-mentioned elastic cord extending through said shaft.

3. A toy vehicle comprising a wagon including front and rear wheels, a wagon body mounted on said wheels, a shaft extending forwardly of said wagon body, at least one toy horse fixed to said shaft, said horse being provided with front and hind legs having sections forming knee and shoulder joints, a power means concealed in said wagon body for driving at least one of said wheels to 'move the vehicle, and means operable from said front wheels for moving the horses legs during movement of the vehicle. to simulate a horsedrawn wagon, said means for moving the horses operating automatically during released movelegs comprising a plurality of concealed elastic ment of its complemental flexing elastic member. members, two for each leg, one elastic member of ASA B. CARMICHAEL. each pair being provided to flex the leg and the other elastic member of each pair to straighten 5 REFERENCES C D the leg, a plurality of concealed rotating discs in The following references are of record in the the forward end of said wagon body, said discs me of this patent: being driven from said front wheels, each of said elastic members for flexing a leg having a crank UNITED STATES PATENTS connection with one of said discs for operation 10 N b r Na e Dat thereby, said several crank connections being 621,885 Wishart Mar. 28, 1899 relatively positioned to cause proper timed flex- 1,313,994 Koziatek Aug. 26, 1919 ing of the horses legs to simulate a walkin 0 2,175,345 Lohr Oct. 10, 19 9 running horse, said straightening elastic member

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