US849857A - Game. - Google Patents

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I PATENTED APR. 9, 1907. G. SANTEN.

GAME. APPLIO'ATION FILED MAY 18. 1906.

. nairr'a 3 arms raganr m ta enonen SANTEN, or s1. .PAUL, MINNESOTA, Assreivoaor THREE-FOURTHS To FRANK J. PETERSON, or ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

GAME."

No. seaesv.

Specification of Letters Patent. I u s, fil d May18, 1906. Salaam-317,537.

ratentecl April 9,1907.

To all whom it may concern.- Be itknownthat I, GEORGE SANTEN,a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul,

in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and us'ful the. groove extends downward toward the 5 front of the horse, as shown in Fig. The lay figure 18, representing a man, is formed 7 with a'groove 19 toreceive one of'the cords. The man 18 is shown with a bulging stomach,

Improvements inGames of which the followingis a specification. My invention relates to im rovements in toys, and especially to the c ass known as traveling toys,. the object being to provide a toy in which difierent articlessuch astoy horses, men, &c.may be-caused to travel upon a horizontal cord by'utilizing the principles of leverage and friction My inventionfurther consists in the features of construction 'and combination hereinafter particularlydescribed and claiined.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Flgure 1 1s a perspective v1ew of my invention. Fig. 2 1s;a sectional view of a toy horse, forming partof the invention and Fig. 3 1s a similar view of a toy man.

In the drawings, A represents a board ha ving a transverse wall 2 at one end and a parallel wall 3 at the opposite end. A series of cords 4, 5, 6, and 7 are secured, as by means of eyes 8, at suitable distances apart, to the wall 2 and ass through interspaced openings 9 in the wal 3. In the drawings'I show different ways of arranging the cords. The free end of the cord 4 passes loosely throu h the opening 9 and carries a figure 10 at a esired point near the board 3 to heighten the illusion of the game. The cord 5 is connected by an elastic 11 with the board 2, which holds the cord taut, a flat spring 12 being connected with the cord and bearing against the outer face of the wall 3, the extreme outer end of the cord extending through a guide-post 13". The -free end of the cord 6 asses loosely through the opening in the wal 3. The cord 7 corresponds with the cord 5, except thatit is nor mally loose and'not provided with a section of elastic.

The lay figures, which in the drawings are shown to represent horses and men, are ar ranged upon the cords and so constructed as to travel along the cords when the cords are vibrated or jerked. The horse 14 is formed with a groove 15 in its under side to receive one of the cords,.-being also preferably provided with, a cross-bar- 16 to prevent its being jerked from the cord. The upper wall 17 of of the horse wi cord which sup orts the horse 'thefront'part ll be lifted, dragging the hind-- legs along the board, and whenthe cord is loosened the horse will drop again to normal position, (Indicated by the full lines in Fig. 2.) 7o

Thus each jerk or vibration of the cord will drag the horse along on his hind legs, the speed depending on the skill of the operator. With the toy man the rinciple of operation is the same.' When tie cord is loose, the

man will drop forward, as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, and when the cord is pulled taut to carry the man to. upright position the legs will slide forward upon the board. I Thus the man may be moved along the cord the length of the board by a series of vibrations or jerks.

The springs 12 limit the length of the pull and prevent the cord being relaxedtoo much or pulled too hard. Theelastic insertion 11 tends to hold the cord taut, while at the same time allowing it to be jerked WhileI have shown'thelay figures in the form of horses and men, it is evident that they may be any desired objects.

claim I 1.. A game of the class described, consisting of a cord secured at one end and slidably" supported-at its other end, and objectssupported upon said cord in the manner and or the purpose set'forth.

2. A game of the class described, comprising a cord secured at one end and slidably supported at its other end, and an object slidably supported upon said cord in such manner as to drop forward with each loosening of the cord.

3. A game of the class described, comprising cords each secured at one end and slidably supported at its other end, lay figures I95 slidably supported upon said cords, said lay figures being formed with grooves to receive said cords.

at one end and slidably supported at its other 6. In a game otthe class described, the combination of a horizontal cord secured at one end and slidably supported at its other 15 end, a tension-spring for the free end olsaid cord and a lay figure slidably supported upon v 4. A game of the class described, comprising a series of horizontal cords each secured each of said lay figures being formed in its under side with a groove to receive said cord in said cord. 1 the manner and for the purpose set forth. In testimony whereof I aflix my signatur 5. In a game of the class described, the in presence of two Witnesses. combination of a cord secured at one end GEORGE SANTEN. and slidably supported at its other end, tenl \Vitnesses: sion means for said cord, and a lay figure slidl H. S. JOHNSON ably supported upon said cord. i A. I. MADDEN.

end, lay figures supported upon said cords,

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