US2605584A - Tethered aerial top - Google Patents

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g- 5, 1952 H. J. PERKER ET AL 2,605,584

TETHERED AERIAL TOP Filed March 28, 1950 ZQz/evzio r6: flerzrjy ffer' r 0 ZarZuff%7zQ%f$0%.-

Patented Aug. 5, 1952 Henry reset and Carl RQAnders'onQChicago, IlL, assignor' to Perand Eroducts, IndfChicago,

a pneagti fnrrar h 28, 1950; seems. 152,292

This. invention relates to a, new and. improved toy. i J. .1 f LAprincipal vobjectof thisinvention is.;to-p'rovide a toyof the type having a, reciprocating movement wherein a body is extended and'withdrawnonastring. r

An important object of this invention isthe provision of a toy utilizing a rotatable inertia member and is an improvement .over the toy shown in our presently pending application en- "titled'To'y Airplaneand having Serial Number 99,1 16. L. f. j; Another impo'rtantobjecto'f this invention is to 'supplyii a string" operated rotatable" inertia itively maintain the operating string within the rotatable inertia member. I 1 r fA further important objector this invention is 'to provide a toy with a string'operated rotatable inertia member journally carried within a housfing and bafiie walls fixed to the housing and'located adjacent the periphery of the inertia member a distance not greater than the diameter of the stringfor the purpose of retaining the string conffined in the rotatable inertia member.

I A stillfu'rther important object of this inven tionisthe provision of 'means for interlocking a twa paa housing enclosure for a toy or the like.

Another and still further important object'of thisinvention is to provide an interlocking tongue and groove joint for a two part plastics housing in which the interlock is accomplished by a flexing of the parts to permit an overlap of the one 'part' on the other part.

Other and further important objects of this invention will become apparent from the disclosures in the following specification and accompanying drawing. 7 Y *I'n thedrawing: I

7 Figure 1 shows a front elevational view'of the toyof'this invention. v Fi'gure 2 is a plan View of Figure l. 7v V I I 'g'ure 3 isa sectional view taken on theline 3 '-3f0f Figure 2. V Figure 4 is asectional view taken on the line ti of Figure l. V"

Figure dis a sectional view taken on the line 5 -5 ofFigure 2. I n f I Figure 6 is an elevational side-view detail as viewed from the line 6-6 of Figure 2. I V

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 1-4 of Figure 2. v ns: shown in the drawings: The reference numeral I0 taken on the line- Z -Z indicates generally a member toy'with shield enclosing baffles to pos-- weesne housing and in the stitute the rotatable inertia member.

2 I particular adaptation shown, toy is in the shape of a ball,

the housing of this and more-particularly a football. The housing l0 includes'an upper housing part II and a lower housing part I2 to form a complete enclosure;for I the toyof this invention. The toy housing I0 is suspended, one string I3 with a finger ring It at I the upper end thereof. As further shown in Figure Lahand winding knob I5 is positioned on the side of theifootball housing In and permits manual winding of a rotatable inertia member to be described hereafter. As best shown Figure 2, the top of the housing It and particularly the upper-half Y I I. includes therein a restricted aperture it through Which the holding-string I3 passes. p A t Mounted withinthe ball housing isa rotatable inertia member. I! as shown'in Figures 3, 4 and 5. This ;.i'otatable inertia member 11 is fixedly mounted 'onia'shaft I8 and includes spaced side discs'le' and 20 which together comprise or con- Thershaft I8 "is 'journally mounted within the'housing I9 and is carried" therein between the upper and lower housing parts II and I2. As best shown in Figure 6 one end of the shaft l.8is journalled on one sideofthe ball housing IIl within opposed and aligned open notches'zl and 22 for journally receiving that end cf'the shaft. Thehotch'ZI is in the upper housing part I I whereas the lower and aligned open notch 22 is in the lower housingpar't i2. Figure 7 shows the journal support'ofv the other end portion of the shaft I8 carried at the otherside of the ball housing IBwithin' opposed and aligned open notches 23 and 24. As in Figure'6 the notch 23 is in the upper portion II of th'e'ball housing andthe aligned lower notch 24 is in the lower notch of the ball housing. The

