Improvements in Toys.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 2nd. May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toys.
FREDERIC PARKINSON 29 Melbourne Road Leicester Leicestershire Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a new or improved whip with either a ball or india-
rubber teat or both a ball and indiarubber teat attached thereto, and is constructed
and arranged substantially as hereinafter described.
I will proceed now to describe my improved whip and the position or part to
which the indiarubber teat and ball is attached or affixed.
I mould or make the stock of a whip or the whole of a whip of indiarubber or
other like material or to give more support to the stock part I affix therein a piece
of wood or other sufficiently rigid material the upper part of which may be pliable
or the said piece of wood or other suitable material may be pressed into a piece of
tubing made of indiarubber or other like material. When the upper part of the
said wood or other suitable material is not sufficiently pliable at its upper end to
bend over, a piece of coiled spring wire or other suitable material is affixed to this
said upper end to support the tubing if necessary so that it will not bend over too
abruptly, into this end of the said tubing I attach or affix a lash or thong made
of indiarubber or other suitable material to the end of the aforesaid lash or thong
furthest from the stock I attach or affix a hollow indiarubber ball or a ball made of
any suitable material and may be made with a rattle inside or otherwise. When
the end of the stock is sufficiently pliable the said ball may be affixed or attached
thereto.
Another method is to attach or affix the said ball to one end of a piece of cord
or other suitable material the other end I attach to or near to the butt end of the
stock or to the upper end if preferred. On to the butt end of the stock I attach or
affix an ordinary indiarubber teat with the usual piece of bone or other suitable
material projecting round it.
Although I have described both the indiarubber teat and ball as being affixed or
attached to my improved whip, yet if preferred only one of them need be so
attached or affixed or the whip may have instead of either, a whistle or rattle or
bell affixed thereto or without and although the whip is adapted for the indiarubber
teat or ball to be thereon yet the said indiarubber ball and teat or either of them
may be affixed or attached in like aforesaid parts to any ordinary childs whip or to
any article somewhat after the shape of an ordinary riding or driving whip.
Dated this 27th day of August 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Toys.
I, FREDERIC PARKINSON of 29 Melbourne Road,, Leicester, Merchant, 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 has reference to improvements in toys, especially applicable for
infants and very young children, the object being to combine in a toy features
which are at once useful and productive of amusement.
For this purpose I construct a toy which permits of various modifications several
of which are hereinafter referred to and which consist essentially in the combination
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page_text: of a whip, having at one end a teat, teething pad, teething ring or other amusing
or teething device and at the opposite end an indiarubber, wool, or other suitable
ball, rattle-bell or other sounding or rattling device attached or enclosed therein
or any one, two or more of the said articles may be combined together to form the
complete toy.
In order to more clearly illustrate the invention I have made reference to the
accompanying drawing shewing four modifications of the invention, although it will
be readily understood that other forms or combinations in the same toy are available
and permissible within the main lines of the invention.
Figure 1 shews a combination of a whip A infant's teat B and india-rubber
ball C.
Figure 2 represents in combination a whip A. infant's teething pad D and
perforated india-rubber ball E with rattle E' therein.
Figure 3 shews the combination of a whip A, ring F wool ball G and inserted
rattle-bell G¹.
The external part A' of the whip stock A. is formed preferably of india-rubber
tubing having the necessary rigidity imparted thereto by an inserted piece of wood,
whalebone or equivalent material, shewn detached in Figure 5, and to the upper
end of the part A (which is a continuation of the rubber tubing) the ball C is fixed,
or the complete stock may be composed entirely of solid india-rubber or equivalent
flexible material as in Figure 2.
The ball may he attached to the whip, through the medium of a piece of
ornamental cord A² or equivalent which may form the thong of the whip as in
Figure 1 or the ball may be connected to the end of the india-rubber tubing
forming the upper part of the stock as represented in Figures 3, and 4.
The wool ball A may be secured to the upper end of the whip stock or end of
the thong by tying or other means and the rattle or sounding device may be
attached to the wool ball, preferably by stitching or eyeletting the same through
the body of the latter, or to the end of the stock or thong, but in the case of the
india-rubber ball Figure 2 the rattle-bell or equivalent may be fixed therein or
simply inserted therein so as to be capable of freely moving about.
In order to prevent the stock portion of the whip bending over too abruptly I
may insert within the tubing forming the same a piece of whalebone as shewn in
dotted lines A³, Figure 4, or a coiled spring A Figure 1, or other suitable and
flexible material which will impart the necessary support to the upper part of the
stock.
It will be understood that one or more of the articles or devices mentioned may
be combined with the whip.
The complete toy may be made in various sizes and the rigid portion of the whip
stock may be lengthened or shortened within any desired limits.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a toy the combination with a whip of a teat, teething pad, ring or other
amusing or teething device, ball, rattle-bell, or other sounding or rattling device
or any one or more of the same substantially as herein described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
2. The improvements in toys substantially as herein described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
FREDERIC PARKINSON.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.