BOTTOM BASE FOR A SOFT WATER-SPOUTING TOY

BASE DE JOUET A JAILLISSEMENT D'EAU SOUPLE

English Abstract

A bottom base for a soft water-spouting toy
includes an upper combining base and a lower fixing
base threadably combined with each other. The fixing
base is fixed stably on a handle or a child's bicycle, and
the combining base is combined tightly with the lower
portion of a soft water-spouting toy. The combining base
has a center hole for a ball to sink therein, invertible
with the toy for pouring water therethrough and into the
interior of the toy after disengaged from the fixing base.
After water is filled full in the toy, then the combining
base with the toy is inverted again, threadably combined
with the lower fixing base, letting the toy on the bicycle
playable by a child riding on. The water in the toy and
the bottom base cannot leak out by sealing means in the
combining base and the fixing base.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A bottom base for a soft water-spouting toy
comprising an upper combining base and a lower fixing
base:
Said lower fixing base to be fixed stably on a
handle of a child's bicycle or tricycle having an upper
male connecting member: and,
Said upper combining base having a female
connecting member formed in a lower portion and a
lengthwise center hole formed in the center of an upper
surface and having its lower end portion becoming a
semicircle with a small hole, an upper grid cap closing
up an upper open end, a sinkable ball placed in said
lengthwise center hole, said upper combining base
threadably engaging with or disengaging from said lower
fixing base by engagement or disengagement of said male
connecting member of said lower fixing base with or
from said female connecting member of said upper
connecting base.
2. The bottom base for a soft water-spouting toy
as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said lengthwise center
hole of said upper combining base is defined by an
annular wall, which is provided with a plurality of
lengthwise grooves spaced apart equidistantly.
3. The bottom base for a soft water-spouting toy
as claimed in Claim 1 or 2, wherein said lower fixing
base further has a frustum on the center of an upper
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surface of said male connecting member, and said
frustum forcefully closes up the small hole of a lower
end of said lengthwise center hole after said upper
combining base is threadably combined with said fixing
base.
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Description

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BOTTOM BASE FOR A SOFT WATER-SPOUTING
TOY
BACKGROUND OF THE INENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a bottom base for a soft
water spouting toy, particularly to one possible to be
attached with a child's bicycle or tricycle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
As this bottom base is used for fixing a soft water
spouting toy on a handle of a child bicycle or tricycle
that is a new developed toy, so there is no prior art to be
described there.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention has been devised to offer a bottom
base for a soft watex-spouting toy to be fixed on a
child's bicycle or tricycle so as to be played by a child
to add more entertainment for spouting water when
riding a bicycle or tricycle.
The feature of the invention is provision of a base
consisting of an. upper combining base and a lower fixing
base threadably combined with the upper combining base.
The combining base is to be tightly combined with a soft
water-spouting toy, and the fixing base is to be fixed
stably on a handle of a bicycle or tricycle.
The combining base is provided with a lengthwise
center hole and a its lower end portion becoming a
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semicircle with a small hole, and a grid cap closes up an
open end of the lengthwise center hole. A sinkable ball
is placed in the lengthwise hole sinking down to block up
the small hole. The upper combining base and the lower
fixing base are threadably combined with engagement of
male threads and female threads.
In order to fill water in the soft water-spouting toy,
the upper combining base combined with the
water-spouting toy is disengaged from the lower fixing
base fixed on the handle -of a bicycle or tricycle and then
inverted upside dawn, with the ball in the lengthwise
center hole falling down tsn the grid cap. Then water can
be poured through the grid cap, the lengthwise center
hole, and then in the interior of the water-spouting toy.
I5 After the interior of the toy and the base are filled full
with water, the upper combining base together with the
toy is once again turned upside town and threadably
combined with the lower fixing base again, with the ball
blocking the lower small hole to prevent the Water inside
from leaking aut.
The assembling and disassembling of the upper
combining base and the lower fixing base is effected by a
female connecting member provided with the upper
cornbir~:ng base and a finale connecting member provided
with the lower fixing base.
Further, a frustum is provided on top of the male
connecting member of the fixing base to closely contact
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the small hole o.f the lengthwise hole for assisting
prevention of water leakage from the small hole.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
This invention will be better understood by
referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the first
embodiment of a bottom base for a soft water-spouting
toy in the present invention;
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the
first embodiment of a bottom base for a soft
water-spouting toy in the present invention;
Figure 3 is an inverted cross-sectional view of a
combining base of the first embodiment in the present
invention;
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the combining
base of a second embodiment of a bottom base for a soft
water-spouting toy in the present invention;
Figure 5 is an inverted cross-sectional view of the
second embodiment of a bottom base for a soft
water-spouting toy in the present invention;
Figure 6 is a side view of a fixing base of the first
embodiment in the present invention; and,
Figure 7 is an inverted cross-sectional view of a
combining base of the second embodiment in the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRFERRED
EMBODIMENTS
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A first embodiment of a bottom base for a soft
water-spouting toy 1 in the present invention, as shown
in Figs. 1 and 2, includes an upper combining base 2, and
a lower fixing base 3 as main components.
The upper combining base 2 is provided with a
lengthwise center hole 21 in the center of its upper
surface, with its lower end (A) curved as a semicircle to
have a small hole as shown in Fig. 3, a grid cap 22 closed
up an upper end (B), and a ball 2,3 sinking down in the
hole 21. The lengthwise center hole 21 is defined by an
annular wall, which is provided with a plurality of
lengthwise grooves 211 spaced apart equidistantly for
enabling water to flow more quickly in the center hole 21,
as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Further, the upper combining
base 2 has a female connecting member 24 formed in a
lower portion, and an annular flat rail 241 extending
inward from its inner surface as shown in Fig. 3, and a
terminal point 242 formed at the end of the flat rail 241.
The lower fixing base 3 is provided with a male
24 connecting member 31 formed in an upper portion, a
frustum 311 fixed on the center of an upper surface of
the male connecting member 31, a flat disc 312 formed
under the frustum 311 and having an inclined vertical
side 313; as shown in Fig. 6. Further the combining base
3 has a U-shaped fixer 32 threadably fixed under the
fixing base 3.
Next, the upper combining base 2 and the lower
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fixing base 3 are threadably combined with each other by
engaging of the female connecting member 24 with the
male connecting member 31. The inclined vertical face
313 of the flat disc 312 can guide the same disc 322 to
glide smoothly along the upper side of the annular flat
rail 241 and to be stopped by the terminal point 242 in
the combined condition. At the same time, the frustum
311 forcefully pushes up against the lower mouth of the
hole 21 of the combining base 2 to assist to prevent
water from leaking o-ut.
In order to fill water in the soft water-spouting toy
1, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, the soft water-spouting toy
together with the upper combining base 2 threadably
disengaged from the lower fixing base is first inverted
upside down, then water can be poured in the center hole
21 through the female connecting member 24, with the
ball 23 sinking on the upper end (B) of the center hole 21,
never interfering with water flowing. After water is
poured to fill up the interior of the soft water-spouting
toy 1'and the bottom base, then the inverted toy with the
bottom base is once again turned again upside down,
letting the ball 23 fall down to the lower end (A) of the
center hole 21, blocking the water therein from leaking
out.
While the preferred embodiments of the invention
have been described above, and it will be recognized and
understood the various modifications may be made
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therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all
such modifications that may fall within the spirit and
scope of the invention.
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Representative Drawing