' hand turning knob I5 is-mounted integrally on the outer endof the shaft Itiwhich' extends outwardly from the housing Ill asbestshown in Figure 4, I Spaced inwardly from the knob I5 and. also'inounted integrally with the shaft'IB' is an annular flange 25 which maintains the shaft I8 in fixed transverse position by reason of its engaging the inner surface of a boss 26' within which the open notch '24 is formed. The annular flange 25 thus prevents endwiseor'axial movement of the shaft [-3 in a direction outwardlyof the ball on the side of the hand knob ld'xFurthe'r, the knob I5 prevents endwise movement of the shaft I8 in theother direction, and thus thetshaft is positively confined by reason of the flange 25 and the hand turning knob I51 I V i 5 The upper half I I of the'ball housing I0 is prohalves I9 and 20 with the string thereafter pass' ing upwardly out through the restricted'aperture IS in the upper half II of the housing Ill. The

housing parts are interlocked :and 'inasmuchas the housing I0 forms a complete enclosurethei hand engaging knob may be rotated to cause the string I3 to wind up on the shaft IBtbetweenthe:

rotatable inertia member parts I9 andZO. ..The operator thereafter puts his finger through the finger ring I4 and lets the ball drop away from him. The inertia member II'rotatesasthe" ball I fldscends and when the'ball reaches the'bottom ofthe-string I3 the operator of the toy thereafter gives the' string I3 'a slight jerk causing the rotatable inertia member to wind up on the string I3 so that in effectthe toy has a reciprocating motion with the ball portiongoing to and from the operator on thestring-l3 as a carrier or'track.

*baIlle'wallsN-and '30 and the lower housingpart I2 carries the upwardly extending bafile walls 3| and 32 which arespaced apart a; distance equal to 'thespacing of the walls'29 andc3ll'and arein vertical alignment therewith. The'b'afile walls 29 to 32 inclusive are sufliciently long to extend beyond the Lrotatable inertia :member .I 1 on both sides :thereo'f. As shown inFigures. 3 and 4 the walls 29 :and' 30' are provided 'withsemi-circular open notches 33 and 34 respectively; The baffle wall "29is 'positionedadjacent thee-half 19 of the rotatable inertia member and thesemi-circular notch 33 'thereinhas a. radius just slightly greater than the radius of the rotatable inertia member I1. Thus the 'inner'edge ;of the semi-circular notch 33 withinzthe b'afiie wall I9 .closely surrounds lthe upperrportion IOfIIhB'hfllf I9 of the rotatableinertiahmember. It ispreferable that the spacei'betweenithe outerrcircumference of'the irotatable'inertia" member and the inner :edges ,of

the semi-circularrnotches 3:3-and.-34 beless than the diameterrorthickness of the operating string I 3' so that :asf the string I-3 moving inwardly and outwardlythrough the restricted aperture I E can- "not'pass through to parts of the interior of the housing 'I I1 beyond the extremities of the-rotatable: inertia member; Similarly the baffle wall 30 having thezsemi-circular notch '34 is in align- ;ment withthe-half 20 of the rotatable inertia member and further confines'the string I3 between athe rotatable inertia member halves I9 and-20. 'The'bafllewalls3l -and132 extending upwardly 'from'the lower half I2 of-the housing I0 .arleiiprovided with equal and opposite semi-circular. open notches 351-and -3B'respectively, so that tas the housing parts II and I2 are'brought together'withtheir peripheral surfaces2! and 28 in 'en'gagement the bafile walls 29 and 3| will be in alignment,'tand the cooperative upper and lower semi-circular notches 33 and-35 combine toform a 'full "annular circle within which the lateral movement within the housing member- V-shaped winding groove 31.

half I9 of the rotatable inertia member passes. The radial distance between the outer circumference of the rotatable inertia member and the circumference of the circle formed by the notches 33 and 35, as previously stated is less or not greater than the diameter or thickness of the operating string I3. Similarly the notch 36 in the baflle wall 32 cooperates with the notch 34 in the upper bafile wall 30 forming a full annular circle within which the half 20 of the rotatable inertia member passes and rotates. Here again thespace between the circumferences of the ro- Y tatable inertia member and the diameter of the opening formed by'the notches 34 and 36 is not greaterthan'the;thickness of the string I3.

