BUBBLE TOY WITH FLEXIBLE BUBBLE COIL

JOUET A BULLES AVEC COURONNE A BULLES SOUPLE

English Abstract

A bubble blowing toy including a solution
container containing a solution and having a threaded neck,
and a bubble flower having a cap-like handle and a bubble
blowing coil and a step connected between the handle and the
coil, wherein the bubble blowing coil has a hollow rhombic
shape comprised of two top sides and two bottom sides, the
contained angle defined within the top sides being bigger
than the contained angle defined within the bottom sides so
that the bubble blowing coil can be deformed and inserted
into the solution container to pick up the solution for
blowing into bubbles.

French Abstract

L'invention porte sur un jouet à souffler des bulles qui comporte un récipient, contenant une solution et présentant un col fileté, et une fleur à bulles comprenant une poignée ressemblant à un bouchon, une couronne à souffler des bulles et une tige reliant la poignée à la couronne. Cette dernière a une forme rhombique creuse formée de deux côtés supérieurs et de deux côtés inférieurs. L'angle fermé créé entre les côtés supérieurs est plus grand que celui entre les côtés inférieurs, de sorte que la couronne à souffler des bulles peut être déformée. Ainsi, l'utilisateur peut insérer la couronne dans le récipient pour recueillir une certaine quantité de solution sur laquelle il soufflera pour créer des bulles.

Claims

CLAIMS

1. A bubble blowing toy comprising:
a) a container for containing a bubble producing solution,
the container including a threaded neck having an inner diameter;
b) a bubble blower for picking up the bubble producing
solution and blowing same into bubbles by a user, the bubble blower
including a stem having a pair of opposite ends, a handle at one end of the
stem and a main bubble blowing coil at the other end of the stem, the handle
being in the form of a screw cap for threaded attachment to the threaded
neck of the container;
c) the main bubble blowing coil being of a hollow rhombic
shape and formed of flexible material to permit the coil to deform for insertionthrough the threaded neck of the container, the coil including a pair of top
sides and a pair of bottom sides, each top side including a first end and a
second end, the first ends of the top sides being connected to the stem and
defining a top angle therebetween, the pair of bottom sides each including
a first end and a second end, the first ends of the bottom sides being
respectively connected to the second ends of the top sides to define a pair
of side angles therebetween, the distance between the side angles being
greater than the inner diameter of the threaded neck, the second ends of the
bottom sides being connected to define a bottom angle therebetween, and
the top angle being larger than the bottom angle.
2. The bubble blowing toy of claim 1, further including an
auxiliary bubble blowing coil of hollow rhombic shape and formed of flexible
material to permit the auxiliary bubble blowing coil to deform for insertion into
the threaded neck of the container, the auxiliary bubble blowing coil including



a pair of top sides, each top side including a first end and a second end, the
first ends of the top sides being connected together to form a top angle
connected to the bottom angle of the main bubble blowing coil, and a pair of
bottom sides, each bottom side having a first end and a second end, the
second ends of the top sides being connected to the first ends of the bottom
sides to form a pair of side angles therebetween, and the second ends of the
bottom sides being connected to form a bottom angle therebetween, and the
top sides being shorter than the bottom sides.

Description

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BUBBLE TOY WITH FLEXIBLE BUBBLE COIL

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Figure 1 shows a regular bubble blowing toy
, which is comprised of a solution container 1' containing a
solution, and a bubble blower 2' adapted for blowing the
solution into bubbles. The bubble blower 2' comprises a
handle 21' at one end, a bubble blowing coil 22' at an
opposite end, and a stem 211' connected between the handle
21' and the bubble blowing coil 22'. The handle 21' is made
in the form of a screw cap adapted for threading onto the
threaded neck 11' of the solution container 1'. In order to
prevent a leakage, the diameter of the threaded neck 11' is
made as small as possible. However, when the diameter of the
threaded neck 11' is minimized, the size of the bubble
blowing coil 22' must be relatively reduced. Therefore, this
design can only produce small bubbles.
SUMMARY OF TE INVENTION
The present invention provides a bubble
blowing toy which is practical for producing bubbles of big
sizes. According to one embodiment of the present invention,

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the bubble blowing toy comprises a solution container
containing a solution for producing bubbles and having a
threaded neck, and a bubble blower adapted for picking up
the solution for blowing into bubbles, the bubble blower
comprising a handle at one end, a main bubble blowing coil
at an opposite end, and a stem connected between the handle
and the main bubble blowing coil, the handle being made in
the form of a screw cap adapted for threading onto the
threaded neck of the solution container, wherein the bubble
blowing coil has a hollow rhombic shape comprised of two top
sides and two bottom sides, the two top sides met at one end
of the stem remote from the handle, the two bottom sides
having one end respectively terminating in each other and an
opposite end respectively terminating in said top sides at a
respective angle, the distance between the angles at the
connections between the top sides and the bottom sides being
longer than the inner diameter of the threaded neck of the
solution container, the contained angle defined within the
top sides being bigger than the contained angle deflned
within the bottom sides. Therefore, the bubble blowing coil

