Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1889
Specification Accepted. 18th May, 1889
I BALDWIN WALLACE WEATHERDON of the Firm of Weatherdon & Co. Patent
Agents, 11 & 12 Southampton Buildings in the County of London do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My Invention relates to an improved mechanical toy, and consists of forming a
figure of a dog or other animal of rubber or other elastic material and fitting same
within a casing shaped to represent a kennel or otherwise, and giving to the said
figure (by means of the herein described mechanism) a jumping or springing motion
so as to represent the action of a dog springing out of its Kennel to resist an attempt
to take away a bone from the opening of the Kennel.
The figure of some other animal may be substituted if necessary for that of the dog
and the bone may be replaced by another similar device..
The body of the elastic figure of the dog or otherwise being made hollow an
opening can be made and a tuned pipe inserted to produce the sound of a growl or
bark by means of the air in the body of the figure being forced through the said pipe
by the action of the figure springing up. The accompanying drawings represent at
Figure 1 a perspective view of my improved toy.
Figure 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in longitudinal vertical section.
Figure 3 a similar view showing the parts in a different position.
Figure 4 a view showing a slight modification.
Figure 5 a detail perspective view of the detent and the trigger.
Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the arrangement shown in Figure 4.
The same letters denote corresponding parts through the drawings.
A the casing shaped to represent a Kennel which has an opening or door B in one
end as shown, C the base or floor of the Kennel provided with a vertical opening D
near its rear end and with a transverse slot E at the front end, F the figure of the
dog or otherwise secured upon the upper side of the floor or base, and G is a cord

page_text: attached to the said figure and passing rearward therefrom to, and through the
opening D and thence forward beneath the base and through a guide or staple H
fastened to the under side thereof close to the front end, 1 is a leaf spring and trigger
secured at the rear end to the under side of the floor and having the front end bent
upwards and projecting through and above the transverse slot E, a trip J in the form
of a bone is secured to the upper extremity of the front end of the trigger and projects
beyond the ends of the slot and normally rests on the floor of the casing or Kennel,
the cord G is provided with a cross bar or detent K which rests against the front
upturned end of the trigger and thereby maintain the figure of the dog in a reclining
position. The construction and arrangement of the parts of my device being thus set
forth its operation is as follows, the figure of the animal which is made of rubber or
other elastic material as above mentioned is held in a sitting or reclining position by
the cord G and the trigger I as shown at Figure 2, upon the trip being lifted the
trigger will be drawn from behind the detent thereby releasing the same and the dog
or animal will at once spring into a standing position as at Figure 3 by reason of its
own elasticity, the figuro is drawn back into a reclining position by means of the
cord G which drawing the detent past the front end of the trigger the leaf spring of
which causes it to automatically slip into position in rear of the detent and engage
the same as will readily be understood and thereby prevent the figure from unduly
springing into an upright position. If necessary the detent instead of being secured
to, and carried by the cord may may be a transvorsely pivoted plate as shown at K in
Figures 4 and 6 and this arrangement while permitting a more limited movement to
the figure, will operate in all respects substantially the same as that shown in the
other figures and may sometimes be preferred. If increased strength to the springing
action of the figure is required a steel wire spring may be inserted in the legs of the
same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
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First a mechanical toy comprising a base, an elastic figure secured thereon, a trip
arranged in advance of the figure, and a cord secured to the figure, extending forward
under the base, and controlled by the trip, whereby upon raising the trip the figure
will automatically spring up, as set forth.
Second, a mechanical toy comprising the base, the elastic figure secured thereto,
the trip arranged in advance of the figure, the trigger secured to the base and
connected to the trip, the cord secured to the figure and extending past the trigger,
and the detent secured to the said cord and engaging the trigger.
Third a mechanical toy comprising the base having a vertical opening near its rear
end, the trigger consisting of a leaf-spring having its rear end secured to the under-
side of the base and its front end bent upwards through the transverse slot, the trip
secured to the extremity of said upturned end, the elastic figure secured on the base
the cord secured to the figure extending through the rear opening in the base and
thence forward past the trigger and the detent secured to the cord and resting against
.the trigger as specified.
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