Light display apparatus

In a light display apparatus comprising a shaft with an axis;

• support platform means rotatably mounted on said shaft;
• light bracket means mounted on said support platform means at a position offset from said shaft axis, for rotation about a bracket means axis;
• electric light means mounted on said light bracket means at a position offset from said bracket means axis;
• means for rotating said support platform means;
• means for rotating said light bracket means with respect to said support platform means;
• a source of current supplying electrical power to said light means through an electrical circuit, and centrifugal switch means for opening and closing said circuit, said switch means being responsive to the rotation of said bracket, the improvement comprising said source of current being a disc type battery mounted on said light bracket means;
• said electric circuit including a pair of electrically conductive ribbons electrically connected to said electric light means, one of said ribbons being electrically connected to one side of said battery, and said centrifugal switch means comprising a flexible arm electrically connected to the other side of said battery and normally biased out of contact with the other of said ribbons and an eccentrically pivoted centrifugal actuator mounted on said bracket and constructed to move said arm against said bias into contact with said other ribbon when said bracket is rotated at or above a predetermined speed.

In a light display apparatus comprising a shaft with an axis;

• support platform means rotatably mounted on said shaft;
• light bracket means mounted on said support platform means at a position offset from said shaft axis, for rotation about a bracket means axis;
• electric light means mounted on said light bracket means at a position offset from said bracket means axis;
• means for rotating said support platform means;
• means for rotating said light bracket means with respect to said support platform means;
• a source of current supplying electrical power to said light means through an electrical circuit, and centrifugal switch means for opening and closing said circuit, said switch means being responsive to the rotation of said bracket, the improvement comprising said source of current being a battery, said battery, centrifugal switch means and all of said electrical circuit being mounted on said light bracket means.

A wheeled toy adapted to be operated by a child, comprising a chassis and a translucent cover, an axle, rotatably journaled in said chassis, wheels mounted at opposite ends of said axle outboard of said chassis, a gear fixedly mounted on said axle within said chassis, a shaft carried by said chassis and extending perpendicularly to said axle, a gear fixedly mounted on the upper end of said shaft, a support platform assembly rotatably mounted on said shaft below said fixed gear, said support platform assembly having a base including battery-receiving cradles and an intermediate web between said cradles, a support platform gear connected to and depending from said web, and mounted on and coaxial with said shaft, said platform gear meshing with said axle gear to cause said support platform assembly to rotate in response to rotation of the axle gear;

• an idler gear mounted for rotation on an idler gear shaft carried by said web and meshing with the said shaft gear, a light bracket gear meshing with said idler gear, a light bracket assembly fixedly connected to said light bracket gear, said light bracket assembly including an electrically conductive center pin on which said light bracket gear and light bracket assembly are rotatably journaled, a table with an enlarged section and outwardly extending arms, an electrically conductive disc positioned between said bracket gear and said table, electrically conductive ribbons mounted on an upper surface of the table on either side of an insulative divider, lamp means electrically connected to said ribbons, a centrifugal switch assembly including a centrifugal actuator hingedly mounted on one of said table arms, said actuator having a swing arm with a weight at its outer end, and a relatively short actuating lever, a resilient contact arm having a terminal end and a contact end, mounted on said table and biased to a position at which it is out of contact with a ribbon immediately adjacent it, but adapted to be moved by outward swinging of the swing arm of the centrifugal actuator and inward movement of the actuating lever to make electrical contact with said ribbon, said contact arm having a terminal end electrically connected to said conductive disc, the other of said ribbons having resilient means in sliding electrical contact with said conductive light bracket center pin, a lower end of said light bracket center pin being electrically connected to a conductor electrically connected to one side of batteries mounted in said cradles, and a wiper contact in electrical contact with the said conductive disc and with an electrically opposite side of said batteries.

A wheeled toy adapted to be operated by a child, comprising a chassis and a translucent cover, an axle, rotatably journaled in said chassis, wheels mounted at opposite ends of said axle outboard of said chassis, a gear fixedly mounted on said axle within said chassis, a shaft carried by said chassis and extending perpendicularly to said axle, a gear fixedly mounted on the upper end of said shaft, a support platform assembly rotatably mounted on said shaft below said fixed gear, said support platform assembly having a base including a support platform gear connected to and depending from said base, and mounted on and coaxial with said shaft, said platform gear meshing with said axle gear to cause said support platform assembly to rotate in response to rotation of the axle gear;

• an idler gear mounted for rotation on an idler gear shaft and meshing with the said shaft gear, a light bracket gear meshing with said idler gear, a light bracket assembly fixedly connected to said light bracket gear, said light bracket assembly including a center pin on which said light bracket gear and light bracket assembly are rotatably journaled, a table with a center section and outwardly extending arms, a battery mounted on one of said arms, electrically conductive ribbons mounted on an upper surface of the table, one of which is electrically connected to one side of said battery, lamp means electrically connected to said ribbons, a centrifugal switch assembly including a centrifugal actuator hingedly mounted on said one of said table arms, said actuator having a swing arm with a weight at its outer end, and a relatively short actuating lever, a resilient contact arm having a terminal end and a contact end, mounted on said table and biased to a position at which it is out of contact with another ribbon immediately adjacent it, but adapted to be moved by outward swinging of the swing arm of the centrifugal actuator and inward movement of the actuating lever to make electrical contact with said other ribbon, said contact arm having a terminal end electrically connected to said battery, said battery and all of said electrical circuit being mounted on said light bracket means.