US1694917A - Toy - Google Patents

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Dec. 11,1928. 1,694,917

. H. G. HOSE TOY Filed Jan. 7, 1928 1 a; nun-mum Patented Dec. 11, 1928.

UNITED STATES HENRY GOWER nose or BROOKLYN, NEWYORK;

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. Application fi1ed.January 7,1928. Seria1 I\T o.I245,240;

upon said supports are thrown, the game consisting in throwing the ringstoward the supports in such a manner as to effect lodgement upon the same.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simple and easily operated toy or game of the character. described,

which shall be capable of economical'manufacture. Further objects and advantages of the invention will be in part set forth in the following specification and in part. will be obvious therefrom without being specifically pointedout, the same being realized and atcombinations pointed out in the claims hereof.

WVit-h the above and other objects of the invention in view, the invention conslsts in the novel construction, arrangement and com bination ofvarlous devlces, elements and parts, as set fort-h 1n the claims hereof, one embodlment of thesame being illustrated in theace, companymg drawings and describedlnthls specification.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention, showing the same assembled, in position for use;

Fig. 2 is a View of such a device showing the arms folded down flat without the necessity of disassembling and inla position for storing or packing; the supporting legs being removed and laid over on the body ofthe device; Fig. 3 is an end view of the device in the position shown in Fig. 2, not showing, however, the legs; and

Fig. 4 is asectio-na1 view of Fig. 1 along the line 44:.

In carrying the invention into effect in the embodiment thereof which has been selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings and for description in this specification,

suitable size or shape, but which I prefer to make substantially as shown in Fig. 1. of thedrawings, and I provide supporting legs therefor 12, each having a foot 13 adapted to hold same in an upright position. Referring tained by means ofthe instrumentalitiesand I provide a member 11, which may be of any to Fig.2 it will be seen thateachleg has. atits upper end a pin 19 which is adapted toenter a co-acting socket in the membertll; whereby the parts when assembled are in the form shown in Fig. 1. The member 11 is provided with recesses 16 extendingabout half-. way up from the lower edge of the memberll.

Referring to Fig. 2, whichshows the rear side of the member 11, it will be seen that a, series of eyes 20 are provided, through which is inserted a'rod17; thisconstruction is also shown in Figs. 3 and 4..

I provide a series ofarms 14 adapted to receive and support devices, such,as rings 15, which may be thrown at such arms- These arms are pivotally supported on the rod.17, as will be clear from Fig. 2. Each of these arms is provided at its rear end with acounterweight 18, which is of such weight propor tionately to the part of said arms forward of thepivotal support 17 as to cause eachso f, said arms normally to occupy a. position shown in Fig. 1 but more particularly in Fig. 4, in which the forward end is considerably above the rear end. The counterweights; 1.8 are preferably not equal in weight to each other, but'are of different weights whereby certain predeterminedgarms 14 are more resistant to depression into the position shown at the right hand in Fig. 1 than are other/of. said arms. r 1 v p In connection with the apparatus above described, there may besemp-loyeddevices. adapted to be thrown towards/the- .arms; 14t= and-to becaught thereby, such asringsglfi, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4; of the drawings. In Fig. '1, onfthe secondarm from the left. of the figure, there is shown aringwhich has found a secure lodgm-ent-onsone of the 2 arms, whereas. at the right liand of-Fig. 1

there is shown a ring. which has secured only. a partial lodgment on thearm located at that part of the, device, butbeing near the outer end ofthe. arm, the weight ofthe'ring. has I overbalanced the counterw-eightlS so that the arm has bee-n'drawn into the release position.

and, the ring. is aboutto. dropv therefrom.- If desired, there may be placed uponv the member 11 above the various slots 16, figures indicating. the number of 'points which; a.