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can be conveniently deformed and inserted into the inside of
the solution container to pick up the solution for blowing
into bubbles.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a bubble
blowing toy according to the prior art;
Fig. 2 is a schematic drawing showing a
hollow rhombic bubble blowing coil with two short bottom
sides and two long bottom sides;
Fig. 3 shows the bubble blowing coil of
Figure 2 forced down against the threaded neck of the
solution container;
Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a bubble
blowing toy according to one embodiment of the present
invention;
Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the bubble
blowing toy shown in Figure 4, showing the bottom end of the
bubble blowing coil inserted into the threaded neck of the
solution container;
Fig. 6 is similar to Figure 5 but showing

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the bubble blowing coil deformed, and the bottom sides of
the bubble blowing coil inserted into the inside of the
solution container;
Fig. 7 is similar to Figure 6 but showing
the bottom sides and top sides of the bubble blowing coil
passed through the threaded neck into the inside of the
solution container;
Fig. 8 is another sectional view of the
bubble blowing toy shown in Figure 4, showing the bubble
blower removed from the solution container and covered with
a layer of the solution;
Fig. 9 shows a bubble blowing toy according
to an alternate form of the present invention;
Fig. 10 shows a bubble blowing toy according
to another alternate form of the present invention;
Fig. 11 shows a bubble blowing toy according
to still another alternate form of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF TE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring to Figures 4 and 5, a bubble
blowing toy in accordance with the present invention is

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comprised of a solution container 1 containing a solution 3
for producing bubbles, and a bubble blower 2 adapted for
blowing the solution 3 into bubbles. The solution container
1 has a threaded neck 11 through which the bubble blower 2
can be inserted into the inside of the solution container
to take up the solution 3. The bubble blower 2 comprises a
handle 21 at one end, a bubble blowing coil 22 at an
opposite end, and a stem 211 connected between the handle 21
and the bubble blowing coil 22. The handle 21 is made in the
form of a screw cap adapted for threading onto the threaded
neck 11 of the solution container 1. The handle 21 and the
solution container 1 may be variously shaped. In Figure 9,
the handle 21 has the shape of the mounting (handle) of a
sword, and the solution container 1 has the shape of the
sheath of a sword; in Figure 10, the solution container
has a rounded top and flat body.
Referring to Figures 4 and 5 again, the
bubble blowing coil 22 has a hollow rhombic shape comprised
of four sides, namely, the two top sides 221 and the two
bottom sides 222. The two top sides 221 meet at the bottom

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end of the stem 211. The two bottom sides 222 have one end
respectively terminating in each other and an opposite end
respectively terminating in the top sides 221. The distance
between the angles 225 at the connections between the top
sides 221 and the bottom sides 222, is longer than the inner
diameter of the threaded neck 11 of the solution container
1. The contained angle 223 defined within the top sides 221
is bigger than the contained angle 224 defined within the
bottom sides 222, i.e., the top sides 221 are relatively
shorter than the bottom sides 222 so that the bubble blowing
coil 22 can be deformed and inserted through the threaded
neck 11 into the inside of the solution container 1 to pick
up the solution 3. If the top sides 221 are made longer than
the bottom sides 222, the bubble blowing coil 22 will be
unable to be inserted through the threaded neck 11 into the
inside of the solution container 1 to pick up the solution 3
(see Figures 2 and 3).
Referring to Figures 5 and 6, because the
bottom sides 222 are relatively longer than the top sides
221, the bubble blowing coil 22 can be conveniently deformed

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and inserted into the inside of the solution container 1 to
pick up the solution 3.
Referring to Figures 7 and 8, when the
handle 21 of the bubble blower 2 is pulled upwards from the
5 solution container 1, the bubble blowing coil 22 is forced
to deform and to pass out of the threaded neck 11 of the
solution container 1. When the bubble flower 2 is
disconnected from the solution container 1, the bubble
blowing coil 22 is covered with a thin solution layer 4 is
10 stretched on the inside 226 of the bubble blowing coil 22
for blowing into bubbles.
Referring to Figure 10, a small annular
bubble blowing coil 228 is suspended from a suspending rod
227 inside the rhombic bubble blowing coil 22 for producing
15 small bubbles.
Referring to Figure 11, an auxiliary hollow
rhombic bubble blowing coil 23 which is comprised two top
sides 231 and two bottom sides 232 arranged in the same
manner as the bubble blowing coil 22, is connected to the
20 connecting area between the bottom sides 222 of the bubble

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blowing coil 22.
It is to be understood that the drawings are
designed for purposes of illustration only, and are not
intended as a definition of the limits and scope of the
invention disclosed.

Representative Drawing