US1763903A - Toy - Google Patents

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June 17, 1930. J, PERKINS 1,763,903

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Filed Aug. 20. 1928 I N VEN TOR.

J. PERKINS A TTORNEY.

Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES JONATHAN PERKINS, OF LOS AnGELEs, CALIFORNIA TOY Application filed August 20,1928. Serial No. 300,644.

' This invention relates to toys.

The general object of the invention 1s to provide an improved toy figure having a hemispherical supporting shell thereon and including means adapted to retain the figure in an upright position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy comprising a sphere adapted to support a hemispherical shell wh1ch may be made in the likeness of a character or may have a figure mounted thereon.

Other objects and the advantages of th1s invention will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of my improved toy showing the hemispherical shell made to rep resent a comic character.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a figure mounted on the hemispherical shell,

and

Fig. 5 is a section through a modified form of my device.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters I have indicated my improved toy generally at 10. As shown, my invention comprises a spherical member 12 which may be made in two parts suitably united, and a hemispherical shell 13, both of which are shown as made of papier-mach, but it will be understood that they may be made of any other suitable material as desired.

The spherical member 12 is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed bearings 14 in which a shaft 15 is mounted. The bearings 14 may be of cardboard or other material secured to the member 12. As shown the outer ends of the shaft are upturned and are secured to the shell 13 by strips 16.

The shaft 15 has an enlarged collar 17 secured thereto adjacent the outside of the bearings 14 which prevent lateral movement of the shaft and the intermediate portion of the shaft is bent towards the bottom of the spherical member 12 as at 18 and has a weighted member 19 arranged thereon at its shell 13 is free to move relative to the sphere V 12 to cover the upper portion of the sphere no matter in what position the device may be set down.

A cord 20 may be attached to the shell and the device may thereby be drawn along, in which case the sphere 12 will rotate and the shell 13 will be retained in an upright position by the weight 19.

As shown in Fig. l the shell 13 is formed into a comic face having ears 21 and hair 22 secured thereto. The eye sockets are apertures 22 in the shell and a plurality of eye balls 24 are painted on the spherical member 12. As shown the eye balls 24 are placed around the member 12 in a staggered relation so that when the member 12 rotates the eye balls appear to move from side to side in the eye sockets.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the hemispherical shell 13 as completely covered by a fur-like material 25 which has a replica of a cats head 26 attached thereto but it will be understood that any manner of figure or efiigy may be placed on the shell. 7

In- Fig. 5 I have shown a modification wherein a shell 30 is pivotally supported on a sphere 31 by a shaft 32. Oppositely disposed weighted members 33 are secured to the shell 30 below the axis of the shaft 32 and at right angles to the shaft as clearly shown. The weighted members 33 act the same as the weighted member 19 to retain the shell 30 in an upright position.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have provided a novel toy therefrom, still other parts of said character being on said sphere and adapted to coaot with some of said parts on said shell.

2. A toy comprising a spherical member and a hemispherical shell, oppositely disposed bearings insaid sphere, a shaft, said shaft being supported in said bearings, the, outer ends of said shaft being secured to said shell and the intermediate portion of said shaft being bent towards the bottom of said sphere, a Weighted member on said shaft adjacent its lowermost point, said weighted member. being adapted to retain said shell in an upright position whereby said shell covers the upper portion Of aid spherical member, an enlarged flange on said shaft adjacent the outside oii each of said bearings, said flanges being adapted to. preven lateral. movement of said shaft.

3, A toy comprising a spherical member and, a hemispherical shell, oppositely disposed bearings in, said sphere, a shaft, said shaft being supported in said bearings, the outer endsof said shaft being secured. to. said shell andthe intermediate portion of: said shaft being bent towards the bottom of said sphere, a weighted member on said; shaft adjacent. its lowermost point, said, weighted member being adapted: to. retain said. shell n en. pr ght'position. whereby said shell over the upper portion. of said spherical membe n. enlarged flange on said. shaft adjacent the outside of each of said bear ngs, said flanges being adapted to prevent lateral movement of said, shaft, a. pair of. horizonally aligned apertures in said shell and a plurality of objects on said, sphere so. ar-

ang d; ha when saidsphere is. rotated said objects appear to; move in said apertures.

4;. A toy comprising an. inner spherical member and an. outer hemispherical shell, a shaft having its ends connected, to, diametrically oppositeparts of the interior. of said he l: and passing hrough said sphere and means supportedby said, connecting means to maintain said. shell; in, a positi n, covering the. upper half of saidsphere.

5; A toy comprising a.v rotatable inner member, serving as a support for. thetoy and an. outermember of the same contour as the inner member and ithin which, said inner IIlQmbeI moves, a pair of, apertures in, said outer emb and a. p uralit o Objects on said inner member and movable across, said apertures when, themember is rolled.

Amy eempr ing asupp iBi-hQfQIFH i: a pherical memberand a. hemispherical she ll movable. on said spherical member, a pair... of; horizontally aligned apertures, in

said e lgandap ural ty of is n ai signature.

JONATHAN PERKINS.

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