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:E. J. B. WHITAKER, Assignor to G. W. &. W. T. WHITAKER.

TRUNDLING, TOY HORSE.

No. 10,480. Reissued May 13, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH J. B. VHITAKER, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB TO GEORGE WV. \VHITAKER AND W'ILLIAM T. VVHITAKER, OF BALTIMORE, MD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 10,480, dated May 13, 1884.

Original No. 255,367, dated March 21, 1882. Application for reissue filed March 24, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH J. B. VHITA- KER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in'the city, county, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful I1nprovements in Trundling Toy Horses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

I 5 My invention relates to a trundling toy for children in the form of a horse mounted on two wheels, to be pushed by a rod and guided by lines arranged along and above the horses back in a manner to imitate the real thing.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a top view, of the toy.

The letter A designates the animal, which in the present instance represents a horse.

B is the push-tongue, which, it will be ob served, has a curve to render it flexible. One end of the tongue is rigidly attached to the body of the horse. At the other end of the tongue a push-plate, O, is connected by a flexible joint, (2. The push-plate is segmentshaped, to adapt it to fit partly about the waist of the child, and a belt, c, connects at each end of the push-plate, and is adapted to be buckled about the person. By these or similar means the end of the puslrtongue is sustained against and in front of the child.

The letter F designates a pair of wheels, which are connected by an axle, G. Attached rigidly at the central part of the axle is an up- 40 right post, h, which serves as a steering-post. This post is provided with a flange or collar (not shown) a short distance above the axle, and the body of the animal is swiveled loosely about the post and rests upon the flange or collar. A second flange or collar, 1, about the post, just above the animals back, serves to confine the body of the animal to the post, leaving it free, however, to turnthereon. At the upper end of the post is attached a cross bar, 7:, which is provided at each end with an eye or ring, a. When the cross-bar is in position crosswise of the animals back,the rings a resemble the ordinary terrets of a harness-saddle, though the lines 19, instead of passing freely through, are securely attached to them; and from the ring at one end the line passes forward to and freely through a hole in the animals mouth, and thence returns along the opposite side of the animals head and neck,to the ring at the other end of the cross-bar. By this arrangement, when one line is drawn on by the hands of the child'the cross-bar on the steering-post is turned, and thus the wheels areguided in one direction. As the cross-bar turns independent of the animals body, that part of the line which passes through the animals mouth must slip freely. This arrangement of lines to pass freely through the animal s mouth, and the guiding mech anismiabove the animals back, gives an appearance resem- 7o bling the arrangement as actually employed with real horses.

I am aware that toys representing an animal mounted on two wheels to be pushed and to be guided by lines were well known before my 7 5 present invention. My invention, therefore, is limited to'the combination as hereinafter set forth in the claims.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with a flexible push tongue or rod, adapted to be sustained at one end upon or against the body of a child, of an axle and pair of wheels swiveled to the oppo- S 5 site end of said flexible push tongue or rod, and of lines adapted to turn and steady the axle, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, with an axleand pair 0 of wheels swiveled to a push tongue or rod adapted to the propulsion thereof, guidelines for steadying and steering the same, and a device representing an animal supported and carried thereby, of rings or terrets n, elevated 5 over the figure of the animal and above the top of the wheels, to carry and supportthe guide-lines clear of entanglement with the wheels in turning, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth. 10o

3. The combination of the axle provided .With an upright steering-post, a device representing an animal loosely swiveled on the steering-post, a crossbar rigidly attached to 5 the steering-post above the back of the animal, and guidelines connected to the crossbar, as set forth.

4. A toy consisting of a device representing an animal provided with a'pushtongue rigidly attached to the animal, an axle of a pair of Wheels swiveled below and independent of the animal, and lines to turn the axle independent of the animal, as set forth.

5. In a trundling toy, the combination of a 15 pair of wheels, an axle connecting the wheels,

cross-bar, and extending from one end thereof to and freely through the hole in the animals mOuth and thence back to the other end of the cross-bar, as set forth.

presence of two witnesses.

E. J. B. WHITAKER. Vi tn esses A. "W. STEIGER,

J. F. AOKER, Jr.

steering-post, and guide-lines connectedto the 20 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in 25

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