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DESIGN.

0. J. SLAFTER.

' TOY BANK.

No. 25,815. Patented July 21, 1896.

E n T N E v I AIIiET UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORODEN J. SLAFTER, OF MEDINA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. B. CROFT, OF SAME PLACE.

DESIGN FOR A TOY BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 25,815, dated July 21, 1896.

Application filed May 18, 1896. Serial No. 592,057. Term of patent 7 years.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OoRoDEN J. SLAFTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Me dina, in the county of Medina and State of 5 Ohio, have invented and produced a new and original Design for Toy Banks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, showing a part thereof.

The design consists in the figure of a blind negro sitting on a treasure-box and holding a hat on his knees to receive alms.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the design, showing the eye-sockets vacant or empty and the mouth partly open; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the design, showing the eye-sockets filled and the tongue projected.

In this design, A represents the person or figure of a negro man having the dark face and curly hair of a full-blooded African and sitting on a rectangular box B, which is his treasury, and holding on his lap an old-fashioned plug-hat O, which receives the alms and has an opening in its bottom for their passage into the treasure-box beneath. In Fig. 1, Where he appears in his normal condition, he is perfectly blind and the eyes are blank and void, from which the eyeballs have wholly disappeared, and the lips are slightly parted, but mute. In this condition he is soliciting aid. In Fig. 2 he appears as the gratified and appreciative recipient of a donation, and the coin no sooner passes into the hat on its Way to the treasury than suddenly the darkened sockets are filled with the glistening and appreciative eyes 2 and the protruding lips reveal the polished tongue 3, which together illumine the expression and tender thanks for the offering. Then instantly again the orbs and tongue disappear and the expression is as vacant and the beggar is as blind and as dumb as before. A card D across the breast aiiords place for a suitable inscription to attract the attention and awaken the sympathy of passers-by.

What I claim is-- The design for a toy bank, substantially as shown and described.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 6th day of May, 1896.

CORODEN J. SLAFTER; WVitnesses:

OWEN B. VAN Err, WILLARD B. CROFT.

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