Improvements in or connected with Scraps or Toy Figures.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1899
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Scraps or Toy Figures.
I, NATHAN HALE SPRAGUE, of Lonsdale, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Mechanic, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to scraps usually sold for the purpose of pasting in
scrap-books; the object of the invention being to provide scraps which can be
pasted in books in such manner that the figures represented can be made to
stand up. A further object is to provide books of scraps which are to be cut out
by children and are provided with means which enables the scraps to stand.
Scraps made in accordance with this my invention are stamped or otherwise
cut out of stiff paper and are made in duplicate; the most prominent points
being united so as to hinge the two parts together. Other parts of the figures
have tags or extensions left between them, and which, when folded upon them-
selves, form uniting strips which are flexible and can be opened out. The feet
or lower parts of the figures are also formed with tags which can be pasted in
books, in such manner as to enable the other parts of the scraps to be raised to
stand up, both sides of the scrap being identical.
The scraps may be either cut out before sale or may be prepared in sheets or
books to be cut out by children.
The lower portions of the figures may have extensions formed integral with
one half of the scrap, coloured to form a suitable base or ground, and having slits
in it into which the tags on the lower parts of the counterpart of the scrap are
inserted and bent over on the underside to make the figures stand in a realistic
manner.
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P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicant.
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Improvements in or connected with Scraps or Toy Figures.
I, NATHAN HALE SPRAGUE, of Lonsdale, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Mechanic, 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 follow-
ing statement:-
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This invention relates to scraps which are cut from paper or other suitable
material; and the invention consists in an improvement in the art of stamping
or printing the figures on the material from which said figures are cut, whereby
two figures of the animal or the like are printed or stamped on the material
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page_text: which are connected at the top or back and adapted to be cut out or folded where
connected, in such.manner that the toy figure thus formed will stand upright, each
of said figures, when they are animals, as shewn, being, provided with two legs--
a front and a rear leg said legs being so formed that they will assume the proper
relative position and support the toy animal when the separate figures thereof are
folded together, the legs of each part or figure being also printed or shaded on
both sides in order to give them the proper appearance when said figures are
folded together to form the animal.
Further the toy animals or the like so formed may be secured in a book such
as is ordinarily used for the preservation of similar devices and in such manner
that they may be folded down or stood up without displacing their points of
detention; and further they may be used in combination with a stand or scene-
piece formed integral with them.
The invention also consists in the toy animal or the like thus formed, and is
fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying draw-
ings form a part, in which:-
Figure 1 is a plan view of two figures of an animal connected at certain points.
Fig. 2 a side view of the animal formed by folding together the figures in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 a section on the line a―r of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 a plan view of two figures of
an animal shewing a modification in the method of joining. Fig. 5 a side view
of the animal formed by folding together the figures in Fig 4. Fig. 6 a rear-end
view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 a plan view of two figures of an animal in conjunction with
a stand or scene-piece; and Fig. 8 is an end view of Fig. 7 when the figures and
the stand are folded into their ultimate positions.
The dual figures of animals A, A' shewn upon the drawings are printed or
stamped or cut out from paper or any other suitable material certain portions
being so left as to join the two figures, and each of said figures is provided with
a front leg and a hind leg lettered B, B, as to the figure A and B, B as to the
figure A. When the figures are folded together at the points where they are
connected, animals as shewn in Figs. 2 and 5 are produced, and it will be
observed-that-all-the-parts-of-the-two-separate-figures-align-when-viewed-from-
the side, with the exception of the legs which assume their proper position as is
clearly shewn in Figs. 2 and 5, and support the animal in an upright position.
"It will also be observed that the legs B B of the dual figures are printed, coloured
or shaded on both sides, so as to give them the proper appearance after the
folding operation is completed.
In Figs. 1 to 3 the dual figures are shewn simply attached to one another at
the points C.
In Figs. 4 to 6 the dual figures are attached at C and by means of a strip C
which is folded inwardly as shewn. in the rear view Fig. 6.
As indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 strips or tags D may be formed
integral with one of the pairs of legs, and the said strips or tags may be con-
nected by mucilage or similar material to a book or other holdfast.
As indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 6 strips or tags E may be left
integral with certain convenient parts of one of the figures the strips or tags
being folded as indicated in the rear end view Fig. 6, and their turned up
extremities adhesively permanently attached to the inner face of the corre-
sponding figure after folding, and so serve as a brace to the complete figure.
When the separate figures are folded together to form the animal the heads
thereof may be connected by mucilage or similar material as may also the upper
forward portions of the bodies.
In a modification shewn in Figs. 7 and 8 I form integral with one of the figures
a stand or scene-piece which can be printed or coloured in an appropriate man-
ner on the same side as the inner portion of the legs -B B¹. The stand F is
adapted as to its portion F1 to. fold at right-angles to make a back-ground for
the folded figures. On the feet of the figure opposite to that to which the stand
is attached are integrally formed strips or tags G which are adapted to engage

page_text: with slots G¹ in the stand F, and after being passed through the said slots, are
bent over to retain them in position.
. Although I have described my invention as applied to animals yet .it will be
understood that it is equally applicable to other figures such as soldiers, trees and
the like, and to scraps generally.
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:
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(1) The hereindescribed improvement in scraps, said scraps consisting of
figures stamped or otherwise formed of paper or other suitable material and
printed or otherwise coloured in duplicate, similar parts united at convenient
points to render them capable of being readily folded so that their lowermost
parts form supporting members by which they are retained in vertical or standing
position, substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth, and illus-
trated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
(2) The hereindescribed improvements in scraps said scraps consisting of figures
stamped or otherwise formed of paper or other suitable material and printed or
otherwise coloured in duplicate, similar parts united at convenient extreme points
and at other points by tags or strips to render them capable of being readily
folded so that their lowermost parts form supporting members by which they are
retained in vertical or standing position, substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth, and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
(3) The hereindescribed improvements in scraps, said scraps consisting of
figures stamped, or otherwise formed of paper or other suitable material and
printed or otherwise coloured in duplicate similar parts united at convenient
extreme points and at other points by tags or strips to render them capable of
being readily folded so that their lowermost parts form supporting members by
which they are retained in vertical or standing position, and tags formed integral
with one part adapted to be secured to the counterpart by an adhesive, all sub-
stantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth, and illustrated in the
drawings hereunto annexed.
(4) The hereindescribed improvements in scraps said scraps consisting of figures
stamped or otherwise formed of paper or other suitable material and printed or
otherwise coloured in duplicate, similar parts united at extreme points and at
other points by tags or strips to render them capable of being readily folded so
that their lowermost parts form supporting members and tags formed integrally
with said supporting members whereby the scraps can be secured into scrap books
in such manner as to be capable of being raised and retained in vertical position,
all substantally as and for the purposes herein before set forth, and illustrated in
the drawings hereunto annexed.
(5) The hereindescribed improvement in scraps said scraps consisting of
figures stamped or otherwise formed of paper or other suitable material and
printed or otherwise coloured in duplicate, similar parts united at convenient
extreme points by tags or strips to render them capable of being readily folded
so that their lowermost parts form supporting members, a printed or otherwise.
coloured stand or scene-piece formed integrally with the supporting members on
one part of the scrap and adapted to be folded to form a base, tags integrally
formed on the counter-part of the scrap, and apertures in the stand or scene-
piece into which said tags may be inserted and folded over on the underside to
retain the figures in vertical position, all substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth, and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 9th day of March 1900.