US2757479A

US2757479A - Peg and ring toy

Info

Publication number: US2757479A
Application number: US448650A
Authority: US
Inventors: Brennan Andrew; Silas M Ford
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1954-08-09
Filing date: 1954-08-09
Publication date: 1956-08-07
Anticipated expiration: 1973-08-07

Description

2,75 TAM A W W56 A. BRENNAN ETAL PEG AND RING TOY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 9, 1954 INVENTOR Am /raw finwmwmm firms M 0 ATTORNEY 1956 A. BRENNAN EIAL 2,757,479

PEG AND RING TOY Filed Aug. 9, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Andrew Brennan 5/705 M Ford ATTORNEY United States Patent Office 2,757,479 Patented Aug. 7, 1956 PEG AND RING TOY Andrew Brennan, Philadelphia, Pa., and Silas M. Ford, St. Paul, Minn.

This invention relates to a toy structure and more particularly to a training and amusement toy structure which will assist in attaining physical coordination and also pro vide amusement.

The usual structure of a base and peg post or pin upon which. blocks or rings are placed provides a danger to falling children. In addition, such pegs are usually cumbersome and heavy, to prevent breakage, and are not easily handled by small hands.

In the present structure we have provided a platform and spindle arrangement which protects children from falling upon an unprotected upright peg, post or pin. It is also difiicult for some children and the physically disabled to place a drilled block or ring on a spindle, peg, post or pin.

The provision of a cage and a guide in alignment with a centered post or peg greatly facilitates the placement of the blocks or rings on the peg. In addition, the provision of a light structure with light rings which can be handled easily with little fingers and played with the peg either in the vertical or horizontal position has advantages from the standpoints of training and amusement. Further, a game is provided which may be played by two or more children.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide the physically handicapped with an aid to obtaining physical coordination.

Another object of this invention is to provide children with a helpful training tool in combination with a toy which also afiords amusement.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description of the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side perspective of a toy and training tool embodied in this invention;

Fig. 2, a cross-sectional view through lines 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a top plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a modification of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5, a top plan view of the modified toy and training tool shown in Fig. 4; with spacer posts shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 6, a longitudinal cross-sectional fied structure on line 55 of Fig. 5.

With reference to the drawings, there is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, with like parts being indicated by similar numerals, a rectangular end plate provided on each corner with posts or spacers 11 which support a top plate 12. The ends 13 are wedged in openings 14 'of the plate 12. The opposite ends of posts 11 are likewise secured in the plate 10. It will be recognized that securing means including adhesives, screws, dowels or pins may be used to fasten the posts or spacers 11 between the plates 10 and 12.

Centered on the plate view of the modi- 10 is a peg 15 having its end 16 wedged into opening 17 in plate 10. An aperture 18 is out through plate 12. The aperture 18 is centered with respect to peg 15 to permit a number of rings or inserts 19,

with hollowed centers 20, to be fitted in alignment with the peg 15 and slipped thereon. The rings, or inserts 19, peg 15 and aperture 18 may be of diiferent sizes and con figurations, as desired. The structure as described is made of wood.

The modified illustration as shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, with like parts being similarly indicated], illustrates the

rounded end plates

21 and 22 mounted on opposite ends of

posts

23 and 24. As illustrated in Fig. 6, the post ends 25 of posts 23 are secured by being set into relative holes bored in the

end plates

21 and 22, as shown in Figure 6. The ends of posts 24 (not shown) are likewise fastened to

plates

21 and 22. In the plate 21 there is centered a pin or peg 26 which is also centered with respect to posts 23. The end 27 of peg 26 is secured by its being set into a relative hole in end plate 21, as shown in Figure 6. The plate 22 is provided with an aperture 28 of larger diameter than the aperture 18, previously described. The peg 26 is centered in the aperture 28 and extends substantially flush with upper edge of end wall 22.

