US2756538A - Aerial toy - Google Patents

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y 1956 G. L. CORBETT 2,756,538

AERIAL TOY Filed Oct. 18, 1955 4/ 4 3 Eli-- E IN VENTOR ATTORNEY United States Patent AERIAL TOY George L. Corbett, Tampa, Fla.

Application October 18, 1955, Serial No. 541,284

4 Claims. (Cl. 46-86) This invention relates to an aerial toy.

An object of this invention is to provide a toy rocket with a cloth parachute attached, designed to be launched by a heavy rubber band attached to a stick, the parachute being released by a trigger, when the rockets top turned downward.

Another object of this invention is to provide an aerial toy which will furnish great amusement to children.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a toy which is of an aerial nature, and which is relatively simple in construction, positive in operation, and which will give a child great pleasure to possess.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as willl be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particulary pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of the toy, while Fig. 2 is an enlarged, vertical, central sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is partly a section and partly a view in side elevation of the toy in open condition.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the trigger device of this toy.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a tube made of a light, rigid material. The outer end of the tube 1 is open and the inner end is closed by a conical top 2. Fastened to said top 2 is an L-shaped hook 3. A rubber band 4 is used in launching; this band 4 is slipped over the hook 3, and will become disengaged when the toy is released in the act of launching.

The shroud lines 6 are attached at their inner ends, Fig. 2, to the rim of tube 1 in any suitable manner, and their outer ends are fastened at 7 to the outer edge of the parachute 8, Fig. 4.

Within the tube 1, near its inner cone end, are rods 9 and 10, Fig. 3. The rod 10 is provided with two bent portions 11. Mounted on rod 10, between the bent portions 11, is coil 12 of trigger 13. On one end of coil 12 is an integral L-shaped hook 14. On the outer end of trigger 13 is a solid or weight ball 15. The bent portions 11 keep the trigger 13 properly centered on the rod 10.

Through the medium of elongated slot 16, in the side of tube 1, the operator can reach in and place ring 17 (Fig. 2) on the L-shaped hook, to set the device. This small ring 17 is sewn, or otherwise attached, to the center of the parachute. When the ring 17 is on the hook 14, the trigger is resting on the rod 9. A rubber band 18 is looped at its inner end through ring 17, and at its outer end is hooked in notch 19, in the rim of tube 1. When the device is launched into the air, the rubber band will assist in unseating the ring 17 off the L-shaped hook 14.

The parachute may be tucked inside tube 1 or trail out- 2,756,538 Fatented July 31, 1956 side. If trailing, the shroud lines 6 should be just long enough so that when the parachute is attached to the trigger and pulled out to its full length, the shroud lines will be taut.

As the closed or pointed end of the tube is heavier, it will tip downward when the rocket or device begins to fall, after being launched upward. When this takes place, the weighted end of the trigger 13 will drop (Fig. 4), and the ring 17 will slip off the hook 14. The stretched rubber band 18 will jerk the parachute 8 out of the tube, and it will open as the rocket falls.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of the invention and illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates during the extensive manufacture of the same, and I, therefore, reserve the right to make such changes or alterations as shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In an aerial toy, the combination of a tube provided at its inner end with a conical structure and open at its outer end, said tube provided with two rods near its conical structure, a trigger normally resting loosely on one of said rods, said trigger provided on its outer end with a ball and on its opposite end with a coil, one of said rods provided with two bent portions, said coil of said trigger having the last-mentioned rod extending therethrough with the coil between said bent portions, said coil provided with an L-shaped hook, a parachute in the open end of said tube, said parachute provided with a ring hooked upon said L-shaped hook, shroud lines fastened to the outer edges of said parachute and also to the outer end of said tube, a rubber band fastened to the ring of said parachute, said tube provided with a notch on its outer end, and said rubber band positioned in said notch.

2. In an aerial toy, the combination of a tube closed at one end and open at its outer end, said tube being provided with rods near its closed end, a trigger normally resting upon said rods, said trigger provided on its outer end with weight means and provided near its opposite end with holding means, a parachute in said tube, and means temporarily suspending said parachute from said holding means.

3. In an aerial toy, the combination of a tube, said tube provided interiorly with a pair of horizontal rods, a trigger device rotatably mounted upon one of said rods and including weight means at one end, a parachute in said tube, means detachably mounting said parachute upon said trigger, and means connected to said parachute near said trigger device and also to said tube normally exerting strain upon said parachute While it is suspended from said trigger device.

4. In an aerial toy, the combination of a tube provided with a closed end and with an open end, said tube provided with rods near its closed end, a trigger provided on one end with a weight near one of said rods, said trigger being provided with means near its opposite end for movably mounting said trigger upon a rod, said trigger provided with a hook near said last-mentioned rod, a parachute in said tube, and means detachably mounting said parachute on said hook.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,079,200 Wilde Nov. 18, 1913 1,359,207 Tyrrell Nov. 16, 1920 1,635,223 Rost July 12, 1927 1,890,759 Vogt Dec. 13, 1932 2,312,629 Culver et al Mar. 2, 1943

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