US2512421A - Remote-control bomb release toy - Google Patents

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June 20, FAY 2,512,421

REMOTE CONTROL BOMB RELEASE TOY Filed Dec. 29, 1945 I M 1 011 for j I'ank J Fay Patented June 2Q, 1950 r,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,512,42 i I Q V j REMOTE-CONTROL 30M RELEASE TOY 1 Frank J. Fan Denver, Colo. Application December 29, 1945, Serial 337,832

The invention as described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, consists of a toy, an object of which is to provide an airplane having a remote control for releasing a bomb therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide a moving toy airplane carrying a bomb and remote means for releasing the bomb over a target.

A further object of this invention is to provide a game of skill in which the object is to drop a bomb from a moving plane in order to strike a target the bomb control being remote from the plane.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of my toy,

Figure 2 is a broken away bottom plan view of a toy airplane,

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3--3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a detail in elevational view of a remote control,

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a suspended plane.

While one embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the above referred to drawings, it is to be understood that they are merely for the purpose of illustration and that various changes in construction may be resorted to in the course of manufacture in order that the invention may be utilized to the best advantage according to circumstances which may arise, without in any way departing from the spirit and intention of my device, which is to be limited only in accordance with the appended claim. And while I have stated the primary field of utility of my invention it remains obvious that it may be employed in any other capacity wherein it may be found applicable.

In the accompanying drawings, and in the following specification, the same reference characters are used to designate the same parts and elements throughout, and I l indicates a fine wire tautly suspended from the top ends 52 and I3, of two spaced upright posts 14 and i5, the latter being the shorter of the two in order that the wire II, will be sufiiciently inclined to cause the trolley Hi, from which the airplane I1, is suspended to roll down the wire from the starting post M, to the end post IS. The said trolley, consists of a pair of vertical spaced wires l8 and lClaim. (o1. era-c5) 4 [6, connected at the upper ends by a horizontal wire 20, having spaced trolley wheels or slides 2| and 22, extending up therefrom and which hook over the wire I I.

In the bottom wall 23, of the airplane is a vertical bore 24, which is adapted to receive the bomb 25, Which is retained therein by means of the terminal 26, of a lever 21, which end fits into the slot 28, of the bomb. The said lever is pivoted at 29, and the end 30, of the lever projects outwardly of the side 3!, of the airplane. A ring 32, adapted to slip over the said end 30, has connected thereto a thread or other cable 33, which thread projects through an inverted U-member 34, on the top 35, of post l4. Slidable through a bore in the head 36, of the member 34, is a pin 31, on which is coiled a spring 38, between the said head 36, and the head 39, of the pin 31, whereby the pin is held normally raised. Fixed on the lower end 40, of said pin is a disk 4|, adapted to be pressed down upon the thread 33, whereby, when the plane is moving, the thread may be held from further movement at any time desired by pressure upon the said head 39, of pin 31, which will cause the ring 32, to actuate the lever handle 30, rearwardly to permit the said ring to slip from the element 30, and as it releases the end 26, of the lever from the bomb permitting the same to drop from the airplane. Seated somewhere between the posts l4 and I5, is a target 42, which the user of the device endeavors to strike with the bomb by releasing the same at a proper instant.

From the above description of the invention it will be seen that I have provided a toy which will require skill of the user in an effort to strike the target 42, with the bomb 25, making the toy very interesting for a child. However, the device may be used as a game of skill for older children and grown-ups in which case the players will alternately try to strike the target, gaining so many points for each hit. In use by children it will teach them coordination of sight and action. The target may be placed in various positions which will require additional skill in alternately striking the same.

The post l4, may be formed in telescopic sections, whereby the upper section 43, may be either raised or lowered upon the section l4, and secured in position by a set screw 44. The purpose of changing the height Of the said post is in order to raise or lower the end 45, or the wire H, whereby the inclination of the same will be changed to increase or decrease speed of the airplane.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, in actuahpractice, ifidesired.

Having now-describedthe invention that'which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

In a toy including a suspension line, a body slidable 0n the line and having a recess and a received in the notch in said missile, an operating line secured to said member for actuating the 5 against sliding movement.

FRANK J. FAY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 file i of i-t'his patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,388,513 Zwickel Nov. 6, 1945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 12 13044 Great/Britain Mar. 13, 1919 ..129;555 Great Britain July 17, 1919 il'l, 262 France June 23, 1931

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