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US 4,319,532 AGranted
Toy sewing machine
AssigneeHasbro Industries, Inc.
InventorsBonnie R. Fogarty, A. Edward Fogarty
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AssigneeHasbro Industries, Inc.
InventorsBonnie R. Fogarty, A. Edward Fogarty
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A toy device adapted to loop a strand such as yarn through sheet material such as resinous foam fabric so as to simulate sewing or other needlework. The overall shape of the device simulates a sewing machine, that is, includes a platform on which material to be worked is held and a head supported in vertical spaced relationship thereabove. A hollow needle through which a strand may be threaded is supported on the bottom of a reciprocal plunger which when moved up and down, as by the child manipulating the device, causes the needle to project through the material and causes a series of loops to be formed on the back face thereof. A strand inserting device including a vertically reciprocal rod is positioned in alignment above the open end of the needle so as to thread the same. In the upper position of the plunger, the rod is independently operable from the plunger but acts in conjunction with the plunger in its lower position for safety purposes.
A toy device adapted to loop a strand through sheet material so as to simulate sewing and the like, comprising a housing including a platform for receipt of said material and a head vertically spaced above said platform, an upwardly biased spring loaded plunger having a strand receiving hollow needle extending downwardly therefrom mounted on said head for reciprocal vertical movement with respect to said head between an upper position wherein said needle is positioned above the material supported on said platform and a lower position wherein the lower end of said needle is adapted to project through said material, means supported by said head and separate from said plunger for inserting strand into said hollow needle, said needle laterally offset from said plunger so as to provide access to the open upper end thereof and said strand inserting means incuding a rod vertically aligned with said needle and adapted for movement into at least the upper open end of said needle so as to thread said needle.
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