upon the particulararm corresponding to the particular set offigures. I

player is entitled to receivebyfplacing a ring with rings 15 or similar devices, stand at a suitable distance from the device and throw the rings toward the same, in the effort to cause said rings to become lodged upon the forwardly extending arms 14. Every ring which does not find a lodgment upon an arm merely falls to the ground and is not counted. If a rin is fairly and squarely thrown upon one of t 1e arms, it will occupy the osition shown on the left-hand in Fig. 1, an in that case the player throwing same is entitled to the number of points which is indicated on the member 11 above the arm upon which his ring is lodged. If a ring is not thrown fairly and squarely upon an arm, but merely becomes engaged with the outer end of the arm, as shown at the right-hand in Fig. 1, the ring will probably not slide down the arm backward into the position shown by the other ring, but will, on account of the greater leverage then brought into play, depress the arm 14 against the action of the counterweight 18 into the position shown on the right hand in Fig. 1, whereupon the ring slides off and falls to the ground and is not counted.

Some of the arms having a much lighter counterweight than others, makes them easier to depress into the ring-discharging position, and it is therefore obviouslymore difficult to causea ring to find secure lodgment on a light counterweighted than upon a heavily counterweighted arm, and such light counterweighted arms are therefore given a hi her credit value than the heavily counterweig ited arms, as for instance the middle arm of the series, upon which, if a ring is securely lodged, the player receives a credit of 1000 points. This is because the said middle arm is very lightly counterweighted, as will be seen by Fig. 2, where the counterweight is shown very short, so that said arm is comparatively delicate to the touch and very easily depressed, so that a ring will slide off the same unless it is fairly lodged clear back against the member 11.

The advantages of my invention are that it provides a simple but entertaining game for young and old alike, which can be played either indoors or outdoors, and which is of a compact and durable construction, besides being easily assembled and disassembled for packing and transportation.

I do not limit myself to the particular details of construction set forth in the foregoing specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as the same refer to and embody only one embodiment of the invention and it is obvious that the same may be modified, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For instance, instead of providing separate and distinct counterweights 18 for the rear ends ofthe arms 14, the said arms themselves may be of different lengths, or may be pivoted at different points upon the rod 17, so as to afford a varying degree of stability.

Under some circumstances it may be considered desirable to have the counterweights on the arms 14 adjustable so as to increase or decrease the stability. This can be course be done in various way, which will be obvious to those skilled in the art, as for instance by mounting such counterweights slidably on the arms and adjusting the same by means of a set-screw or similar device.

It is also obvious that the supporting frame of my device need not be of exactly the form shown in the drawings and hereinabove described. F or instance, instead of the recess 16, a mere opening through the member 11 may be provided, in which the swinging arm 14 may be pivoted, the opening being elongated sufficiently to permit the swing of the arm. If desired, this supporting frame may even be simplified to an extreme degree by providing a wire frame-work for the support of the swinging arms upon which they may be pivotally mounte in any desired manner, the said frame-work being provided with a stop of some suitable construction to hold the swinging arms in the desired position to re ceive the rings thrown thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is as follows:

1. In a game device, the combination with a supporting frame, of a plurality of arms pivotally supported on said frame, said arms being balanced upon said frame so that each arm will normally lie at a predetermined angle to the vertical and being adapted to be moved out of said angle and into another position, said arms being balanced respectively in such manner that one of said arms is more easily depressed than another of said arms.

2. In a game device, the combination with a frame, of an arm pivotally supported on said frame, said arm being provided with a counterweight at its rear end whereby said arm is normally held in a predetermined position, but being adapted to be moved into another predetermined position, said counterweight being adjustable longitudinally of said arm.

3. In a game device, the combination with a supporting frame, of an arm pivotally se cured thereto adapted to normally lie at an upward predetermined angle to the vertical when the device is in operation and adapted to swing back of the supporting frame So as to lie fiat against the same'when the device is out of operation therebyeconomizing pack- .ing and storage space- In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 4th day of January 1928.

HENRY GOWER HOSE.

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