The operating-string I3 is thus confined to the V-'- shaped 'stringwinding annular groove 31 in the rotatable inertia member as best shown in Figures-4 and 5, and is prevented from having I 0 by reason of the confining baffle walls 29tto 32linclusive. The baflle walls cooperate with each other-so that when the halves H and I2 "of-the housing :are placed together with their peripheral surfacesz2land28 in engagement thebafile' walls are continuous and thus there is no chance-of the operating string I3 from getting out ofthe V-shap'e'd:annular groove between therotatable inertia member halves I9 and 20. This prevents tan'gling :of the operating string I3 and hence in the operation of the toy the ball housing or for that matter a housing in any shapemaytbe propelled away from thezoperator and then drawn back upon, the :string I3 without any :danger-of the string getting. out oi the rotatable inertia Operation of the toy at all times-is thus assured;

As best shown in-Figure 5, the housing parts II and I2 are "provided with oppositely'disposed interlockingmembers 38 and 39 onooppositezsides of the ballID. The upper housingpartll has receiving sockets Mandel respectivelyformed in the lower -'ends-of these interlocking parts 38 and --39-respectively. Similarly the lower part-I2 of the housing II! isprovided with projections or tongues '42 "and-43' for the interlocking'parts 38 and 39 respectively, and the projections 42 and 43 are arranged and constructed for interengagewithin the groove .40. On the opposite side of the ballthe interlock 3B:is,acc0mplished by a squeezing of the upper part II and aslight distortion or-extension ofthe lower part I2, so that the projection or tongue 43 sna-ps over into the socket or groove '4I holding the ball parts II and I2 firmly together. As best shownin Figure 4, the interlocking members 38 and 39 are positioned to one side of the shaft I8 and for purposes of securely interlocking the ball housing-parts II and I2, additional and similar space interlocking means are provided on the oppositeside of the shaft I 8 as designated by the numerals 44 and 45.

It will thus be seen that herein is .provided'a novel'toy, havingconsiderable improvement over the toy in our previously filed application mentioned above, wherein the housing is. substantially enclosed, and wherein means is provided forconfining the operating string I3 toits position in the v-shaped notch 31 :between the halves of the rotatable inertia member, thereupon forestalling or preventing entanglement of the operating string with the shaft I8 or with any other portions of; the interior of the housing. Further there is provided an efiicient andeffective interlock between the two housingparts I l and I2 for quick and easy assembling and subsequent servicing of the interior of the ball.

We are aware that numerous details of construction may be varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles disclosed herein, and we therefore do not propose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the appended claims.

' What is claimed is:

1. A toy comprising a body, rotatable inertia means mounted for rotation within said body, said rotatable inertia means having spaced side disc members'forming a central annular slot, a

I string wound in said slot for causing rotation of the rotatable inertia means and an up and down movement of the body, said body having spaced walls projecting inwardly and terminating in a substantially circular inner edge closely adj acent to and lying over the Outer peripheries of each of the spaced side disc members whereby the integral with said shaft adjacent said housing for maintaining fixed lateral positioning of said shaft within said housing, an intertia member mounted on said shaft within said housing, said intertia member including spaced side discs, a string wound on said shaft between said spaced side discs, said housing having a restricted opening in alignment with the annular space between the side discs for passage of said string, and means string is confined in the annular slot between the disc members. i

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the spacing between the circular inner edge of the inwardly projecting walls and the outer peripheries of the side disc members is not greater than the diameter of the string.

3. A toy comprising an enclosed housing having 3 two complementary parts, means interlocking said complementary parts, said parts having opposed open notches, a shaft journaled for rotation within said opposed open notches, flange means provided in said housing to maintain said string within the annular space between said side discs.

i. A device as set forth in claim 3 in which the last named means includes a pair of spaced inwardly extending aligned complementary baflle walls on each of said housing parts on each side of said inertia member side discs and spaced therefrom a distance not greater than the diameter of said string.

HENRY J. PERKER.

CARL R. ANDERSON.

REFERENCES, CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 917,137 Robinson Apr. 6, 1909 999,247 OByrne Aug. 1, 1911 1,287,328 Jafferian Dec. 10, 1918 1,422,833 Carlson July 18, 1922 1,762,620 Fixen June 10, 1930 1,963,001 Savage June 12, 1934

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