Louis Marx & Co., Inc.

Buddy L Corporation

Aurora Products Corporation

Dorland L Crosman

John A Vernon, Jr

Michael R Meyers

Charles M Diker

A toy vehicle which when propelled by a player from a starting point along a flat surface in the forward direction, acts to store energy, the vehicle at the end of its forward run being caused by the stored energy to reverse its orientation as it runs back toward the starting point. The vehicle includes a chassis having a front cowl section projecting therefrom below which is a front wheel carriage coupled to the cowl by a pivot pin, whereby the carriage orientation is reversible relative to the cowl. The carriage has a spring motor therein operatively coupled to the front wheel axle which when rotated during the forward run of the vehicle acts to wind the motor. The rear wheel axle is supported in bearings below the rear section of the chassis, one of which is slotted to permit angular displacement of the axle. At the end of the forward run, the energized motor then acts to drive the front wheel carriage in the reverse direction to cause angular displacement of the rear axle, as a result of which the chassis swings in an arc to assume a position behind the front wheel carriage as it returns toward the starting point.

Self-returning toy vehicle

A coin register toy bank adapted to accept and totalize coins of different size. Each coin is deposited in the receiver of a rotary drum mounted above a coin box, the drum being operatively coupled by an intermediate clutch plate to a register wheel having a circular series of teeth on the side thereof facing the drum. The drum is manually turned by a pull-down lever from its normal coin-receiving angular position to an extreme position at which the receiver is aligned with the entry of the cash box into which the coin drops. As the drum turns, the register wheel is caused by the clutch plate which engages the teeth thereof to advance incrementally to an extent depending on the size of the received coin, thereby indicating the deposit. To prevent the advancing wheel from overshooting and misindicating the deposit, an interlock mechanism is provided which is triggered when the drum assumes its extreme position and then acts to detent one of the wheel teeth to prevent any further wheel advance.

Three-coin register toy bank

In a first embodiment, a steel ball traveling along the playing surface of a pinball machine may selectively drop through apertures into one of several aligned cups resulting in movement of the cups by gravity, the closing of a circuit for scoring and the operation of a mechanical linkage for causing rapid arcuate movement of the cups to 'throw' the ball back into play.

Reprojector apparatus for pinball machines

Launcher for a toy glider

Toy glider

A human-like figure actuable by an operator to simulate the movements of a human being. The figure is mounted near the front of a platform by means of one of its legs and is operated by means of a set of controls near the rear of the platform to move a pair of articulated arms and the second leg. The control arrangement near the rear of the platform includes a handle which extends laterally on each side of the platform and can be held by the operator to maneuver the platform. The controls are arranged on either side of the handle so that the operator can work any one of them with his fingers without releasing the others. By working a single control the operator can make the figure kick its second leg and bend at the waist to simulate a karate kick. Two additional controls each operate one of the figure's arms, one of which can be made to simulate a punch and the other to simulate a karate chop.

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Glen Ridge, NJ, United States of America

Dorland L Crosman