US1305517A - Child s toy - Google Patents

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W. BOLLENBACHER. I

CHILDS TO Y.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I7, 1918.

1,305,517. I Patented June 3,1919.

. L lnven or/ v WILLIAM BOLLENBACI-IER, or BELLEVUE, 01110.

, CHILDS TOY.

To all whom it may concern-.1 v i Be it known that I, WILLIAM BOLLEN;

BACHER, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Bellevue, in the countyof Sandusky. and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Toys, of which the following is'a I specification.

I, Copies of this patent may be obtained f cir This invention relates to the toys known as rocking horses or hobby horses; and it consists inthe novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, the figure shows a per-' spective view of a toy constructed according to this invention.

7 A supporting post E is provided having a forked upper end portion 6.

V This post is supported above the floor upon four curved legs A A and a 0;. These legs radiate from' the lower part of the post to which they are rigidly. secured, and they preferably have rollers f at their lOWer'endS. The front and rear legs a a are arranged in line with each other, and they arelonger than the legs AA;

which project laterally. V v

A rocking board Bis provided and it has a lug b on the middle part of its underside 1 which is pivoted by a pin 0 in portion of thepost E. v V

Specification of Letters Patent.

head and neck of a horse.

the forked five cents'each, by addressing Washington, D. 0.

Patented June 3, 1919.

7 Application filed June 17, 1918. Serial No; 240,532. 7

The rearportion b of the board B forms a suitable seatfor the child, and a helical spring 03 is arranged between its front end portion 0 and the front leg at underneath it.

-Anornamental piece D is also secured to the front part c, and is shaped to represent the The child can place its feet on board by suitable movements of its body,

against the tension of the spring. The long 1 legs a prevent the rocking movements'of the child from tipping over the toy in a longitudinal direction, and the relatively short legs A are sufficient to prevent the load from tipping over laterally.

WhatI claim is:

' 'A childs toy, comprising a supporting post, a rocking board pivoted at its middle part to the upper end of the post and having a seat portion at its rear end, legs irigidly secured to the said post and arranged radially of it, the front and rear, legs being arranged in line with each other under the said board'and being longer than the side -legs, and a spring arranged between the 7 front leg and the front end portion of the board. 7

WILLIAM BOLLENBACHER.

the. Commissioner of Patents,

g the cross legs A if desired, and'can rock the rocking

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