A Toy Representing a Striding Horse and Operated by the Riding Child.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Toy Representing a Striding Horse and Operated by the Riding
Child.
1, CHARLES HUELSER of the firm of Huelser & Co., of Temple Chambers,
London, International Patent Agency, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, a communication to me from abroad by Mex Lg Bernstein of
Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturere as follows :-
The object of this invention: rling horse serving as children's toy and
actuated by the child setting thereon by alternately depressing the stirrups. The
toy hor not only movable, but also guidable by means of the reins, the head of
the horse moving to the respective side as with the guiding of a live horse.
In the hollow body of the horse the two pairs of legs are suspended so as to
oscillate lengthwise about two corresponding cross bars or shafts, the mechanism
Two angle levers are
for operating the legs being also enclosed in the body.
fulcrumed on a common shaft and the laterally bent free extremity of each longer
end protrudes outwardly through a curved slot provided in the side of the body,
while the shorter shank of each lever carries, suspended from a crossbar a fork
lever, the bottom end of which is secured in the top part of the respective hind
leg underneath. From the cross bar of each fork lever a draw rod extends to
the bottom end of a lever carrying at a bolt at the top a downward fork lever
secured to the respective fore leg. In the hoof of each of the four legs is pro-
vided a roll, while a vertical rod having likewise a roll at the ground end is
passed through the front portion of the horse, in which it is correspondingly
lodged and is secured with its top end in the rear portion of the head.
head is loose relatively to the rest of the body and adapted to be drawn side-
ways by the reins or by a rod passed crosswise through the neck and through
the top end of the vertical rod passing down between the fore legs, whereby
the horse can be guided or turned, as the rod with roll participates in the turning
of the head.
The
The stirrup irons are attached by their straps to the outwardly projecting ends
of the angle levers, which latter are connected with each other by a lever fulcrumed
in its middle in an upright stay and serving to transmit the movement from one
angle lever to the other so that when the one rises the other descends.
By pushing down one of the stirrups one fore leg and the opposite hind leg are
caused to stride forward. Thereby as mentioned above the other stirrup rises and,
by depressing the latter, the horse is made to stride forward with the other two
legs, so that by alternate pushing down of the stirrups, the toy horse can be caused
to stride along continually, while the guiding is effected by means of the reins or of
the cross bar above referred to.
HUELSER & Co.,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Toy Representing a Striding Horse and Operated by the Riding
Child.
1, CHARLES HUELSER of the firm of Huelser & Co. of Temple Chambers,
London, International Patent Agency, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, a communication to me from abroad by Max Ludwig Bernstein of
74 Blumenstrasse Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, and in what

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is a striding toy horse, which is actuated by the
child sitting thereon by alternately depressing the stirrups. Said toy horse
is not only movable but also guidable by means of the reins, the head of the horse
moving to the respective side as with the guiding of a live horse.
Referring to the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a side view of the horse as striding forward with the right foot.
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section to Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 a section along linee Fig. 2.
Fig. 4a side view of the horse striding forward with the left foot.
Fig 5 a longitudinal section to Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 a section along line y Fig. 4.
In the hollow body L of the horse the fore legs Vr and VI, and hind legs Hr
and I are suspended so as to oscillate about cross bars or shafts a and ; the 1
parts for actuating the legs are likewise contained in the hollow body.
c and d are
angle levers connected with shaft e and having one shank extended outwardly with
the laterally bent-off' ends c and d through slots and provided in the sides of
the horse. The other shank of c and d carries at m the fork levers hr and h
which are placed with their under ends into the upper ends of the legs. From m
the draw rods i and K lead to the levers Ir and which carry on their bolts m
the fork levers vr, ul. The hoofs of the four legs contain the rolls q while the
vertical rod is correspondingly lodged in the front part of the horse. Said rod
carries at its bottom end the roll o and is with its upper end secured in the head k.
The latter is loose relatively to the body of the horse and can be drawn aside 2
either by a bar placed crosswise through the neck or by the reins, whereby, as
rod with roll o participates in the turning, the horse can be guided or turned.
C
To the ends c and d of the levers c and d which project laterally from the body
of the horse, are secured the stirrups rands with their straps, while the two
levers are connected with each other by the pivotted lever and ul. By this
lever the movement from and d is simultaneously transmitted. Consequently
when descends with ur, el ascends by ul and vice versa.
When the stirrups is depressed from the saddle, the resuit is the position of
the parts which is indicated by Figs. 1 to 3, the left hind leg H and also the right
fore leg striding forward. Thereby as mentioned above, the stirrup sl ascends
and can be depressed again, whereby the positions, indicated by Figs. 4-6, of the
parts are produced, and the horse strides forward with the right hind legs and left
fore leg.
The action of the feet on the stirrups repeated successively and alternately
causes a continuous striding forward of the horse, which can be correspondingly
guided by means of the reins and guide roll o.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A toy horse adapted to stride forward by the person or child sitting in the saddle
alternately depressing the stirrups suspended from oscillating levers and to be
guided by the reins or cross rod attached to the movable head, substantially as set
forth.
HUELSER & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.