Decorative toy

A toy in the form of a figurine that extends vertically above a mounted platform with a rod extending from the figurine over the platform from which an object is suspended by a flexible string. A window opening in the top section of the platform encloses a transparent cover over a magnetized plate slidably mounted in a slot in the platform. The exterior face of the plate visible through the transparent cover, is marked with words describing a humorous weather forecast based on the behavior of the suspended object. The object contains an embedded magnet so that the object will rotate as it swings over the plate. The figurine is detachably attached to the platform so that both the figurine and the marked plate may be readily replaced with other figurines and marked plates.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
My invention is a humorous toy in the form of a figurine that extends 
vertically above a mounted platform with a rod extending from the figurine 
over the platform from which an object is suspended by a flexible string. 
A window opening in the top section of the platform encloses a transparent 
cover over a magnetized plate slidably mounted in a slot in the platform. 
The exterior face of the plate visible through the transparent cover, is 
marked with words describing a humorous weather forecast based on the 
behavior of the suspended object. The object contains an embedded magnet 
so that the object will rotate as it swings over the plate. The figurine 
is detachably attached to the platform so that both the figurine and the 
marked plate may be readily replaced with other figurines and marked 
plates.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference 
characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1-2 
illustrate the toy 10 which is formed of a flat base 11 to which an erect 
figurine 12 is fastened. The figurine 12 is detachably fastened to the 
base 11 by means of a male screw threaded projection 14 engaged in a 
threaded hole 15 in the base 11. The top surface 16 of the base unit is 
formed with a window opening 17 with a transparent sheet 18 covering a 
printed sheet 19 of paper backed on a magnetized plate 21 displayed in 
said window opening. 
A slot 22 extends from a vertical edge 24 of the base 11 along a plane 
parallel to the top surface 16 to form a recess extending below the window 
opening 17 and extending beyond the irregular shaped edges 24 of the 
window opening for housing of the transparent sheet 18, paper sheet 19 and 
magnetized plate 21. The sheet 18 is readily removed or replaced. 
The figurine 12 is shaped with an extending horizontal object 28 such as a 
gun-like object, from the end of which a flexible string 29 is hung, with 
a ball-like object 31 tied to the free end of the string 29. A magnet 34 
is embedded in the object 31 and interacts with the magnetic field of 
plate 21, when the object 31 is swung as a pendulum to cause the object 31 
to rotate, when the string swings in the plane transverse to the magnetic 
axis of plate 21, and to cause the plane of swinging of the object 31 to 
rotate, when the object is initially swung in such a transverse plane. 
Alternately, as shown in FIG. 3, a figurine 30 may be substituted for the 
figurine 12, with the figurine 30 shaped to hold a generally horizontally 
extended fishing pole 34, with a magnetized fishing hook shaped object 36 
dangling from string 29 fixed to the end of pole 34. 
The sheet of paper 19 may be marked with a humorous saying attributing 
weather predicting properties to the behavior of the object 34 or 36. 
Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the 
invention described herein, such modifications being within the spirit and 
scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all matter contained 
herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.