An Improved Toy.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
An Improved Toy.
I MARCUS WILLIAM LOWINSKY of 7 Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street, in
the City of Westminster, Gentleman, 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 :-
The present invention relates to a toy wherein a figure is represented standing
on a platform defending a wicket, or goal, with a bat, or other instrument which he
holds in his hands.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shewn, at
Fig. 1 in side, and at
Fig. 2 in back view, a toy embodying my invention.
A is a platform, and C is the figure of a cricketer standing, bat in hand, thereon,
near the wicket B. The figure is preferably of sheet metal, suitably painted, and
the bat D is of similar material. The bat D is jointed to the cricketer's arms by
the pivot pin d, so as to be capable of movement between the raised or drawn
position, and the lowered or dotted position shewn in the drawing. c is a spring
(india rubber or otherwise) attached to the bat and to the cricketer's body, and
which tends to draw the bat into its lowered or dotted position.
The centre stump of the wicket B, is jointed to the base or platform A, and is
turned over, at the top, in a forward direction. The turned-over portion of the
stump is arranged to engage a hole d¹ in the bat D, so as to hold it in the drawn
or raised position, against the tension of the spring c.
b
E is a ball attached to the end of a piece of elastic e, the other end of which is
secured to the platform A.
When playing with the toy, the bat is raised to the drawn position, and there
retained by engaging the turned-over portion of the centre stump with the hole
in the bat. The player then takes the ball E in his hand, and stretches the
elastic away from the cricketer, taking aim at the centre stump. On letting go
the ball, the elastic will contract, and impel the ball towards the wicket. Should
the player succeed in hitting the middle stump, it will be disengaged by the blow
of the ball from the hole of the bat, and the latter will fall, thereby giving
indication that the stump has been hit. The operation may be repeated any
number of times.
As a modification of the above (which is not, however, illustrated), the elastic
may be passed through the body of the cricketer to the bat, so that the latter will
be raised on the player pulling the elastic.
It will thus be seen that the bat and the ball will be released at the same
moment, and the cricketer will appear to move his bat as if to play the ball. In
some cases he may succeed, and sometimes the ball will pass the bat and hit the
wicket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved toy herein described with reference to the drawing, consisting of
a cricketer, or other figure, holding a moveable bat or other similar instrument,

page_text: near a wicket or goal, which he appears to defend from a ball, urged or impelled
towards the wicket by a piece of elastic material, to which it is attached,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1891
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.