US756341A

US756341A - Game and amusement apparatus.

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Publication number: US756341A
Application number: US15800303A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arthur Dufty
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1903-05-20
Filing date: 1903-05-20
Publication date: 1904-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 1921-04-05

Description

No. 756,341. ,PATENTED APR. 5,1904.

- A. DUFTY.

GAME AND AMUSEMENT APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 20, 1903.

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Patented April 5, 1904.

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR DUFTY, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

GAME AND AMUSEMENT APPARATUS- SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,341, dated April 5, 1904. Application filed May 20, 1903. Serial No. 158,003. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ARTHUR DUFTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game and Amusement Apparatus, of which thereon, which form a part of this specfication. I

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

My invention is particularly adapted for use by children as an amusement apparatus.

' Figure 1 of the drawings is aview in rear ele- Vation of the amusement apparatus arranged for use as a slide-board. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on the broken line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the board detached and inverted for use in playing a marble or ring game. Fig. 4: is a cross-section of the same, taken on the broken line 1 1 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of the apparatus arranged for use as a table or ironing-board and indicating by dotted lines the arrangement of the horse relatively to the board when the device is used as a seesaw. Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of the top of the horse.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a wooden horse, and 2 is a slide-board adapted to be supported with one end elevated resting on the top of the horse and the other end upon the floor 3. The top of thehorseis provided with transverse notches 4, and the slide-board is provided on its reverse side with longitudinal ribs 5, adapted to enter the respective notches 4 and prevent lateral displacement of the board relatively to the horse. The elevated end of the board is detachably connected with the horse by means of a hinge connection comprising the hooks 7 on the reverse side of the board which are adapted to interlock with eyes 8 on the upper end of the horse, the parts being so arranged that the books can be inserted in said eyes only when the swinging end of the board is upwardly inclined, so that accidental displacement of the hooks from the eyes cannot occur while the board is in use as a slide board, the upper end of the board being thus positively locked to the horse. The board and the horse can be further connected together by means of the hook 9, pivoted upon the cross-bar of the horse and adapted to interlock with an eye 10 on the reverse side of the board. The longitudinal ribs 5 on the reverse side of the board not only serve to materially strengthen the board and prevent its displacement from the horse when used as a slide-board, but are also adapted to form therebetween arunway 12 on the reverse side of the board, which is adapted for use in playing marble games by extending transversely of the runway between said ribs a wall 13, provided with apertures 14:, adapted to permit the passage of marbles l5 therethrough in the usual manner of playing marble games. The board may also be provided on its reverse side near one end with a post 16, adapted for use in playing a ring-game, wherein the players endeavor to toss rings 17 from a distance over said post. When the reverse side of the board is to be used for such games, the board is placed in inverted position flat upon the floor. By disconnecting the hooks 7 from the eyes 8, the position of the board upon the horse can be changed until the horse occupies the relative position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, in which the board is approximately balanced thereupon for use as a seesaw or teeter. The ribs 5 extend approximately the whole length of the board, so that when the board is used as a seesaw it is prevented from lateral displacement by the engagement of said ribs with the walls of the notches 4. One end of the board may be hinge-connected with the horse in the manner above described, while the other end is supported by a table or chair 18, adapting the board for use as a table or ironing-board. The obverse side of the board is provided with a smooth or polished surface, down which children can slide without injury when the device is used as a slideboard in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

When desired, the horse may be provided with a slate or blackboard 20, mounted thereupon, the horse serving as a support or easel therefor. The blackboard is preferably connected along its upper edge with the horse by means of hinges 21, whereby the board is adapted to be swung upwardly to a convenient position for use, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

' What I claim as new, and desire .to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. An amusement apparatus comprising in combination a horse provided with transverse notches in its top; and a slide-board adapted to be supported at one end on said horse with its other end resting upon the floor, having on its under side ribs extending longitudinally along the middle of the board adapted to occupy said notches in the top of the horse, when the board is balanced or rocked on the horse as a seesaw; and a detachable connection between the horse and horse-supported end of said board, substantially as described.

2. An amusement apparatus comprising in combination a horse provided with transverse notches in its top; and a slide-board adapted to be supported at one end on said horse with its other end resting upon the floor and provided on its reverse side with game apparatus adapted for use when the board is detached from the horse and supported in a horizontal position, consisting in part of ribs extending longitudinally of the board along its middle adapted to reinforce the board and to occupy the notches in the top of the horse when the board is used as a seesaw; and a detachable connection between the horse and horse-supported end of said board, substantially as described.

3. In an amusement apparatus, in combination a horse provided with transverse notches in its top; a slide-board having on its reverse side longitudinal reinforcing-ribs extending approximately from one end past the middle of the board adapted to enter said notches when the board is used either as a slide-board or as a seesaw; and a detachable positive hook connection betweenone end of the board and the horse whereby oneend of the board is supported on said horse with vsaid ribs seated in said notches, and-the other end of the board adapted to rest upon the floor.

In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my hand this 21st day of April, 1903.

ARTHUR DUFTY Witnesses:

FRANK C. GURTIs, HAROLD E. GURTIs.