The rings 29, provided with apertures 30, are fitted through the aperture 28 to slide onto the peg 26 which is centered with respect to

spacer posts

23 and 24. The open centers 30 of rings 29 are of larger diameter, say a multiple of or some two to three times more or less larger, than the diameter of peg 26 so that when this structure is rolled the rings 29 will drop, for example, from post 23 to post 24 or against opposite posts to give a clicking or clattering sound. As shown in Fig. 5 the rings 29, when rocked or displaced from a centred position on peg 26, or with respect to the aperture 28, become locked on the peg 26. With the structure as described in the horizontal or rolling position the rings 29 do not roll oif or are not so easily disengaged. As illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, when the centers 30 of rings 29 are off center with respect to peg 26 the edges 29' of rings 29 fall out of alignment with the aperture 28 and are locked between the

end plates

21 and 22. Likewise in the upright position the rings are not so easily picked off when they are not in a centered position on peg 26. This structure, as described, is made of wood. The structure, as described, may be formed of plastic or metal, if desired. Further, with blocks or

rings

19 and 29 of different thicknesses, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 a game can be played by attempting to obtain a stacking on

pegs

15 or 26 to the exact level of the top edges of the end plates 12 or 22 respectively.

As illustrated in Figure 5, it will be noted that the parts 24 are offset with respect to posts 23 and positioned a slightly greater distance from peg 26 than the posts 23. It is this offset of the posts 24 which aids in producing the clatter sound of the rolled toy.

A modification of the toy may be achieved by removing the center peg 26 and substituting discs for the rings 29.

In this modification the posts 23 serve to retain the discs and still produce the clatter eiTect upon rolling of the toy in the manner described. Further, modification may be made in substituting inserts of diiferent configurations, as balls or the like, and without the center peg, and an aperture substantially similar to aperture 28 provided in end plate 22 produce a toy which can be filled or emptied from either end upon proper alignment with the apertures.

Having thus described our invention it will be recognized that there is provided a beneficial physical therapy training tool and amusement toy as a new and. useful combination which may be formed of wood, light metal or plastic.

What we claim is:

1. A training and amusement toy structure comprising a pair of end plates, a plurality of securing posts spacing said plates, adjacent the peripheral edge thereof, an aperture centered in one of said plates, and a peg centered with respect to said plurality of posts and said aperture in the one of said end plates and centrally mounted on the other of said end plates, the said aperture and peg being in cooperative alignment to receive inserts therethrough and be mounted thereon in stacked relationship.

2. In combination with the structure of claim 1, a plurality of rings of different thicknesses mounted on said peg.

3. In combination, a training and amusement toy comprising an end plate, a plurality of posts mounted in equally spaced relationship about said end plate, an opposite end plate secured to the opposite end of said posts, an aperture in said opposite end plate, a central peg mounted on said first end plate and centered in said aperture in said opposite end plate, and a plurality of inserts mounted about said peg by alignment with and dropping through said aperture.

4. A rolling toy comprising a pair of rounded end plates, spacer posts mounted in offset relationship about the edges of said rounded end plates, a peg mounted between said end plates and centered relative to said spaced posts, and a plurality of separate loose rings mounted on said peg and which drop from spacer post to spacer post with a clatter sound when the toy is rolled on said rounded end plates.

5. In combination, a training and amusement toy comprising a pair of end plates, a plurality of spaced posts separating said end plates, some of said posts being positioned cit-center with respect to another portion of said posts, an aperture in one of said end plates, and a plurality of inserts inserted through said aperture and locked between said end plates by displacement against said olfcenter posts.

6. A toy comprising a circular first end plate, a second circular end plate, a plurality of spaced posts mounted adjacent the outermost edges of said end plates securing the same in parallel relationship, a peg mounted on one of said end plates and centered with respect to said posts, an aperture centered in the other of said end plates in spaced relationship to said posts, and a plurality of rings mounted on said peg by entry through said aperture and provided with center openings of a diameter substantially larger than the diameter of said peg, whereby when the ring center is displaced on said peg the ring is locked on said peg between said end plates.

7. In combination, a training and amusement toy comprising an end plate having a peripheral edge thereabout, a plurality of spaced posts extending about the peripheral edge of said end plate, an opposite end plate secured to the opposite ends of said posts, a centered aperture in one of said end plates and centered with respect to said posts, a peg centered in 'said aperture and mounted on the other said end plate and having a free end extending substantially flush with the edge opening of said aperture, and a plurality of inserts stacked on said peg within the structure by dropping said inserts through said aperture.

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