Improvement in Toy Hoops.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Toy Hoops.
ELLEN LOVEGROVE 9 Marlboro Street Bath Spinster, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to hoops for children & consists in providing a hoop with
one or more concentric rings carried by a suitable framing attached to the hoop.
Bells are now attached to convenient parts of the device, such as the hoop & con-
centric ring or rings, said bells ringing as the hoop is rolled or trundled. If desired
I may attached a handle to a centre piece or bearing carried by the framing
aforesaid.
The various parts of the device & bells may be painted in various colours.
Dated this 9th day of August 1893.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Toy Hoops.
I, ELLEN LOVEGROVE, of 9 Marlborough Street, Bath, Spinster, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to an improved toy hoop for children and consists in
forming such hoop of two or more concentric rings connected together by radial
spokes or rails. The hoop is adapted to be rolled or trundled along the ground on
its periphery in the usual manner, being kept in motion and consequently maintained
in a more or less vertical position by means of a handle or by the repeated blows of
a stick or other device. In order to make the toy more attractive, bells or other
similar musical devices may be mounted on the hoop at any convenient points in
such a manner that they are caused to ring or jangle, or to emit other musical
sounds as the hoop is rolled or trundled along.
The accompanying drawing illustrates a hoop constructed in accordance with my
invention. It consists of an outer hoop A which rolls along the ground, and an
inner hoop B, the two being connected by the distance rails C. D are globular
bells, of the wellknown construction, freely suspended by loops D¹ or otherwise
from the inner hoop B, so that, as the toy revolves, they are caused to ring or
jangle. Or if preferred, they may be rigidly attached to the hoop B. E are
brass or other jangles or clappers mounted on a wire or other ring F intermediate
between the two hoops A and B as shown, or in such a manner that they rattle or
jangle together as the toy is caused to revolve.
The full lines in the drawing illustrate the toy adapted to be bowled or trundled
along by the repeated blows of a stick or other device, and in such a toy I prefer
to provide a swivel or other hook J to receive the stick K when the toy is hung up
or stood by out of use.
The dotted lines in the drawing illustrate the toy adapted to be propelled by
hand direct. G are spokes of wire or other suitable material and H is a handle
connected to a hub or centre I, being forked at H¹ to embrace the hoop and
provided with a tee or other convenient form of handle at H².

page_text: It will be understood that my improvements are equally applicable to both the
above described forms of hoops.
The various parts of the toy may be painted in suitable colours in order to
improve its appearance and add to its attraction.
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise arrange-
ment of parts described and illustrated, as they may be varied without departing
from my invention; for example several internal concentric hoops may be employed
in the place of one, as illustrated, and the bells or other musical devices may be
rigidly attached, or wholly dispensed with. Or the bells or other musical devices
may be connected to the external hoop alone, the internal hoop or hoops being
dispensed with, or the said devices may be attached to any convenient part of
the toy.
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 :-
:-
First. In toy hoops the employment of one or more internal hoops supported
from the outer hoop by distance rails, substantially as hereinbefore described, and
illustrated in the drawing.
Second. In toy hoops the employment of bells, jangles, clappers, and other more
or less musical devices so mounted that they are caused to sound when the hoop is
revolved, substantially as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings.
Third. The improved toy hoop combined and arranged substantially as herein-
before described, and illustrated in the drawing.
Dhe TL 1
1002
ELLEN LOVEGROVE.
W. H. Beck,
Per S. E. Gunyon,
115, Cannon Street, London, Agent.