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No. 620,908 Pafented Mar. 14, I899- L. J. GENETT.

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(Application filed Aug. 15, 1898 (No Model.)

UNITED STATES,

LOUIS J. GENETT, OF MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,908, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed Afigust 1 5, 18 9 8.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. GENETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marquette, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Toy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy.

The object of the invention is to produce an interesting, simple, and cheap toy commemorative of a historical event.

The invention consists, substantially, in the construction hereinafter described, and subsequently more particularly pointed out in the claim.

Like letters refer to the same parts in the several figures of the drawings, in which Figure l is a top view of the toy with the firing-head in cross-section and part of the handle in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the projectile and a vertical section of the handle. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a cane with the percussion device applied.

thereto.

It has been found that toys which by their construction and operation coupled with'a proper name suggest a historical event are both interesting and instructive and serve to impress upon the minds of the people Whatever event they suggest. The leading event preceding the present war between the United States and Spain, and the one event which probably more than any other rendered such War necessary, was the destruction of the United States battle-ship Maine in Havana harbor, Cuba, and .a number of different tokens have been devised and placed upon the market commemorative of that event. It is the aim of the present invention to add to such store of tokens a toy which by its construction and operation will suggest the activeremembrance of the Maine, which the armies and navies of the United States have indicated by their deeds.

The first feature of the invention consists of a holder or clamp for a percussion wafer or cap and adapted by impact against any reasonably hard surface to explode the percussion-cap. This holder or clamp devised for the percussion cap or wafer may be applied to any one of a great number of different articles. In the drawings it is shown applied to an arrow adapted to be projected by PATENT ()FFICE.

Serlalllo. 688,558. on model.) suitable power against any hard surface; and also as applied to a cane for a similari'purpose. The arrow, as shown in the draw'ngs, is adapted to be guided by a T-shaped handle, the horizontal portion of which is fored to permit the arrow to pass through aiid to which is secured an elastic band, as sliown; but it is obvious that such arrow mi t be projected by any other form of bow or other power, although the form shown has in practice been found very cheap and effecti e.

In the drawings the handle of the {toy is lettered'A, the arrow is lettered B, the clamping-holder for the percussion-cap is letitered C, and the elastic band is lettered D. Of course the T-shaped handle may be made of any suitable material; but it has been found in practice that wood is a cheap and effi ient material for the purpose and can be sily shaped in the desired manner. The arrhw B may have its rear end reduced and flattetled, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to afford acouvenient grasping-surface. The elastic band may be attached to the horizontal portion of the handle in a number of difierent ways; but I have found it convenient and cheap to attach it by forming a rabbet or recess at two points on the outer surface of the horizontal portion of the handle, placing the two free ends of the elastic band in therabbets or recesses thus formed and gluing a filling-block tightly upon the ends of the band and within such recess. The clamping-holder may also be made in a variety of different ways; but I have found it cheap and-convenient to make it of threepartsenamely, a metal ferrule a, adapted to fit overthe end of the arrow, cane,

or other device to be projected, a hinged head b, and a spring 0. The spring is at one end suitably secured to the side of the ferrule and at the other end to the top of the head, so that such spring tends to keep the head closed or clamped tightly against the outer end of the ferrule. A percussion cap or wafer e is to be inserted between the hinged head of the clamping-holder and the ferrule of the same.

In Fig. 3 the ferrule is slipped upon and secured to the lower end of a cane, the main stem of which is marked B and the handle A and the parts of the clamping-holder as above.

It is obvious that many variations and 10 ranged to be held between such head and ferrule and exploded when the head is projected against a hard surface, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 13th day of August, 1898, in the 15 presence of the subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS J. GENETT.

Vitnesses:

HAROLD G. BARRETT, O. I'IEBER TURNER.

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