Amusement devices: toys – Operated by relatively moving fluid or pressure differential – Having fluid-driven rotatable radial blade
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-27
2001-03-27
Ackun, Jacob K. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Operated by relatively moving fluid or pressure differential
Having fluid-driven rotatable radial blade
C446S218000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206747
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention discloses a colorful wind indicator toy, suitable for use by children, which will both educate and entertain them.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the past, there have been a number of inventions relating to amusement devices based on wind power.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,583,881 (J. Heberling) discloses a pinwheel having a relatively rigid metal center, flexible non-metallic blades fastened to the center, with each of the blades being individual and being cut as a blank separate from the remaining blades, of portion of each of the blades being curved over the metal center.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,669,748 (G. G. Greger) discloses a pin wheel having a wheel made from a blank provided with curved slits to form a plurality of tapering blades. The wheel has its central portion mounted on the pin with the blade tips brought together on the pin in spaced relation to the central portion of the wheel blank. A baffle on the pin rests against the edges of the gathered tip portions.
There have also been a number of patents
U.S. Pat. No. 5,811,673 (Kwok et al.) discloses a wind direction indicator having a rotatable wind vane and a support for connection to the mast of a yacht. The vane is connected to the support by means of a gimbal mechanism and a stabilizing weight is connected to the gimbal mechanism diametrically opposite the vane.
U. S. Pat. No. 4,227,406 (Coffey) discloses a wind direction device for attachment to a boat shroud for indicating the direction of the wind relative to the direction of travel of the boat. The device includes several wraps of adhesive tape around a boat shroud to form an upwardly facing shoulder at a midpoint of the shroud of the boat, a bearing resting on the shoulder and having a hold through which is received the shroud, which bearing as a slit in one side and is and is sufficiently flexible and resilient so that the size of the slit can be varied to position the bearing around the shroud and retain the bearing on the shroud.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,127,358 (Galloway et al.) discloses an apparent wind direction indicator having a masthead device for sailboats. These marks can be adjusted with greater compass accuracy to allow several setting in each quadrant creating a series of reference points enabling one to more accurately determine the apparent wind angle from a center point and thus optimize sail trim, heading and boat speed.
There has been no device which both acts as an apparent wind direction indicator and which provides the amusement of a pinwheel.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The proposed invention discloses a colorful wind indicator toy, suitable for use by children, which will both educate and entertain them. The wind indicator toy comprises a tail section for catching the wind, a front section for indicating the direction of the wind, a tail mounting section for mounting the tail section, a joinder for joining the tail mounting section with the front section, and a pole upon which the assembly rotates.
In one embodiment of the invention, the device front of the device is shaped like an animal. Both sections are brightly colored. In another embodiment of the invention, the back section may be shaped like a tail or a fin.
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Ackun Jacob K.
Go Fly A Kite
Grant Jonathan E.
Grant Patent Services
Miller Bena B.
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