Abstract: An ornamental liquid color box includes stationary clear containers fixedly mounted on a cover of a seat. Propellers are provided on the seat to propel liquid colors flowing into the seat to liquid passages that are led to upper storing zones of the containers. Liquid colors sent to the upper storing zones then moves into narrowed middle display zones to form flattened and irregular drips before reaching lower storing zones of the containers and entering the seat again to complete a cycle of movement of the liquid colors in the liquid color box. The whole liquid color box need not be manually or mechanically turned to maintain continuous circulation of the liquid colors in the liquid color box. The propellers are driven to rotate by driving means that may be coil windings or a combination of a motor and magnet-loaded driving and driven gear wheels. No leakproof means, such as shaft seals, are required for the liquid color box.

Abstract: A candy holding device that is designed to combine candy and which supports the candy. The device includes an upper housing, a middle housing, and a lower housing. The upper housing is a liquid-filled container that has a metallic rotor in the lower portion. The rotor is put in motion by a motor and a magnetic rotor causing a tornado movement within the liquid to provide entertainment. The liquid may also containing objects (glitter, three-dimensional figures, etc.) that are visible to the user. Additionally, at the top of the upper housing is a support for a piece of candy which can be made to be replaceable is desired. The middle housing contains the motor and a switch means. The motor spins the magnetic rotor that in turn spins the metallic rotor in the upper housing. The switch means controls the motor and the lower housing contains the power source.

Abstract: A swimming aquatic creature simulator having a body which propagates waves of undulation of and along that body to thereby propel the simulator through a fluid in a lifelike manner. The body is formed of an elastomeric material and may be shaped like a fish. Applying oscillating rotational motion to the body at a location forward of the center of mass of the body produces undulating movements of the body which propel the simulator. The oscillating motion input may be provided by twisting a rigid shaft or flexible cable, which is connected to the body at a point forward of the center of mass. An internal motor can also be used to provide the oscillating motion input.

Abstract: A bird deterring device is provided for deterring birds away from a body of water. The device includes a hollow body shaped to resemble a crocodile floating in a body water. The body includes a plurality of hollow sections having floats mounted therein for floating the device on the body of water. A pair of reflectors are mounted on the body to resemble eyes. A weight tethered to a bottom side of the body anchors the body and prevents it from flipping over in the water.

Abstract: A toy speedboat apparatus is given that glides on a water surface. Three planing surfaces are arranged to give stable, repeatable coasting runs. The drag is independent of velocity and the planing surface angle relative to the water surface is optimized to give minimum drag. A propelling means converts stored energy to give a high speed initial velocity producing long gliding runs in excess of 100 feet.

Abstract: A toy carwash unit is comprised of a self-supporting, free-standing frame, a water-carrying conduit supported by the frame, and at least one water-spray head. The several pieces from which the frame is assembled form two inverted, generally U-shaped subassemblies, joined to one another by a crosspiece on which the spray head is mounted. The unit is devoid of any ground-level structure that would interfere substantially with the passage of a vehicle to a washing location within the frame, and it is readily disassembled.

Abstract: An ornamental display toy includes a base, a spherical shell supported on the base, the spherical shell having a neck press-fitted into a circular recess at the base, a sealing cap sealed to the neck of the spherical shell to close the mouth of the neck, a mount mounted on a recessed circular top wall of the sealing cap and spaced from the top wall of the sealing cap by a gap to hold an ornament in a liquid inside the spherical shell.

Abstract: A water toy apparatus includes an elongated buoyant torso having first and second ends. A head is defined on the first end of the torso. First and second arms are connected to an intermediate location on the torso. The first and second arms include first and second manually squeezable pump bulbs each of which has an inlet and an outlet. A discharge conduit has a first end communicated with the outlets of the first and second pump bulbs, and has a second end terminating in the head, so that upon squeezing the pump bulbs water is squirted out of the head.

Abstract: The invention is a water powered wheeled toy which is constrained to travel in circular orbits. A coupling at the top of a stationary pylon connects a water hose to a swivel coupling. A hose is connected from the swivel coupling to a balance point on a wheeled vehicle. Water is delivered from the hose to the wheeled vehicle where it is delivered to a turbine wheel which drives the wheeled vehicle. The vehicle thus travels in a constrained circular orbit.

