Improvements in the Construction, Mounting, and Mechanical Action of Rocking Horses.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 28th July, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th Aug., 1887.
Improvements in the Construction, Mounting, and Mechanical
Action of Rocking Horses.
I GEORGE LUNDBERRY of 55 Princes Square Kennington Cross in the County
of Surrey Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to this Invention the rocking horse is mounted upon two upright
vibrating arms or standards of any suitable construction the upper ends of which are
connected by pin joints or suitably hinged to the underside of the horse whilst the
lower ends of the armus or uprights are fixed upon transverse bars moving on axes
carried by a frame which forms the base or support for the rocking or vibrating
horse.
Each transverse bar has a projecting arm fixed thereto to which springs are
attached the other ends of each of which are connected to the opposite ends of the
supporting frame on which the apparatus is mounted the pull of the springs being in
opposite directions.
The rider by moving the body to and fro will cause the springs before referred to
to be distended the reaction of which will assist in maintaining the vibrating action of
the horse and rider.
Metal, india rubber, or other forms of springs may be employed in carrying this
invention into practice the strength of such springs being advantageously capable of
adjustinent.
As it is important that the horse should be as light as possible I find it advantageous
to construct the body with paper or papier macho the interior being strengthened by
a wood or other suitable frame.
One or more springs may be used for keeping up the rocking action of the horse
and rider, and one spring only is used advantageously by connecting same by means
of a cord rope or chain running round a pulley (or acting through a bell crank) and
then connected to the opposite side-thus getting the pull of the spring in opposite
directions as before.
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page_text: Improvements in the Construction, Mounting, and Mechanical
Action of Rocking Horses.
I, GEORGE LUNDBERRY of 55 Princes Square Kennington Cross in the County
of Surrey Machinist 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 :-
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction mounting and
mechanical action of rocking horses and in order that my improvements may be
clearly understood and readily carried into practice I will proceed to describe the
same with reference to the drawings hereto annexed Figure 1 of which is a side
elevation of a rocking horse and the frame upon which it is mounted Figure 2 being a
plan of the frame and parts combined therewith.
According to my invention the rocking horse A is mounted upon two upright
vibrating arms or standards a. a. of any suitable construction the upper ends of
which are connected by pin joints a¹ a² or are otherwise suitably binged to the
underside of the horse A whilst the lower ends of the arms or uprights a. a. are
fixed upon transverse bars a³ a' which move on axes a³ a³ carried by a frame B
which forms the base or support for the rocking or vibrating horse A.
Each transverse bar a a³ has projecting arms at a fixed thereto to which
springs a a are attached the other ends of which are connected to the opposite ends
of the supporting frame B on which the apparatus is mounted the pull of the
springs as a being in opposite directions.
The rider by moving the body to and fro will cause the spring a" a before referred
to to be distended the reaction of which which will assist in maintaining the vibrating
action of the horse and its rider.
Metal, india rubber, or other springs may be employed in carrying this invention
into practice the strength of such springs being advantageously capable of adjustment
by winged nuts b. b. or otherwise.
As it is important that the horse A should be as light as possible I find it
advantageous to construct its body with paper or papier mache the interior being
strengthened by a wood or other suitable frame.
One or more springs may be used for keeping up the rocking action of the horse,
and its rider, but one spring only may be used by connecting same by means of a
cord rope or chain running round a pulley (or acting through a bell crank) and then
connected to the opposite side-thus getting the pull of the spring in opposite
directions as in the arrangement previously described.
By this arrangement the horse is maintained in a nearly horizontal position its
movement being approximately parallel with the stand and the ground as indicated
by the positions shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 thus avoiding the risk of throwing
the rider from the horse either forward or backward.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is,
The improved arrangement and construction of rocking horses the horse being
mounted upon vibrating arms so as to impart a to and fro movement approximately
parallel with that of the stand it is mounted upon the to and fro movement being
controlled by a spring or springs substantially in the manner herein before described
and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.