US1223372A - Figure wheeled toy. - Google Patents

Description

J. V. Di ZEREGA.

FIGURE WHEELED TOY.

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14. m6.

1,223,372. Patented Apr. 24,1917.

V A TTORNEY of gravity.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN VICTER m ZEREGA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

" FIGURE WHEELED TOY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN VICTER DI ZEREGA, 'a citizen of the United States, and

a resident of the borough of Bronx, city of New York, county of Bronx, andState of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Figure Wheeled Toys, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an attractive animated figure toy, of simple and inexpensive construction, and novel in the entirety, as well as embodying a number of novel features and movements and combinations thereof. The construction will now be briefly described, reference being had to thev accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, showing the parts in a different position from those illustrated in Fig. 1.

The toy has an-elongated figure body 1, in this instance representing a shark. This body is formed with a head cavity 2 and a longitudinal slot 3 extending from the head cavity rearward to the rear end and cut partly through the top midway between the ends, as shown at 4. A lower jaw member 5 is hinged to the body by means of a pivot pin 6 passing through a hinge lug 7 thereon and the side walls of the forward portion.

of the slot 3 wherein said lug enters. The lower and upper jaws are equipped with a plurality of projecting points 25, representing teeth.

A dorsal fin member 8 is pivoted at 9 in the longitudinal slot in rear of and above the jaw member, so as to operate up and down in the slot portion 4. A tail member 10 is similarly pivoted at 11 in the rear end of the slot. Each, of these parts tends to assume its lowest position under the force The jaw normally assumes a sagging, open position, the fin is normally elevated, being held up by the jaw, and the tail is adapted to be raised by the dropping of the fin. These relations may, however, be varied.

The figure is also provided with eye members 12, comprising stems l3 movable up and down in eye-holes'14, and enlargements 15 on the upper ends of the stems representing the eyes. The stems of the eye members are mounted upon the forward ends Specification of Letters iatent. I Patented Apr, 24, 1917.

Application filed November 14, 1916. Serial No. 131,199.-

of wires or a single wire 16, the rear end of which is attached to the fin member at 17 The jaw member carries a flexible strip 18 which extends rearward and upward beneath the fin member so as to support the latter. The tail member has-a similar strip 19 projecting forward and bearing against the lower edge of the fin member. Thus, when the jaw member is raised or closed the connection 18 is tilted downward, thereby permitting the fin to descend, and the descent of the fin,-a,cting through the connection 19, tilts the tail upward. The weight of the jaw is such that when it is released its fall raises the fin member, and this in turn permits the tail to descend to its original position. i

The operation of the movablemembers is effected by a crank 20 on a shaft 21 connecting a pair of forward carrying wheels 22,

operates the jaw by contacting with a resilient tongue 21 projecting rearward from the jaw, and in so doing brings about the actuation of the fin and tail members in the manner already described. The crank also encounters thewires 16, so as to raise the eye members, which drop again to their original positions as soon as the upward pressure ceases. The connection of the eye members with the fin member gives the eye members an additional movement when the fin is operated.

\Vhat is claimed as new is:

1. A toy comprising a horizontally elongated shark-like body having eye-holes in the forward part of its top, ,eye members comprising stems passing through said holes and enlargements representing eyes upon the upper ends of the stems, a pair of rolling supports and a crank connected therewith, and means whereby said eye members are actuated by said crank.

2. A toy comprising a horizontally elongated shark-like' body having eye-holes in the forward part of its top, eye members slidable up and down in said holes, a pair of rolling supports and a crank connected therewith, and means whereby said eye members are actuated by said crank.

3. A toy comprising a shark-like body provided with rolling supports, an actuating crank, a movable lower jaw member and means whereby it is operated by the crank,

a pivoted dorsal fin member tending to descend by itsown weight, and a connection whereby the jaw member in its normal open position holds the fin member elevated.

4. A toy comprising a shark-like body provided with rolling supports, an actuating crank, a movable. lower jaw member and meansvvhereby it is operated by the crank, a pivoted dorsal fin member tending to descend by its own Weight, a connection whereby the aw member in its normal open position holds the fin member elevated, a pivoted tail member, and a connection between the same and the fin member whereby the tail member is raised by the dropping of the fin member.

5. A toy comprising a shark-like figure body having eye holes, eye members slidable up and down in said eye holes, Wires in the head of the figure whereon the eye members are mounted, rolling supports and a crank adapted to contact with-said wires.

6. A toy comprising a shark-like figure body having eye holes, eye members slidable up and down in said eye holes, a pivoted dorsal fin member, Wires in the head of the figure carrying the eye members and connected with the fin member, rolling supports, a crank adapted to contact with said wires, and additional connections for actuation of the fin member from the crank.

-Dated this 8th day of November, 1916.

JOHN VICTER D1 ZEREGA.

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