US2518840A

US2518840A - Climbing toy

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Publication number: US2518840A
Application number: US593262A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry C Tunstall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-05-11
Filing date: 1945-05-11
Publication date: 1950-08-15
Anticipated expiration: 1967-08-15

Description

Aug. 15, 1950 H. C. TUNSTALL CLIMBING TOY 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Filed May 11, 1945 Ill-Wm C TIM/5 TALL Jan/W ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 15 1950 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I t T r 2,518,840

CLIMBING 'roY Henry C. Tunstall, Lake City, S. 0.

Application May 11, 1945, Serial No. 593,262

2 Claims. 1 This present invention relates to figure toys and its general object is to provide a toy to simulate a plurality of monkeys or the like and their actions in climbing a rope.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a toy of simple, sturdy and inexpensive construction.

Other objects of this invention, not at this time particularly enumerated, will be understood from the following disclosure of the same.

This invention also consists in certainother features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the preferred embodiment of my invention, and

Figure 2 is a horizontal, transverse section on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

In the

drawing numerals

2 and 3 denote a pair of base members which are secured in crossed relationship and disposed in the same plane to rest flush on a flat supporting surface, not shown. To the top surface of member 3 are secured by suitable fastening means the lower ends of a pair of outer column 5 and a pair of inner columns 6, the latter being situated between the former and all four being of equal height' To the top ends of the columns 5, 8 is secured a beam 1 which completes the rigid frame 4 of the toy.

In the center of the beam is a vertically dispised hole in which the upper portion of a shaft 8 is journaled. The top end of the shaft 8 extends above the beam and carries a knob 9 of substantially conical shape. The bottom end IU of the shaft 8 is conical and is seated in a correspondingly shaped bearing II which is formed in the central top portion of member 3.

This shaft 8 carries at an intermediate point a cruciform fiy cross [2 performing a function analogous to that of the fly wheel of a steam engine i. e. of storing kinetic energy of rotation. The cross I 2 consists of two members crossing one another at right angles and in countersunk relation.

A pedal bar 13 of a length somewhat less than the horizontal distance between the inner columns 8 has a central aperture M for rotatably engaging on the shaft 8 and is at either end supported by the end of a string or cord 15 the intermediate portion of which is threaded through an aperture a in the shaft 8. I

The-intermediate portion of a cord [6 is wound a'number of turns around the shaft 8, below the fly cross l2 The complementary end portions Ilia and l6b of the cord l6 extend laterally in opposite directions from the shaft 8 and are each threaded through a guiding eye l! attached to the inner side of one of the inner'columns 6 and just below the fly cross I2. This arrangement prevents the'fly cross 12 during rotation of the latter and the shaft 8 from touching the cord portions [6a and l6b which extend downwardly and inwardly from the eyes I! towards the shaft 8. From the eyes I! the cord portions Mia and l6b extend upwardly along the inner sides of columns 6 and are each threaded through a guide sleeve 18 fixed in an aperture in the respective inner column 6 and registering with the other sleeve l8. From the sleeves [8 on the outer sides of the columns 6, the cord portions Ilia and I61) extend downwardly between the columns 5 and B and each carries at its depending, free end a figure l9 simulating the appearance of a monkey climbing up the cord portions I60, or [6b or other animal able to climb. Thus, each cord portion 16a and I6!) includes an inner and an outer lap disposed longitudinally of the frame 4.

In order to operate the toy, the child holds the knob 9 of the shaft 8 in its left hand to prevent the same from turning and rotates the pedal bar I3 around the shaft '8 with its right hand. This manipulation of the pedal bar l3 coils the intermediate portion of the cord l6 around the shaft 8. If then the pedal bar I 3 is pulled or pushed downward using two fingers one on each side of the shaft 8, the string [5 thereof unwinds itself from the shaft 8 by rotating the latter with the result that the intermediate portion of the cord 16 is wound on the shaft 8 thereby exerting an inward pull on the adjacent ends of the cord portions 16a and lfib to cause the figures [9 to be pulled upwardly. The momentum of rotation of the shaft 8 will coil the pedal bar string l5 around the shaft 8 in the opposite direction so that when the pedal bar I3 is again pressed downwardly the shaft 8 will be revolved in the opposite direction to unwind the cord l8 therefrom to allow the figures I9 to move downward by gravity. Quick up and down movement of the pedal bar I3 will cause the figures l9 to go through some very amusing antics. If the child after moving the pedal bar [3 up and down in quick succession releases the latter, the figures l9 will continue the aforedescribed movements until the momentum of the shaft 8 is spent.

From the above description, it is believed that the construction and operation of this device will be clear to those skilled in the art.

Various changes in the devices and detailed parts of the toy could be made without departing from thescope of the inventionas' defined in the following claims. It is therefore intended that all matter shown in the accompanying drawing and described in the preceding specification shall be considered as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim and desire to secure'zbyPLetters Patent is:

1. A toy of the character described comprising an elongated, upright frame, a shaft journaled in said frame and longitudinally thereof, a cord having an intermediate portion wound. a number of times about the shaft adjacent its lower end and provided with complementary end portions extending from said shaft and'slidably guided in said frame and eacheincluding lapped portions extending longitudinally of the frame, the terminalof each ofcsaid .endportions being disposed in a dependingposition within the frame, .a figure supportedbyeach of said terminalsof the cord for movement longitudinally of the frame to simulatea climbing animal, .a string having an intermediate ,portion' extending through the shaft adjacent the "upper endlthereof andpro- 4 vided with depending end portions, a bar rotatably and slidably engaging said shaft intermediate of its ends and having its ends connected to the depending end of said string, and said depending portions of the string being adapted to be wound in either direction about the shaft for revolving the shaft when a pressure is exerted on the bar in a downward direction to wind the intermediate portion of the cord onto the lower portion of the shaft or for unwinding it therefrom for causing the figures to move longitudinally and vertically in the frame.

1 2. A toy as in claim 1, and a cross fixed to the -shaft and functioning as a flywheel for cooperation with the gravity pull exerted on the end poritions of the cord by the weight of the figures to cause the figures to be reciprocated longitudinally oftheframe until the momentum of the shaft: is spent.

HENRY C. TUNSTALL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe file of this patent:

"UNITED STATES PATENTS Wolff July 14, 1931