Posted 9 months ago
Laurabelle61
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1950s Canadian made slinky toy. Green box with white text and illustrations. The lid of the box reads "Famous Walking Spring Toy - Slinky - U. S. Patent No. 2415012 - Canadian Pat. No. 448515 - Made in Canada - R.D. Fleck and Company Limited - Oshawa, Ontario. These were pretty popular back in the day, I know we had one. I wonder how long it would amuse a child for today ….
Check out the original slinky song on you tube, oh no its in my head!
Ha ha I don't think that it ever left my head!
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DEZL6RGkPjws&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjY15Keof6AAxXbElkFHcz3BR0QwqsBegQIGxAB&usg=AOvVaw19L910XKAZyJcBoR-dSEH5
Yes I remember the song too..guess those commercials worked! I also remember the story..how his clumsiness led to this toy..lol!
https://www.museumofplay.org/toys/slinky/
Laurabelle61, A Slinky, a Slinky! <3
Yep, as soon as I saw the picture, my brain played the song. };-)
The US patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2415012A/en
The Canadian patent:
https://www.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/patent/448515/summary.html
It's funny isn't it how those old commercials stay with you
Haven't seen one of these in many years. We had one back in the 1970's. The original box is great!!!