Bubble-blowing toy
A bubble-blowing toy comprises: a solution container; and a bubble-blowing device comprising a handgrip for being held by hand, an elongated solution take-up body, and at least one movable shutter means having a first connection arm and a second connection arm. The first connection arm has a first end pivotally connected to the elongated solution take-up body and a second end. The second connection arm has a first end pivotally connected to the second end of the first connection arm and a second end having a shiftable joint disposed thereon, wherein the shiftable joint is upward and downward shiftable in a sliding slot of the elongated solution take-up body.
The present invention relates to a bubble-blowing toy for forming an especially big bubble.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONGenerally speaking, most conventional bubble-blowing toys produce small bubbles. In order to eliminate the aforesaid problem, a bubble-blowing toy that produces especially big bubble was disclosed many years ago in U.S. Pat. No. 6,059,629 and GB Pat. No. 2,341,559, entitled “structure of bubble blowing toy”, which were issued to the present inventor. According to these cited references, a bubble blowing toy comprises an elongated solution take-up body disposed on a handgrip, a pair of lugs, and a movable shutter means, wherein an inner end of the elongated solution take-up body is fixed on the handgrip, and the lugs are disposed on two opposite ends of an elongated arm body of the elongated solution take-up body. The shutter means comprises two shutter arms each having an inner end respectively pivoted to two lugs and a second end pivoted to each other. As a result, the shutter means can be inserted into the small-opening solution container so as to form the especially large bubble after it is pulled out of the solution container.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is a main subject of the present invention to provide an improved structure derived from the above-mentioned cited structure for blowing a bubble solution into an especially big bubble.
It is a main object of the present invention to disclose a bubble-blowing toy having at least one movable shutter means for forming a large solution take-up area consisting of at least one solution take-up space between the movable shutter means and an elongated solution take-up body, thereby achieving the purpose of forming the bubble in multiple manners.
It is another object of the present invention to disclose a bubble-blowing toy having a bar-shaped absorber such that the closed movable shutter means can touch the bar-shaped absorber for taking up much more bubble solution.
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The bubble-blowing device 1 comprises a handgrip 11, an elongated solution take-up body 12, and a movable shutter means 13, wherein the handgrip 11 is designed for being held by hand. The elongated solution take-up body 12 has a sliding slot 121 disposed on an upper portion. The elongated solution take-up body 12 also has a serrated portion 122 longitudinally disposed at one side for taking up the bubble solution from the solution container 2. The movable shutter means 13 at least comprises a first connection arm 131 and a second connection arm 132, which are pivotally connected to each other in a rotatable manner, wherein the second connection arm 132 has a shiftable joint 133 on the other end such that the second connection arm 132 is shiftable by the movement of the shiftable joint 133 in the sliding slot 121. The first and second connection arms 131 and 132 have respective serrated portions 134 and serrated portion 135 disposed on the respective inner surfaces, which face the touch surface of the elongated solution take-up body 12, for taking up much more bubble solution.
When the movable shutter means 13 is closed, it is stretched to be parallel to and disposed in the elongated solution take-up body 12. When the movable shutter means 13 is opened, the movable shutter means 13 and the elongated solution take-up body 12 jointly define a large-area space for suspending a bubble solution membrane for blowing into a big bubble.
The following preferred embodiment describes a structure derived from the first preferred embodiment.
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In addition to one movable shutter means 13, more than one movable shutter means 13 is applicable to other preferred embodiments, as shown in
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The structure disclosed in the seventh preferred embodiment is similar to the structure disclosed in the tenth preferred embodiment of
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In addition, a ninth preferred embodiment that discloses a structure capable of absorbing the bubble solution is shown in
The movable shutter means 13, which is in the closed status, is longitudinally inserted into the elongated solution take-up body 12 so as to enable the movable shutter means 13 to take up the bubble solution 5 contained in the handgrip 11 continuously by means of the bar-shaped absorber 4, which is located in the elongated solution take-up body 12 and extended into the handgrip 11.
As described above, the handgrip 11 is screwed onto the elongated solution take-up body 12. Alternatively, as shown in
Claims
1. A bubble-blowing toy comprising:
- a solution container for containing a bubble solution; and
- a bubble-blowing device comprising a handgrip for being held by hand, an elongated solution take-up body, and at least one movable shutter means having a first connection arm and a second connection arm, wherein said first connection arm has a first end pivotally connected to said elongated solution take-up body and a second end and said second connection arm has a first end pivotally connected to said second end of said first connection arm and a second end having a shiftable joint disposed thereon, wherein said shiftable joint is upward and downward shiftable in a sliding slot of said elongated solution take-up body.
2. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said bubble-blowing device has two movable shutter means disposed on upper and lower portions of said elongated solution take-up body, respectively.
3. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said bubble-blowing device has two movable shutter means, and a connection means is pivotally disposed in said sliding slot of said elongated solution take-up body for pivotal connection between two second connection arms of said two movable shutter means such that the sliding of said connection means in said sliding slot shifts said movable shutter means simultaneously.
4. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said bubble-blowing device has two movable shutter means, said elongated solution take-up body has a longer sliding slot and a shorter sliding slot parallel to each other and disposed at respective high and low heights, each said two movable shutter means has said second connection arm for pivotal connection with said sliding slot via said shiftable joint, whereby said movable shutter means, which is shiftable in said shorter sliding slot, can be surrounded by said movable shutter means, which is shiftable in said longer sliding slot, by unfolding said two movable shutter means such that a bubble can be formed in another bubble.
5. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said elongated solution take-up body has said sliding slot, said sliding slot is a slideway to enable the sliding of said shiftable joint, which is disposed at said second end of said second connection arm.
6. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said sliding slot is a circular slot located inside a tube body, said tube body has a cut slot communicated with said circular slot, and said shiftable joint is a ball-shaped joint movable in said circular slot.
7. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said elongated solution take-up body is a tube body, said sliding slot is a circular slot located inside said tube body, said tube body has a cut slot communicated with said circular slot, a shaft is disposed in said sliding slot, said shiftable joint of said second connection arm is connected to one end of said shaft, and said shaft is shiftable in said circular slot.
8. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said elongated solution take-up body is a rod body, said shiftable joint of said second connection arm is connected to a bushing ring, and said bushing ring is sleeved onto said rod body to enable said movable shutter means to be shiftable on said rod body.
9. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said elongated solution take-up body is a rod body having a solution absorber.
10. The bubble-blowing toy of claim 1, wherein said sliding slot of said elongated solution take-up body is a depressed slot, a bar-shaped absorber is disposed on the deepest inside of said depressed slot, and said folded first and second connection arms can touch said bar-shaped absorber that absorbs said bubble solution for taking up said bubble solution.
Type: Application
Filed: Jun 8, 2006
Publication Date: Dec 13, 2007
Inventor: Mon-Sheng Lin (Taipei Hsien)
Application Number: 11/448,849
International Classification: A63H 33/28 (20060101);