Amusement device

Claim 1

AN AMUSEMENT DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE RIDDEN IN THE MANNER OF RIDING A HORSE; SAID DEVICE INCLUDING A CHASSIS STRUCTURE COMPRISING A BODY AND BACK ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SEAT PORTION FOR THE RIDER, A FORWARDLY DISPOSED HANDLE MEANS RIGIDLY FIXED TO SAID BODY AND BACK ASSEMBLY AND POSITIONED FOR CONVENIENT GRASPING BY A RIDER SEATED ON SAID SEAT PORTION AND A REAR LEG MEANS RIGIDLY ATTACHED TO AND DEPENDING FROM SAID BODY AND BACK ASSEMBLY, A FRONT LEG MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNE@CTED TO SAID BODY AND BACK ASSEMBLY FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BODY AND BACK ASSEMBLY, A FOOTREST MEANS ON SAID FRONT LEG MEANS, SPRING MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FRONT LEG MEANS AND SAID BODY AND BACK ASSEMBLY CONSTANTLY OPERATIVE TO TEND TO MOVE SAID FRONT LEG MEANS ON SAID PIVOTAL CONNECTION IN A DIRECTION TO MOVE THE LOWER END OF SAID FRONT LEG MEANS FORWARDLY, A SPRING MEANS INCORPORATED IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FRONT LEG MEANS, ANOTHER SPRING MEANS INCORPORATED IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID REAR LEG MEANS, SAID HANDLE MEANS AND SAID FOOTREST MEANS ENABLING A RIDER, INCIDENT TO NORMAL USE OF THE DEVICE, TO IMPOSE HIS FULL WEIGHT ALTERNATELY ON SAID FRONT LEG MEANS AND ON SAID REAR LEG MEANS AND EACH OF SAID SPRING MEANS INCORPORATED IN SAID FRNT AND REAR LEG MEANS HAVING A STRENGTH SUCH THAT THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF THE RIDER AND SAID DEVICE THEREON WILL EFFECT PARTIAL COMPRESSION ONLY OF SAID ONME OR THE OTHER OF SAID INCORPORATED SPRING MEANS.