US115252A - Improvement in trap-balls - Google Patents

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CHARLES F. SPENCER.

. improvement in Trap-Ba'lls. No, 115,252, Patented May 23,187I.

I, CHARLES 1 ng making'p il igure 1 skeleton metallic p z Figure 2 is atop view.

1 Figure 3i a detached view'of the t consi 's,-'or1 rods, which are.

1, portion of the h I"Cleveland;countyof Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have. invented a newand improved Metallic Skeleton Toy-Ball; and I do hereby declare the following to i be a clear, and exact description thereof sutficient to enable others skilled in the] art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawf thisspecifieation, in which-- Is ect-ive view of my improved sum producing such balls and their ends united together by means iamuselnentof children. 7 M uGedQby bending n series of thin wires, 'n the form of a half-circle and" nds by means of e s tw en oinnwntns F. sP E 0 E n, o o L- E vs L A ND, o H 1 0.

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eyelet or. head.

, This inveutionjfrelatfestoan improvement in that ss of toys known astrap-balls and I i from a series of bent in the form y a skeleton ball roduced, cheap-in construction,

audquite attraotive ln appearance. i

all designed espee with a-fiat head usual,*with the exception that the which comes in contact with the e ds of thewires, b s, or' rodsisgrooved so as to IMPROVEMENLI' m TRAP-BALLS.

\ i The S chedme referredito in these Letters Patent and. making part of the same.

form-a seat or rest for the same and prevent their lateral displacement. p i When the ends of the series of wires have been arranged so as to form a round body, the shanks of the eyelets or. heads are inserted through the openings formed between the ends offthe wires, and the same much more elastic than those constructed fromrubher in a hollow state; at the same is'much lighter and neater in appearance, and when thrown upon the ground or elsewhere 'will rebound and assume its nor inal round state. a Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to se'eurejby Letters Patent, is-

- As a new article of manufacture, a skeleton metallic trap-ball, formed from a series of thin wires or bars, their ends being united togethervby'means of the 'grooved eyelets or heads B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

To the above specification I have signed my name this 4th day of May. A.D. 1871. v j a Witnesses: CHAS. F. SPENCER.

JAMES L. NORRIS,

W. J. PEYTON..

same with solder by any suitable

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