Amusement devices: toys – Rotating or having visible rotating portion – Including electric light or electric sounder
Reexamination Certificate
2001-03-07
2002-07-23
Ackun, Jacob K. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Rotating or having visible rotating portion
Including electric light or electric sounder
C446S397000, C446S175000, C040S610000, C074S089220, C403S109700
Reexamination Certificate
active
06422915
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates in general to a dynamic collapsible revolving toy, and more particularly to one that is easy in operation and assembly, and is economical and competitive in market, including a base, an interior tube set and an exterior tube set. Inside the base, a gear plate rotatably disposed on a gear seat is combined to the interior tube set which connects with the exterior tube set. The gear plate is driven alternatively to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise by a gearbox with a power outputting gear through engagements of a central transmission gear, a reduction gear and an internal gear. On the other hand, a strip coiled in a ring slot of the gear plate is connected to the interior tube set so that the tubes of the interior tube set can extends or retracts together with the tubes of the exterior tube set having a plurality of collars disposed outside.
2. Description of Related Art
Frequent exchanges of culture and folk custom happen between countries along with the improvement of technology in transportation. Many festivals and occasions have become common holidays to be celebrated by many countries, such as Christmas, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, etc. For celebration, various toys and gifts would be found in the market, but most of them are static displaying for viewing enjoyment. We see very little dynamic toys and gifts. Applicant therefore filed an application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/488,523 on Jan. 21, 2000, entitled “Dynamic collapsible rotating toy” as attached. It disclosed a toy having the structure including an interior sleeve set
20
and an exterior sleeve set
30
that are installed at the center inside a base
10
. The interior sleeve set
20
has a winding strip and driven by an extension/retraction driving motor
50
. The exterior sleeve set
30
covers outside of the interior sleeve set
20
, of which innermost sleeve
31
is linked to the innermost sleeve
21
of the interior sleeve set
20
so that can execute extending and retracting functions when driven by the motor
50
. On the upper rim of each sleeve of the exterior sleeve set
30
are inserted a decorative article (such as Christmas tree leaves)
32
fitted to the toy (such as Christmas tree). The outermost sleeve
33
links with a gear
34
which is toothed with and driven by a rotation driving motor
60
through a reduction gear
61
. When a user turns on the power switch
13
on one side of the base
10
, the extension/retraction driving motor
50
is started to drive a winding strip
40
to push the interior and exterior sleeve sets
20
and
30
out from the base
10
so that they can extrude right above the base
10
. The gear
34
then on the base of the exterior sleeve set
30
touches and activates a first micro switch
70
located on one side of the sleeve set, thereby activating the rotation driving motor
60
. Therefore, on one hand, it controls the reduction gear
61
to drive the exterior sleeve set
30
to rotate slowly, while on the other hand, it drives the control circuit installed inside the base
10
to play melodious music and flash the LED lamps
36
hanging on the decorative article
32
. When the user turns on another operating switch
14
, it will turn off the music and LED
36
, and drive the extension/retraction driving motor
50
to turn in a reverse direction, then the extended interior and exterior sleeve sets
20
and
30
will be retracted into the base
10
, until after the gear
34
on the base of the exterior sleeve set
30
touches another second micro switch
71
, it will automatically cut off power and restore to its idle status. Though the operation of the above-mentioned toy is quite easy and convenient and the movement is fun and smooth, the structure is somewhat complicated when manufacturing. Especially, it uses two driving motors that increase the cost. It should be enhanced to be more competitive.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved dynamic collapsible revolving toy. Applicant has dedicated in the research, based on many years of rich experiences in R&D and in producing various toys and gifts. After repeating processes in drawing, production test and revising, it has finally come up with a “dynamic, collapsible, revolving toy” that is full of fun and amusement, that is economical and competitive in market.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1495645 (1924-05-01), Pucek
patent: 1527596 (1925-02-01), MacCartney
patent: 2874496 (1959-02-01), Rakes
patent: 6247991 (2001-06-01), Chen
Ackun Jacob K.
Miller Bena B.
Rabin & Berdo
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