US1187812A - Advertising novelty. - Google Patents

Description

T. J. BURKE.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l2, I914.

Patented June 20,1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.; WASHINGTON, n. C-

T. J. BURKE.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1914.

Patented June 20 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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THOMAS J. BURKE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

ADVERTISING NOVELTY.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patign'ted June 201, 1916,,

Application filed August 12, 1914. Serial No. 856,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. BURKE, citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Novelties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in advertising novelties, particularly advertising toys, the primary obj ect of my invention being the provision of a device including a casing which may be inserted in the pocket of a garment and a projective member normally housed in the casing and hidden from sight, but releasable upon pulling of a thread or cord, one end of which is left exposed to sight. As will be readily appreciated, a toy of this character will afford considerable amusement to the owner who, wearing it with the thread exposed, will be often entertained by the discomfiture of his friends who, upon seeing the projectile string in sight, will often attempt to pluck or remove the thread from his garment.

As an advertising device, the toy also possesses considerable value as it may be put out by merchants with an advertisement of their business printed upon that portion of the projectile which extends beyond the pocket of the garment when extended from its casing. However, when used merely as a toy, this card may be inscribed with any suitable word or phrase, such as Stung, or Your time to buy.

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel means for retaining the projective in its casing until released by manipulation of the string and to further pro- .vide a novel and effective means whereby pulling upon the string will release the projective.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application. j

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of my improved advertising toyv in use; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the toy removed from the owners pocket; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the casing, showing the projective in front elevatlon; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of my invention, the projective being shown in extended position; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken through the casing and projective, showing the latter in inoperative position; Fig. 6 is a front elevational view, partially in section, of a somewhat modified form of my invention; Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view, illustrating a still further modified form of my invention; Fig. 8 is a central, vertical sectional view of a still further modified form of toy.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

, The preferred form of my invention, namely, that illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, includes primarily a casing 10 and projective member 11. The casing, which is preferably formed of light sheet metal, is substantially rectangular in cross section and open at both ends as clearly shown in Fig. 3, being but slightly thicker interiorly than the thickness of the projective member 11, which in this instance is a card of relatively heavy pasteboard. The upper portion of the forward face of the casing 10 is cut-away somewhat as shown at 12 to facilitate the resetting of the toy after the projective member has been extended and one of its edges adj aoent the upper end is provided with a perforation 13. Furthermore, a second perforation 14 is formed in the rear face of the easing somewhat below its upper edge.

he projective member 11 or cardis proportioned to slide freely longitudinally of the casing and its upper end is inscribed with any suitable word or phrase, in the manner shown in the drawings, such word or phrase being exposed when the projective member is in extended position. Such member has its side portions cut-away adj aoent its lower end as shown at 15, these notches being so formed as to be wider at their inner than at their outer ends in order to firmly retain 'a rubber band 16 or other resilient element member should be extended through the top ofthe casing and downwardly over the back, being engaged about a double pin fastener 17 or other suitable securing device carried by the rear face of the casing. \Vhile such a fastener is not shown in connection with either F igs; 2 or 3, such fignres not permitting its showing, such device is shown in T Fig. 5 in connection'with a somewhat modimposedbetween the rear wall of the casing fied form of toy and it is thought that this showing should suflice for all the forms, in this respects "Al piece of thread or string 18 has one end knotted, as shown at 1 9 and its other end passed inwardly'through the perforation 13,

a portionof the string, therefore, being disand the rear face of the projective member I so oi card '11 which'is normally'held in loweredposition by a shoulder 19 on the casing back- It is believed that the operation of this 7 improved toy will cibe readily understood I from the drawings. In use, the toy is positionedin the pocketin'such a manner that when theprojectivemember is extended, it will project above the edge o-f the pocket, as

shown in Fig. .1, although the casing, at all times, Will be hidden fromview. The free end 'of the thread or string 18 is left hanging outside of thepocket in such a position .thatjitwill be'readily seen by everyone.

Any. one attempting to remove the I string from'the coat or other garment in which the pocll ret is'made, will release the projective 5 in 1. originally setting the toy forfuse, the projective member 11 is forced downwardly until, its upper edge is below 5'0.

