Amusement devices: toys – Simulated weapon or protector
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-25
2002-03-05
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Simulated weapon or protector
C030S123300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06352465
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to toy knives and more particularly pertains to a new toy knife for exercise and entertainment purposes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of toy knives is known in the prior art. More specifically, toy knives heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,288,274; U.S. Pat. No. 2,826,859; U.S. Pat. No. 3,811,783; U.S. Pat. No. 3,712,748; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 257,635; and U.S. Pat. No. 714,534.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new toy knife. The inventive device includes a handle portion. The handle portion has a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The handle portion has a lumen therein. The first end of the handle portion has an opening therein extending into the lumen. The handle portion comprises a resiliently elastic material. A covering member covers the opening in the first end of the handle portion. A blade portion is elongate and has a distal end, a proximal end, a first edge and a second edge. The distal end is integrally coupled to the second end of the handle portion. The blade portion has a bore extending into the distal end. At least one opening extends from the first edge to the bore. The bore is fluidly coupled to the lumen.
In these respects, the toy knife according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of exercise and entertainment purposes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of toy knives now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new toy knife construction wherein the same can be utilized for exercise and entertainment purposes.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new toy knife apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the toy knives mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new toy knife which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art toy knives, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a handle portion. The handle portion has a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The handle portion has a lumen therein. The first end of the handle portion has an opening therein extending into the lumen. The handle portion comprises a resiliently elastic material. A covering member covers the opening in the first end of the handle portion. A blade portion is elongate and has a distal end, a proximal end, a first edge and a second edge. The distal end is integrally coupled to the second end of the handle portion. The blade portion has a bore extending into the distal end. At least one opening extends from the first edge to the bore. The bore is fluidly coupled to the lumen.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new toy knife apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the toy knives mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new toy knife which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art toy knives, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new toy knife which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new toy knife which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new toy knife which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such toy knife economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new toy knife which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new toy knife for exercise and entertainment purposes.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new toy knife which includes a handle portion. The handle portion has a first end, a second end and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The handle portion has a lumen therein. The first end of the handle portion has an opening therein extending into the lumen. The handle portion comprises a resiliently elastic material. A covering member covers the opening in the first end of the handle portion. A blade portion is elongate and has a distal end, a proximal end, a first edge and a second edge. The distal end is integrally coupled to the second end of the handle portion. The blade portion has a bore extending into the distal end. At least one opening extends from the first edge to the bore. The bore is fluidly coupled to the lumen.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new toy knife that may be used for sparring purposes.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new toy knife that has a felt edge for soaking up of fluid such that the fluid is easily transferred by running the edge on another person.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the
Heymann Carrie M.
Heymann Kirk D.
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