Improvements in or appertaining to Toys.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Toys.
I, JAMES GAGE of 8 and 10 Pembroke Place Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Toy Manufacturer, 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 musical or sound producing toys, and has mainly for its
object to produce an attachment or fitting for such toys which will disguise to soine
extent the facial appearance of the user when such articles are in use.
Two forms of my toy are set forth in the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a general view of one form of the implement ;
Figure 2 another form thereof.
Referring to Figure 1, A is a whistle of the kind commonly known as a Punch
and Judy voice, B a sinal! bracket or staple soldered thereto, C an artificial
moustache carried by the bracket or staple and held in such a position thereby that
when the whistle A is placed between the lips the artificial moustache will lie
immediately in front of the upper lip below the nose. D is a small handle. The
artificial moustache being fastened to the whistle by the bracket or staple, the
insertion of the whistle in the mouth will simultaneously clothe the user's upper
lip, for the time being, with a moustache and thus disguise his facial appearance.
Figure 2 is a slight modification of the same idea, in which the moustache C is
applied to a toy trumpet in such a manner that the upper lip of the trumpeter in
blowing the instrument will be clothed with a moustache.
In thus describing my invention, I do not bind myself to any particular
instrument, or to the use of an artificial moustache solcly, as it is obvious that a
monstache or even a beard or other hirsute appendage may be applied to any wind
instrument blown with the mouth for producing musical or other sounds.
Furthermore the artificial moustache or other hairy or woolly appendage
together with the bracket or staple may if desired be sold separately for
attachment to a musical instrument, in which case means are provided for enabling
the purchaser to attach the clip to the instrument himself. Thus for example a
hole might be made in the instrument and the bracket or staple inserted in the
hole, and fastened therein in any suitable manner, or the bracket or staple might
be twisted round the mouthpiece. There are however numerous ways of fastening
the bracket or staple to the instrument, and I do not confine myself to any given
method.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a toy whistle, trumpet or other like wind instrument
for producing musical or other sounds, of an artificial moustache or other hairy or
woolly appendage, arranged in such a manner that in blowing the instrument the
upper lip or other part of the user's visage will have the appearance of being
clothed with hair, substantially as described.
2. The improvements in toy whistles, trumpets or the like, which consists in
providing them with an artificial moustache or other hairy or woolly appendage
substantially as and for the purpose described.

page_text: 3. A separate appliance or fitting applicable for use in connection with toy
whistles, trumpets or like instruments, consisting of an artificial moustache or other
hairy or woolly appendage, and a bracket or staple carrying the same, the said
bracket or staple being so formed as to be capable of being fastened or attached by
a purchaser to the instrument, and, when so fastened or attached, to hold the said
moustache or other hairy or woolly appendage in such a position that the upper lip
or other part of the user's visage will (when using the instrument) have the
appearance of being clothed with hair substantially as described.
4. The improved toys taken as a whole, substantially as described and shown in
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of July 1896.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.