member, causingit to be forced'out to extendbeyond thepocket in the manner shown the perforation 1 4 and, with the string or cord 18 free, the projective member is then V gradna-llyreleased until it comes to the position shown in .Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Under the'se circumstances, the slack of the cord is above the shoulder 19 which then holds the projective member in the position ,shown in Fig. 3; However, tightening upon V the cord, drawing its slack past the shoulderjforcesthe projective member away. from theshoulderto'free and'releaseit. iI igs' l and 5 of thedrawings I have illirstratedia somewhatmodified form' of toy V i which casing'20 is closed at it s'iower' 'e'nd jand in which the" projective member 21, "which its-identical with theiprojective lI'lGm ber previously described, is normally held within the casing by a leaf spring 22 secured at one end to the outer forward face of the casing and having its opposite end bent rearwardly as shown at to hook over the upper edge of the projective member or card 21. A string or cord 24 is secured at one end to the hooked terminal por tion of the leaf spring 22 and serves as a means for releasing this spring. An elastic element 25, similar to the corresponding elastic element 16, is applied to the projectivememoer in the manner previously explained in connection with the earlier form of my toy and engaged by the double pin fastenerfi. The operation of this form of my invention is identical with that previously described.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a still further modification of my toy in which the sheet metal casing 26 is open an) adjacent edges and in which the projective member is pivotally supported about a pin or shaft 27 extending transversely between the front and rear walls of the casing adjacent one corner thereof. 'A spiral spring 28 is secured at one end to this pivot pin or shaft and at its free end engages one edge of the card. As shown in Fig. 6, this spring constantly tends to force the projective member 29 to extended position and such member is normally held in retracted position by means of the inbent free terminal of a leaf spring 30 which is secured by one end to the outer faceof'the casing and the rebent terminal ofwhich extends through a slot 31 in the casing wall to engage in a slot or opening 32 in the card, when the latter is in retracted position. A'string or cord 33 is attached to the spring 30 as av means for releasing it. V In Fig. 7, the sheet metal casing 34 is open at its upper end only and the projective member consists in a V-shaped resilient frame 35 carrying an expansible sheet of fabric or other material 36 which is substantially triangular in shape, being secured by adjacent edges to the sides of the expansible member 35 and proportioned to be 7 fully stretched when such expansible member occupies the position shown in Fig. 7. The expansible member 35 is so formed that when its free ends are swung toward each other, said member, together with the fabric 36 may be forced completely into the casing, although they will immediately be projected therefrom, unless held in place in some manner, due to the springing away of the sides of the expansible member 35, which sides then occupy the'position shown in dotted lines. A leaf spring 37 is secured to one edge of the casing and provided with a'hooked terminal 38 to engage over one end of the expansiblexmemb'er 35 to normally hold 'suclrmember and its cover within the casing,;a string 39 being provided for re leasing the spring. In addition to this, a string or cord &0 is preferably provided, one end of which'is attached to the bottom of the casing 34 and the other to the lower portion of the expansible member 35, this latter string or cord being proportioned to prevent complete disengagement of the projective member from the casing. Of course, the operation of this form of toy is the same as the operation of the various forms previously illustrated and described.

The form of my invention disclosed in Fig. 8 includes a well known extensible fan construction, indicated as a whole by the numeral 41 and comprising a tubular body portion 42 in which is reciprocally mounted a sleeve 43. A plunger I4: is reciprocally mounted within the sleeve and provided with a rod 45 carrying at its free end a cap 46 which in telescoped position of the easing, sleeve and plunger, rests upon and forms a closure for the casing, the sleeve beingthen disposed within the casing and the plunger within the lower end of the.

sleeve. Strips 47, of transversely crimped paper, are secured each by one edge to the rod 45 and at their lower ends to the plunger 44:, the free corners of these strips being then secured to the upper end of the casing, as shown at 48. This construction provides a fan of the type in which the entire fan body isnormally housed in the casing 41 and protected by the cap 46 but which will be extended to form a circular fan body when the cap and sleeve are drawn away from the casing. I provide a helical spring 49 which I mount within the casing to constantly press against the inner end of the plunger 14 in such a manner as to force the plunger and sleeve to extended position to display the fan, unless such parts are held in closed position. A leaf spring 50 is secured to the upper portion of the casing 42 and provided witha hooked terminal 51 adapted to engage the upper face of the cap 46 when the latter is in retracted position and so hold the plunger and sleeve against extension by the spring 49. A string or cord 52, secured to this spring, serves as a means for releasing or operating the toy.

It will of course be understood that all of the cards or other projective members may be inscribed with any words, phrases or pictures desired, to display such inscriptions when in extended position. This inscribed matter may constitute an advertisement, if preferred. It will further be understood that, preferably, the casing in all forms of my invention is provided with some sort of a securing device, such as a double pin fastener, in order that it may be firmly anchored in the pocket of the wearer.

I do not wish of course to limit myself to the mere positioning of any one of these devices in a garment pocket as they'may be hidden beneath the lapel of a coat or in any suitable portion of the garment, if desired. For this reason the inscriptions may be applied to the projective members to either read vertically or transversely according to the position in which the toy is to be worn. In other words, I reserve the right to make any changes in the details of construction which shall come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention,

what is claimed as new is:

1. A toy including a casing open at its ends, a card movably mounted in the casing and having its edge portions notched, a pin fastening device secured to the casing, an elastic loop attached at one end to the fastening device and engaging the card with its other end, seating in the notches in the sides thereof, means for normally holding the card in the casing against the tension of the elastic element, and means for releasing such holding means.

2. A toy including a casing open at its ends, a card movably mounted in the casing and having its edge portions notched, a pin fastening device secured to the casing, an elastic loop attached at one end to the fastening device and engaging the card with its other 'end, seating in the notches in the sides thereof, a shoulder on the casing normally holding the card in the casing, and a cord knotted at one end and passed inwardly through an opening formed in the casing and outwardly through an opening formed adjacent one end of the casing, the knotted end bearing against the outer face of the casing at the first opening and a portion of the cord being normally located between the casing and card to move between the card and shoulder to free the card therefrom.

3. A toy including a casing open at one end, a card movably mounted in the casing, a shoulder on the casing normally holding the card in place, means normally tending to force the card past the shoulder, and means for freeing the card from the shoulder to permit its projection from the casing, said means including a cord fixed at one end to the casing and movable under strain to force the shoulder and card out of engagement with each other.

t. A toy including a casing, aprojective device mounted in the casing and movable to project beyond the casing, means for so moving the device, a shoulder for normally holding the projective device in the casing, and means for producing a movement of the shoulder and the projective device one relative to the other, whereby to release the projective device.

5. A toy including a casing, a. projective device mounted in the casing and movable toiproj'ec t beyond the 'ca,si-ng, means for so In'tes'timony whereof I a'flix my=signdture rmov ing tho-device, ax-shoulder for normally in presenceof "two Witnesses. holding the proje cti ve device in the casing,

and a cord adapted when'pulled to produce THOMAS BURKE a movement of 'the shoulder and the projec- Witnesses:

.tive device onorelative to the other, whereby ALEX E. MAIER,

to release-the projective device. V'ILFRID L. GADIEU.

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