Knock-down boxing figure toys

Claim 1

Toy apparatus for playing a competitive boxing game, said apparatus comprising a pair of individual and separate boxingfigure toys, each of said boxing-figure toys comprising: a. a positionable base, b. means defining a fanciful boxing figure, c. means between said figure and said base for pivotally supporting said figure on said base for pivotal rearward movement between a normal upright position and a knocked-down position, d. means between said figure and said base for releasibly maintaining said figure in said upright position, said maintaining means including a movable target member on said figure operative to release said maintaining means when said target member is struck and moved, e. a pair of fist members on said figure extendable forwardly therefrom to engage the target member on the other figure, and f. manually operable control means comprising a pair of control handles mounted on the base for being gripped and used to effect movement of the figure toy, each of said control handles being separately and selectively operable to effect the forward extension of one of said fist members, each of said handles comprising a compressible bulb portion, each of said bulb portions being connected to a hydraulic piston-cylinder arrangement mounted within the figure and with the piston of said arrangement directly connected to one of said forwardly extendable fist members.