Amusement devices: toys – Convertible from – or serving as diverse article – Including figure toy
Patent
1996-12-02
1999-11-16
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Convertible from, or serving as diverse article
Including figure toy
446219, 446485, 362 34, 362154, A63H 3322, F21K 206, F21V 3300
Patent
active
059847549
ABSTRACT:
An illuminated toy pail includes a translucent pail body, a handle attached to the pail body, and a retainer affixed to the interior of the pail body which is effective for holding a chemical light stick within the interior of the pail body. The bottom of the retainer includes a press-fit flange which is press fit into a pre-formed hole in the bottom wall of the pail body, and the top of the retainer includes a vertical bore which releasably receives and holds the light stick in a vertical orientation within the interior of the pail. The activated chemical light sticks can be easily inserted into the pail to illuminate the pail, thereby providing both novelty and safety aspects to the pail. When used, for example, in a Halloween, pumpkin-shaped pail body, the light causes the translucent pail body to glow as if a candle were lighted inside the pumpkin, provides a small amount of light to illuminate the ground below, and provides a highly visible, lighted safety indicator for passing vehicles.
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Fossum Laura
Hafer Robert A.
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