US814340A - Jointed cut-out figure. - Google Patents

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No. 814,340. PATBNTBD MAR. 6, 1906. T. E. WOOD.

JOINTED GUT-OUT FIGURE.

APPLICATION rum) MAR.28, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THADDEUS E. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR. TO AMERICAN UOLORTYPE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, .N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

\JOINTED CUT-OUT FlGURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906 To all whom it Harry concern:

Be it known that I, TIIADDEUS E. VVoon, a. citizen of the United States, residin in the city, county, and State of New Yor have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jointed Cut-Out Figures, of which the following is a full, clear, and concise specification.

My invention relates to jointed cut-out figures; and it consists of certain features of improvement hereinbelow more fully described, whereby articles of this class are caused to have a greater resemblance to life and agreater durability and facility of manipulation without complicating the manufacture or increasing the cost.

Referring to the accompanying one sheet of drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an assembled jointed figure. Fig. 2 is a plan of several of the sections thereof detached and unfolded. Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the limb-sections, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 partly unfolded looking in the direction of the arrows on line IV IV The device comprises a plurality of figure members which are formed to represent parts or portions of a complete articulated figure, the several members thereof being delineated on a sheet of pa er or similar material adapt ed to be supp ie to the trade, so that the said members may be cut out therefrom, folded, and assembled. The said members, however, may also be supplied to the trade already cut out, folded, and assembled, if desired. Preferably each of the various membersis formed double, so that it maybe folded upon itself to provide a double-sided fi ure.

As shown herein, the bod portion 1 o the figure is s metrically de ineated with respect to a olding-line a a, Fig. 2, and on the op osite margins of the sides of the body inter ockin tabs 2 are provided for aiding in holding the folded portions thereof together. The head-section 3 and the tail 4 are similarly formed, as shown in Fig. 2, each of these comprisin a section of sheet material adapted to be f0 ded over u on itself on the line a a to constitute a doub e-sided figure member.

These sections are each formed with two joint members 5 in the form of into ral procm the Lections or cars cut out or extended lank having rather thin necks and relatively large heads, which are preferably circular in contour. The said joint members 5 are located, respectively, on opposite sides of their folding-lines and are adapted to interlock with complementary joint members in the corresponding opposite folds of the body-section 1. The complementary joint members referred to consist of apertures 6 in the bodysection 1 of a diameter about equal to the width of the necks of the members 5, so that the heads may be pushed through them, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, and the said necks will have a frictionbearing against the edges of the apertures.

The union of the doublesided head and tail sections with the opposite sides of the body-section serves to assist in holding the latter together and gives a natural and uniform aspect to the figure when viewed from either side. The proboscis 7 of the animalfigure shown herein is formed the same as the other sections, having two projecting joint members 8 adapted to interlock from the outside with corresponding apertures 9 in the folded sides of the head and hold the same together in the same manner as the head serves to hold the body-section together. One of the limb-sections 10 is shown in Fig. 3, in which it will be observed that these also are formed double and symmetrical, having suitable lines or pictorial representations portrayed u on them to represent the actual limb. T ey are each folded over upon themselves on the folding-line b b and provided with two projecting joint members 11, symmetrically located with res set to the said folding-line, so that they register when folded over. her are adapted to interlock with a single 9. erture 12 in one or the other of the folds of tl ie body-section 1, thereby giving the appropriate aspect to said lim members from both sides of the figure and also providing adequate stability for the figure when it is desued to place the same in standing posture. This relation of the members is shown in 'Fig. 4.

It will be observed that by virtue of the joints between the various members of the figure the same may be readily moved into various relations, in which positions they will remain by virtue of the friction of the joints, and, moreover, it will be understood that any number of joints may be provided in or between the various members of the figure and The superposed heads of each memthat'such members as are single1ike the head, tail, or proboscis above describedare preferably jointed to opposite folds of adjacent sections to hold the same together.

The invention is obviously not concerned with the character of the figure which it is employed to re )resent, and various developments and mo ifications of the same are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the class described, comprising sections of sheet material having representations of figure members thereon respectively, ada ted to be folded over upon themselves to orrn an articulated double-sided figure, one or more of said sections being provided with 'oint members formed thereon on opposite si es of the folding-line thereof and adapted to interlock respectively with com- )lementary joint members on the opposite folds of another section, and another of said sections formed with superposed joint members symmetrically located on opposite sides of the folding-line thereof both adapted to interlock with a complementary joint member on one of the folds of said sections.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a section of sheet material representin two 0 osite sides of a figure-body, adapte to be fb ded over on itself to constitute a double-sided figure-body, a section representin the op osite sides of a figure-head for sai body, ikewise ada ted to be folded over to form a double-side figure member and joint members formed on each of the sides thereof adapted to interlock with complementary joint members respectively on the opposite sides of the body-section, and another section representin the opposite sides of a figure-limb adapted to be folded over to form a double-sided figure member having superposed registering 'oint members formed thereon and both adapted to interlock with a complementary joint member on one of the sides of the figurebody.

3. A device of the class described, comprising sections of sheet material having representations of fi ure members thereon each adapted to be fo ded over upon itself to form a part of a double-sided figure, in combination with joint members formed on some of said sections on op osite sides of the foldinglines thereof and a apted to interlock respectively with the com lementary 'oint members on the opposite olds of anot er section.

4. A device of the class described, comprising sections of sheet material having representations of figure members thereon adapted to be respectively folded over upon themselves to form a double-sided figure, in combination with superposed registering joint members formed on one of said sections and both adapted to interlock with a complementary oint member formed on one side of another section.

5. A device of the class described comprising a section of sheet material having representations of the two sides of a figure-body thereon and adapted to be folded over upon itself, another section representing a figure member folded u on itself and united to the opposite sides 0 said body-section to hold the same together, in combination with further sections representing figure-limbs folded on themselves to constitute double-sided figure members and adapted to be jointed respectively to the opposite sides of said folded body-section.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THADDEUS E. WOOD.

Witnesses:

MICHAEL SCILIPOTI, JOSEPH K. ARosEMENA.

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