Musical toy

Claim 2

A musical toy comprising, a hollow body; a music box movement mounted in said body for rotation therewith; said music box movement having a drive shaft and being of the "left-right music movement" type operative to produce the desired melody in either direction of rotation of the drive shaft; said drive shaft extending from said music box movement along an axis of rotation of said body and through said body; and means rigidly secured to said drive shaft for holding said shaft against rotation, whereby rotation of said body of revolution about said axis of rotation will cause said music box to rotate about the drive shaft and produce the desired melody regardless of the direction of rotation of said body.

Claim 3

The toy as defined in claim 1 wherein said body comprises a body of revolution and said holding means comprises a handle.

Claim 4

The toy as defined in claim 2 wherein said body of revolution comprises a cylinder and said drive shaft is located along the longitudinal axis of said cylinder.

Claim 5

The toy as defined in claim 3 wherein said cylinder has a pair of opposed end portions and said shaft extends through said music box movement to two free ends passing through said end portions of the cylinder; said handle means comprising a generally U-shaped yoke having a pair of spaced legs respectively connected to said shaft ends to prevent rotation of the shaft with respect to said handle and said cylinder; said cylinder being rotatable with respect to the shaft along its longitudinal axis.

Claim 6

The toy as defined in claim 2 including means secured to said handle means for securing said toy to another object in position for the body of revolution to engage a support surface whereby movement of said another object causes rotation of said body of revolution and said toy to produce the desired musical melody.

Claim 7

The toy as defined in claim 5 wherein said object is a carriage and said securing means comprises an elongated rod including means for attaching the rod to a wheel shaft of the carriage.

Claim 8

The toy as defined in claim 6 wherein said attaching means comprises at least one slot in the rod for snap-fitting the rod on the wheel shaft of the carriage.

Claim 9

The toy as defined in claim 1 wherein said holding means comprises a weight secured to said shaft to hold the shaft against rotation during rotation of said body.

Claim 10

The toy as defined in claim 8 including means for securing said body to the hub cap of a toy carriage.

Claim 11

A musical toy comprising, a hollow cylinder having a pair of end portions; a music box movement rigidly mounted within said cylinder for rotation therewith; said music box movement having a drive shaft located along the longitudinal axis of said cylinder and being of the "left-right music movement" type operative to produce the desired melody in either direction of rotation of the drive shaft; handle means operatively connected to said cylinder to permit the cylinder to rotate on the handle about the cylinder's longitudinal axis; said drive shaft of the music movement being rigidly secured to said handle whereby the drive shaft is held against rotation by the handle while rotation of said cylinder will cause said music box movement to rotate about the drive shaft and produce the desired melody regardless of the direction of rotation of said cylinder.

Claim 12

A musical toy comprising, a hollow cylinder having a pair of end portions; a music box movement rigidly mounted within said cylinder for rotation therewith; said music box movement having a drive shaft located along the longitudinal axis of said cylinder and being of the "left-right music movement" type operative to produce the desired melody in either direction of rotation of the drive shaft; handle means operatively connected to said cylinder to permit the cylinder to rotate on the handle about the cylinder's longitudinal axis; said drive shaft of the music movement being rigidly secured to said handle whereby the drive shaft is held against rotation by the handle while rotation of said cylinder will cause said music box movement to rotate about the drive shaft and produce the desired melody regardless of the direction of rotation of said cylinder.

Claim 13

The toy as defined in claim 10 wherein said handle means comprises a generally U-shaped yoke having a pair of spaced legs respectively located adjacent opposite ends of said cylinder, and a bight portion extending along and spaced from the side wall of the cylinder, parallel to its longitudinal axis.

Claim 14

A toy as defined in claim 11 including means secured to said handle means for securing said toy to a wheel shaft of a carriage in position to allow said cylinder to engage a support surface on which the carriage moves whereby movement of the carriage causes rotation of said cylinder and said toy to produce the desired melody regardless of the direction of movement of the carriage.