US2359383A - Toy bomb sight and bomber - Google Patents

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Oct. 3, 1944. D. PITTS TOY BOMBSIGHT AND BOMBER Filed Jan. 22, 1944 INVENTOR: THOMAS 0. pins L ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 3, 1944 TOY BOMB SIGHT :ANDBOMBER Thomas D. Pitts, Glen Ridge, N. J., assigi1'or to Toy-Creations Inc., JerseyCity, N. J *a corporation of New Jersey Application January 22, 1944, s rial No. 519,285

1 Claim.

My invention relates to toys, and more particularly to p-laythings employed for directing a missile to a target.

An object of my invention is a toy simulating an airplanes bombing device. A further object is to provide a toy releasing a missile so that said missile will drop on a target situated below the toy.

Other-objects are to simulate the bomb release device of a flying bomber, to provide one or more missiles adapted to be dropped from the toys casing to a target, and to provide means retaining said missile or missiles and leasing the same at any desired moment. Still other objects are to. provide missiles which may be used repeatedly, which have astreamlined or bombshaped appearance, which are adapted to drop vertically, and which are equipped with means that make said missiles mark the hit on the target.

Still further objects are to simulate the bombsight of a flying bomber and to provide a toy casing with observation openings in which a picture of a horizontally spread target area will appear. Another object is to unite a bombsight and a bomb release in one casing.

Still other objects are to accomplish said objects with simple and inexpensive means, and to provide a structure of the toy which can be easily manufactured, which is not bulky, and which can be easily handled by the hands of a player aiming at a horizontal target.

Still further objects and advantages will appear from the following description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, from the appended claim, and from the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 shows a horizontal view of an exemplifying embodiment of the invention, seen from the upper side.

Fig. 2 shows a vertical cross-section of the same embodiment, taken along the broken line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a front view of the same embodiment, seen from the right side in Fig. 1 or 2.

Referring to the drawing, numeral I indicates a main body or rectangular casing which may be made in any suitable manner, for example, from layers of cardboard glued together. The left end of the inner space of said casing is filled by a wooden block 2 terminating at its inner, right side in a plane surface looking obliquely downward. This surface is covered by a mirror 3. The lower wall of the casing I has an opening 4 situated below the mirror 3. The right wall of the leasing I has two circular openings 5 having a distance from each other which corresponds to the distance of the eyes of a person. This side of the casing is the front side of the toy. A person looking through the openings 5 into the casing in horizontal direction will see in the mirror any object or target which is spread horizontally on the ground or under the casing, due to the fact that rays 6 originating from such target in vertical direction will be deflected by the mirror 3 into the direction to the openings 5.

Four vertical, cylindrical holes I arranged in a row are provided in the block 2, and corresponding openings in the upper and lower wall of the casing 2 form extensions of the holes 1. Instead of said number, any other number of holes may be chosen. These holes serve as receptacles for the missiles which will be described later. Preferably, the lower openings of the holes I are situated near the opening 4 whereby aiming will be more accurate.

A number of holes 8, one hole 8 for each hole I, run obliquely from the upper surface of the casing I through the upper wall of the casing and through the block 2 into the lower part of the holes I. The diameters of the holes 8 are smaller than that of the holes I. A release rod 9 is slidably inserted in every hole 8 and has a lower end Ill extending beyond the end of the respective hole 8 and thereby obstructing the lower opening of the respective hole I. The upper end of each rod 9 has a head or handle I I which has a diameter larger than the diameter of the hole 8 whereby said rod is prevented from falling through said hole. Said handle serves to pull the rod 9 upward whereby the lower end of the rod is withdrawn from the obstructing position.

A missile or dropping body I2 having a shape simulating the streamlined shape of a bomb is slidably inserted in each of the holes 1. Each missile I2 has a lower end which is rounded and made relatively heavy and terminates in a pointed needle I3. The upper ends of the missiles are preferably tapering and provided with vertically positioned wings or fins I4. When a release rod 9 is in its lowermost position (such as in that condition of the toy shown in the drawing), the lower end ID of said rod extends into the dropping path of the respective missile and thereby prevents said missile from dropping. The rods 9 may cross the path of the respective missiles I2 slightly eccentrically so that each main body of a missile may rest on the end ID of a rod, and the needle [3 may pass aside of said end, as seen in Figure 2.

The bombing device represented by the toy is operated as follows:

The casing l is held horizontally before the player's face, his eyes looking into the openings 5 and aiming at a definite target on an area spread below the toy and visible in the mirror 3. Then, one rod 9 after the other, or several rods simultaneously, are pulled upward whereby the bomb or the bombs are released and drop on the target. Due to their shape, load and wings, the missiles drop vertically. The needles [3 penetrate the surface of the target and mark the hit spot. The hit will be the more accurate, the more skill the player has acquired in handling the toy.

Thereafter, the missiles may be withdrawn from the target and may be used repeatedly in the described manner.

I desire it understood that my invention is not confined to the particular embodiment shown and described, the same being merely illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out in other ways without departing from the spirit of the invention, as it is obvious that the embodiment shown and described is only one of the many that may be employed to attain the objects of my invention.

Having described the nature of my invention and how it operates, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A toy simulating an airplanes bombing device, said toy comprising a casing having a vertical hole and another hole running obliquely into said first hole, a missile slidably held in said first hole and a rod slidably inserted in said second hole and having a withdrawable end extending into the lower part of said first hole.

THOMAS D. PITTS.

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