US1199081A - Toy. - Google Patents

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P. H. JONES.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. I914.

Patented Sept. 26,1916.

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TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application filed May 4, 1914. Serial No. 836,217.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PAUL H. JONES, a citizen of the United States of America, and-resident of lVhite Plains, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to toys and particularly to figure toys of the animated type.

An object of this invention is to provide novel means whereby the representation of an animal may have parts thereof, such as its legs articulated so that they may be capable of movement with relation to the body portion of the toy or. animal, novel means being provided whereby movement of one of the members can be communicated to another member, and vice versa. lVhile, hereinafter, the specification will refer to the articulated member as the leg of the animal, it is to be understood that the term is used generically and means any'support for the body, whether the same simulate the legs of a man or animal or whether it simulate the arms and legs of a man in a stooping posture, with the hands resting on the ground and acting as a support for the body.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a toy embodying the invention; Fig. 2 illustrates an underneath plan view of that part of the toy simulating a horse; Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the upper end of one of the legs; Fig. 1 illustrates a vertical central sectional view of part of the device shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 illustrates a perspective view of two cranks with the connection shown in dotted lines, whereby the motion of one crank is communicated to the other; Fig. 6 illustrates a view in elevation, embodying a modified construction; and Fig. 7 illustrates a plan view of the invention shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 illustrates a perspective view of the cranks showing fragments of the bearings by which they 1 are connected to a frame.

In these drawings 10 denotes the representation of a toy cart having shaftsll between which a figure 12 simi'i'lating th body of a horse is stationed and secured to the shafts by a tie-rod 13 which passes through the body 12 and has its ends looped around the shafts 11 for retaining the body in place.

In the present showing of the invention,-

aperture 21 in the leg and has its end 22 bent at an angle to the main portion for the purpose of retaining it in position.

By reason of the use of the gulde and lug for connecting a leg" to a body, the said leg is permitted to oscillate and reciprocate so that the leg may move across the surface of the floor or ground by being elevated from contact therewith while advancing or stepping forward. I

In order to insure proper frictional con tact between the endsof the legs and the surface over which it is traveling, shoes 23- are applied to the lower ends of'the legs, the said shoes being in the nature of rubber pads or other yielding material which will serve to increase the friction between'the' legs and the surface they engage.

For the purpose of causing the movement of one leg to be communicated to the other, the rear legs are connected by a crank 24 and the front legs are connected by a crank 25, the said cranks having ends 26 and 27 respectively, which are rotatably mounted in the legs. The cranks 24 and 25 are double cranks in the form shown in Fig. 5 and they are connected by links 28 and 29, so that motion of one leg is communicated to the other. The angles of the crank-portions of each crank are at right angles to each other or approximately so, and the arrangement is such that when one of the legs is in contact with the surface overrwhich it is traveling, it serves to communicate motion to the other three legs of the animal, although at certain llO intervals two legs of the animal will be found to contact with thesurface over which they are traveling but this engagement is but momentary and it is preferable therefore, that the crank-portions of the cranks be in the relation indicated.

In the form shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 where there are a plurality of bodies. 30, the said bodies are mounted on a frame 21 and the frame isprovided with a hinge 32by which it is connected to the toy truck 33. The frame 31 at each side has the brackets 34: attached to its under side, and said brackets act as bearings for the crankshafts 35 and 36'wl1ich are journaled therein.

The legs 37. are connected to the bodies 30 in the manner described in connection with the disclosure of the form of the invention.

shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the cranks 35 and 36 are applied to the rear and front legs respectively of the animal. In this form, thereare no links connecting the front and rear cranksfor, owing to the fact that thereare a plurality of legs, one of which is always in'v contact with. the surface over which the toy is, traveling, the engagement of one or the other of the rear legs with the surface at all times is assuredandthe movement of that leg can be communicated tothe other rear legs for raising and advancing the other of said legs. The same is true with respect to the front legs so that there is no necessity-in this form for the use of the links. 1

The bodies may be attached to the frame in any appropriate way, as by screws 38, or

the bodies may be secured to the frame by adhesive.

I claim- 1. In a'figure-toy, a support adapted to move bodilyover a supporting surface, a body rigidly'connected with the support, legs for the body having a pivotal and slidable connection with respect thereto, crank shafts and brackets in which they are Copies :01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addrcssing the Commissioner of Patentsmounted to turn, said crank shafts having cranks, one for each leg setat angles with respect to each other, and means for interconnecting the cranks, whereby when the device is moved overa supporting surface in position for a leg tocontact therewith, such contact wlll cause one leg to give motlo'na to another.

2. In a figure toy, a support adapted to movebodily over a supporting surface, a

body rigidly connected with the. support; legs pivotally and slidably connected with: the body, crank shafts supported from the body and having a plurality of cranks, one connected wlth each leg and set at an angle to each other, studs pr0 ect1ng from the body, guides on the legs comprising housmgs having attaching ears, each leg havlng an aperture therethrough for the passage ofone of the ears, a crank for each leg, and

means for interconnecting the cranks whereby when the devlce is moved over a support.

ing surface in position for a leg to contact therewith, suchcontact Wlll cause one leg,

to give motion to another. 7

3. In a figure toy, .a support adaptedto move bodily over. a' supporting surface, a body connected with the support, crank shafts supported from the body, and having slidable movement with respect thereto,

levers connecting the front and rear legs, whereby when the. device is moved. over a supporting surface in position for a leg to contact therewith, such. contact will cause: one le to communicate motion to another.

In testimony whereof, I ailiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. PAUL H..JONES.

Witnesses:

ROBERTSON T. BARRETT, ED ARD P. BARRETT.

Washington, D. 0.?

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