US853091A - Toy. - Google Patents

Description

No. 853,091. PATENTED MAY '7, 1907. W. KLINGE.

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APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 6,.1906.

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W. KLINGB.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KLINGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907.

Application filed June 6, 1906. Serial No. 320,461.. I

- in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toys and embodies in its organization a boat-like body sustained u on transporting wheels and adapted to e propelled manually over the ground through the medium of tpivoted propelling members or oars arrange to act upon and for operatin the transporting wheels.

The inventionias for its objects to provide a comparatively simple, inex ensive device of this character which aside 0m its amusing qualities will afford healthful exercise, one wherein an effective and desirable substitute for rowing is acquired, and one in which the direction of movements of the body may be governed through the medium of the propelling members as in the operation of advancing, backing or turning the boat.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character wherein the body is yieldably sustained for fore and aft or transverse oscillation, and one in which the device may be conveniently steered for properly directing the same in its travel.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention comprises the novel features 1 of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a toy boat embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, lon itudinal section taken centrally through t e device on the line 22 of Fig; 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the device, preferab'l made in imitation of a boat, as shown, an provide'dadj acent its longitudinal center with a Seat -iQ/Zand' havin at .a point in advance of assassin turne bearing ears 3, there beinglpivoted to the body '1' bymeans of pivoting members or pins 4 engaged with the ears 3 a'pairof ro pelling members or oars providedat 'eir outer ends with engaging portions or blades 6 and havin r loose engagement with the pins-4 to adapt t em for both verticaland horizontal swingin movement for a purpose which will present y appear. l

Connected beneath the body 1 by means of a central vertical coupling member 7 is a horizontal' transversely disposed bearing member 'or yoke 8 having vertical, de ending bearing ears 9 in which are journale the inner ends of a pair of shaft sections 10 disposed in endwise relation and in axial alinement and provided at their outer ends with transporting wheels 11 provided at their innerfaces with proiiecting engagin portions or ratchets 12', pre erably formed y appro riately bending the alternate spokes into s ape, as shown.

transverse rocking of the body 1, which is sustained at opposite sides by means. of cushioning springs 14 coiled around vertically depending guide members or bolts 15 fixed to the bottom and adapted to play vertically through guide openings 16. provided in the yoke 8. 4

The body 1 is with a forwar bracket 17 having a vertical, tubular depending head 18, in which is slidably disposed the 1 vertical post or stem 19 of a fork 20 in which is journaled a caster wheel 21, there being arran ed on the stem 19 between the fork 20 and ead 18 a compressible cushioning spring 22, while pro'ecting rearwardly from the body is a pair of orizontal bracket arms 23 carrying a vertical, tubular bearing head 24 in which is slidably and rotatably dis posed the vertical stemor post 25 of a fork 26 havin journaled therein a'caster wheel 27, there eing arranged on the stem 25 between ioning spring 28 which together with the l spring 22 provides for fore and aft rocking movement of the body. r

25, hereinafter termed the steering post, is a cross arm 29 with which is engaged a pair of flexible .steering elements or ropes 30 leading to the seat 2=and adapted to be'opera'ted for turning thev wheel 27 to its travelover the ground. 7, v

In practice, the operator sitson the seat 2, facing toward the forward end oribo'w of the ,body 1, and manipulates the'members or oars 5 in the usual manner, as in theoperation of rowing. The propelling members action engage the rojecting portions; oriratchet's 12 for forcibl v the device over the ground, it bein understood that in stroking the oars the blades 6 will, during rearward movement,be elevated rovided at its forward end ly projecting horizontal I Fixed on the upper end of the post or stem- The member 7 is composed of a pair of sections pivotally connected at 13 to permit the fork 26 and head '24 a compressible cush y driving the wheels topropel IIO guide the device in ments of a boat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device ol'- the class described, a body sustained upon transporting wheels having spokes shaped to provide projections on the inner faces ol the wheels, and pro- )elling members pivotallyconnected with-the body and adapted in operation for engagement with the projections to drive the wheels.

2. In a device of the class described, a body, transporting wheels therefor adapted for independent rotation and provided with projecting engaging portions, and propelling members pivotally connected with the body for vertical and horizontal swinging movement, said members being adapted for engagoment wlth the pro ections to propel the deviQe.

3. In a devlce of the class described, a

body, transporting wheels therefor provided with projections, )ropelling members pivotally connected Wit the body for vertical and horizontal swinging movement, said members being adapted for engagement with and to act on the projections for propelling the device, and a steering wheel-sustained at one end of the body and operable for guiding the latter in its movements .4. In a device of the class described, a body, a bearing yoke connected beneath the body, axles journaled for independent rotation in the yoke and equipped With transporting wheels having projecting engaging portions, cushioning springs dis osed between the body and yoke, propelling mem bers pivotally connected with the body and adapted to act upon the projections in the operation of propelling tie device, caster wheels connected at opposite ends of the body, one of said wheels being adapted for operation to guide the device in its travel, and cushioning springs arranged for yieldably supporting the body at its ends.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. v

WILLIAM KLINGE.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. FLETCHER, FABIUs S. ELMORE.

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