taubman

Claim 1

IN A TOY, A BASE, A TURNTABLE ROTATABLE ON SAID BASE, CRANK MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AND ENGAGING SAID TURNTABLE TO ROTATE THE SAME, TRACK MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID TURNTABLE FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, SAID TRACK MEANS BEING ELONGATED AND HAVING SPACED TRACK SURFACES, A PROJECTILE ON SAID TRACK MEANS FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG AND ALONG THE SURFACES THEREOF, TENSIONED GUIDE MEANS ON SAID TRACK MEANS AND CONNECTED WITH SAID PROJECTILE TO RETAIN THE SAME ON SAID TRACK SURFACES DURING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID PROJECTILE THEREALONG, SAID PROJECTILE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SEPARABLE STAGES, A PLURALITY OF STOP MEANS RELATIVELY POSITIONED ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID TRACK MEANS, MEANS ON CERTAIN OF SAID STAGES EACH SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID STOP MEANS DURING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID PROJECTILE TO RETAIN SAID CERTAIN STAGES AT ITS RESPECTIVE SELECTED ONES OF SAID STOP MEANS, AND MEANS ON SAID PROJECTILE CONNECTING SAID STAGES TOGETHER FOR CONJOINT MOVEMENT AND OPERABLE TO DISCONNECT SAID STAGES EACH FROM THE OTHER AT THEIR PRE-SELECTED RESPECTIVE STOP MEANS.