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US3233361A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sound producing toy wheel

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-25
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Granted: 1966-02-08
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Expires: 1984-08-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 William U Conaghan

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 13:20
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H5/00; A63H33/00; A63H33/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 198 words
A NOISE PRODUCING ROLLING TOY COMPRISING AN ENLARGED CIRCULAR WHEEL, SAID WHEEL HAVING A SMOOTH OUTER PERIPHERY, AT LEAST ONE CYLINDRICAL SOUND BOX FIXED TO ONE SIDE OF THE CIRCULAR WHEEL CONCENTRIC THEREWITH, SAID SOUND BOX HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE WHELL, AND MEANS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOX AND RESPONSIVE TO A ROLLING OF THE WHEEL FOR PRODUCING A NOISE, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FIXED INWARDLY PROJECTING ABUTMENTS ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF THE SOUND BOX, AND A MOVABLE OBJECT LOCATED WITHIN SAID BOX AND SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FIXED ABUTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO A ROLLING OF THE WHEEL, SAID MOVABLE OBJECT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RESILIENT FINGER, SAID FINGER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED CENTRALLY WITHIN SAID BOX AND COUNTERWEIGHT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FINGER FOR GENERALLY STABILIZING SAID FINGER DURING A ROLLING OF THE WHEEL WHEREBY THE ABUTMENTS ARE CONSECUTIVELY BROUGH INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FINGER, SAID COUNTERWEIGHT MEANS CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED ARM PROJECTED RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM THE SOUND BOX, AN ANNULAR GUIDE FIXED TO THE WHEEL AND RECEIVING THE OUTER END OF THE ARM, AND A WEIGHT FIXED TO SAID ARM INWARD OF ITS OUTER END.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 198 words
A NOISE PRODUCING ROLLING TOY COMPRISING AN ENLARGED CIRCULAR WHEEL, SAID WHEEL HAVING A SMOOTH OUTER PERIPHERY, AT LEAST ONE CYLINDRICAL SOUND BOX FIXED TO ONE SIDE OF THE CIRCULAR WHEEL CONCENTRIC THEREWITH, SAID SOUND BOX HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE WHELL, AND MEANS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOX AND RESPONSIVE TO A ROLLING OF THE WHEEL FOR PRODUCING A NOISE, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FIXED INWARDLY PROJECTING ABUTMENTS ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF THE SOUND BOX, AND A MOVABLE OBJECT LOCATED WITHIN SAID BOX AND SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FIXED ABUTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO A ROLLING OF THE WHEEL, SAID MOVABLE OBJECT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RESILIENT FINGER, SAID FINGER BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED CENTRALLY WITHIN SAID BOX AND COUNTERWEIGHT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FINGER FOR GENERALLY STABILIZING SAID FINGER DURING A ROLLING OF THE WHEEL WHEREBY THE ABUTMENTS ARE CONSECUTIVELY BROUGH INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FINGER, SAID COUNTERWEIGHT MEANS CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED ARM PROJECTED RADIALLY OUTWARD FROM THE SOUND BOX, AN ANNULAR GUIDE FIXED TO THE WHEEL AND RECEIVING THE OUTER END OF THE ARM, AND A WEIGHT FIXED TO SAID ARM INWARD OF ITS OUTER END.

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