US439801A

US439801A - John kerr

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Publication number: US439801A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 1907-11-04

Description

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J. KERR.

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No. 439,801. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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JOHN KERR, OF VEST HAVEN, MICHIGAN.

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SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,801, dated November 4, 1890. Application filed November 23.1889. Serial No. 331,357. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KERR, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Haven, in the county of Shiawassee, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in mechanical toys; and it has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device of this character of few parts and those so connected that the revolution of the wheel as the device is moved forward or backward causes the legs of the figure to move as in the act of walking or running, giving the appearance of the figure wheeling the vehicle.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction and the combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of adevice constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

Referring to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the body of a wheelbarrow supported upon suitable frame-work, as the side bars B, extended to form handles B, and provided with legs 0 and suitable inclined braces 0', connecting said legs with the side bars. All of these parts may be of any suitable material and size.

Journaled in the forward ends of the side bars is the double crank shaft or axle D, upon which is secured the weighted wheel E in any suitable manner, there being one crank upon each side of said wheel, said cranks extending in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 2.

F represents the figure of a person, of wood, tin, or any preferred material, and consisting of a body portion, to which is hinged or pivoted a head G and legs H, said head and legs being hung upon loose joints, so that the legs will move upon their pivots with a minimum amount of friction, and so that the head will bob forward and back in the movement of the other parts.

I are arms rigidly connected at their lower ends with the handles B and at their other ends pivotally connected with the body por tion of the figure, as at I.

J are rods or bars pivotally connected at one end with the legs of the figure, as at J, and at the other end with the cranks of the shaft or axle D.

The operation is simple and apparent. As the toy is moved over the floor by means of a string or other means attached thereto or in any other manner, the wheel E is revolved, and the revolution of the wheel through the medium of the cranks and the rods J causes the legs of the figure to alternately move forward, as in the act of walking. The weighted wheel serves to keep the parts in operative contact with the floor.

The device is simple and durable, can be produced at a minimum cost, and will aflord much amusement to children.

I am aware that mechanical figures have been so connected with a crank-shaft and wheel as to be operated the one by the other, and do not seek to cover such broadly, but attach importance to my peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, whereby I produce a simple, cheap, and durable toy, the parts being such that a life-like movement is given to the body, arms, and legs of the figure.

What I claim as new is- 1. The mechanical toy herein described, consisting of a frame and double-crank shaft, a weighted wheel thereon, the figure F, comprising a body, arms pivotally attached thereto and rigidly connected with the frame, and legs pivotally connected with the body, and the connecting-rods J, connected at one end to the cranks of the crank-shaft and at the other end pivotally connected with the legs of the figure, substantially as shown and specified.

2. The mechanical toy herein described, consisting of a frame in the form of a wheel-. barrow, having handles and legs, the doublecrank shaft journaled in the frame and carrying a wheel E, the figure F, comprisinga figure between the knee and toe, substantially IQ body, loosely-pivoted head, armspivotally atas shown and specified. tached to the body with their lower ends rig- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in idly connected with the handles of the wheelpresence of two witnesses.

' 5 barrow, unjointed legs pivotally connected with the body, and the substantially parallel v JOHN KERR horizontal rods J, connected at oneend'to t-he Witnesses: cranks of' the crank-shaft and at the other NEWTON BALDWIN,

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