Amusement devices: toys – Operated by relatively moving fluid or pressure differential
Patent
1993-05-12
1994-10-04
DeMille, Danton D.
Amusement devices: toys
Operated by relatively moving fluid or pressure differential
446433, 446431, 244153R, 244153A, 482 66, 482 78, A63H 3340, A63H 2916, A63H 2708
Patent
active
053521447
ABSTRACT:
A toy activated air movement including a loop of a self-supporting flexible sheet-like material. The loop has an interior surface and an exterior surface and a major axis perpendicular to the direction of travel. The loop is formed of a material which at least partially deforms under its own weight and has sufficient rigidity such that a portion of the interior surface of the loop will not contact an opposite portion of the interior surface of the loop when the toy is placed upon a supporting surface. The toy travels along the supporting surface in response to air movement. A plurality of flaps extend outwardly from the exterior surface of the loop generally in a direction parallel to the major axis of the loop. The flaps are angled away from the exterior surface of the loop, whereby air impacting upon the flaps will cause the toy to roll about the major axis along the supporting surface.
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