Abstract: A bathtub toy has a battery, timing circuit and an audible or visible output. A motion responsive switch closes to connect the battery to the output and start the timing circuit. The timing circuit shuts off the output after an interval until the switch again closes after the interval.

Abstract: A device that produces toroidal bubbles of gaseous fluid when operated in immersed relation to a body of liquid fluid. A first embodiment is operated by a person who blows into a first end of the device with a short burst of air, and a second embodiment is operated by a pneumatic pump that delivers a short burst of air to the first end. A normally closed valve such as a poppet valve is positioned on a second end of the device. The valve opens and closes very rapidly in response to the burst of air. Air escaping around the peripheral border of the valve creates a toroidal bubble that expands in volume as it approaches the surface of the liquid fluid; the effect is visually pleasing. The valve of the device may also be held in the mouth, eliminating the conduit. In additional embodiments, the source of gaseous fluid is any pneumatically-charged device.

Abstract: An amusement device for propelling water either from a self contained reservoir or from a standing body of water. The amusement device is a type of toy whip that uses a whipping action to propel water toward a target. The amusement device contains a tubular handle and at least one flexible tubular element that extends from one end of the tubular handle, thereby forming an overall tubular structure having a rigid section and a flexible section. By partially submerging the tubular handle in a body of water and manipulating the overall tubular structure with a whipping action, water is drawn up into the tubular structure. The flexible tubular element extending from the handle tapers toward a small exit aperture. As the whipping motion of the overall tubular structure forces water toward the exit aperture, the water becomes compressed by the taper of the flexible tubular element. As a result, the water is propelled from the exit aperture at a high rate of speed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid, floating soap which has a formulation density greater than water or a liquid of like density, and which has an overall physical density less than water or a liquid of like density, and a method of making the floating soap.

Abstract: A weight-adjusted underwater toy is disclosed having a somewhat lower specific gravity than water, and having its center of gravity located below and somewhat behind the volumetric center of the toy. The toy has a streamlined shape, like a fish, a sea animal, a swimmer, or a submarine. The model will follow a long glide curve similar to an approximately upside down ballistic path when flung into the water, and will always rotate into a position with its back up and its abdomen down. When rising, the location of the center of gravity will provide an inclined forward/upward position for the model, and horizontal side wings (fins or other details) will prevent a purely vertical rising movement by providing a forwardly directed momentum during a buoyancy movement.

Abstract: A metering dispenser for bubble bath which may be optimally positioned and anchored within a drain of a bath tub is disclosed. The bubble bath dispenser comprising: a container body having a bottom portion having a bottom sidewall and adapted to closely seat within and across the bath tub drain; a central portion adapted to peripherally surround the drain and sealingly seat on the interior bottom side portion of the bath tub; a top wall portion extending upwardly above and around the central portion; and, a cover adapted to seat on the top wall portion of the container body. In the preferred embodiment the dispenser has an overall disk shape and a layered appearance decorated with light markings giving it an unidentified flying object appearance which appeals to young children.

Abstract: A water activity toy has a channel for a stream of water which floats a vessel on the stream, and a paddle wheel that moves through the channel to generate the stream. The paddle wheel includes a plurality of blades on axle stubs which are removably mounted on mountings at opposite sides of the channel. A crank used to rotate the paddle wheel is connected with one axle stub which is liftable out of its mounting. Lifting the crank tilts the paddle wheel to provide clearance for a tall vessel floating by the paddle wheel mountings. The mountings have similar constructions and are oppositely facing. Each mounting includes a horizontal open ended bearing slot having a side slot with a constriction at the outboard end of the slot. Each axle stub includes parallel flattened surfaces which form a reduced dimension region that enables the axle stub to pass radially through the constriction, provided that radial protrusions on the flattened surfaces are out of alignment with the constriction.

Abstract: A transformable geometric construction set composed of triangular modules having different geometrical forms and sizes, the modules being interlinkable to create a planar mosaic that is transformable by a player into three-dimensional abstract or figurative structures having ornamental and/or utilitarian value. Each module is constituted by a triangular plate having slotted edges that define three side tines, each extending from a respective vertex. Interhinging of adjacent modules is effected by a coupling sleeve fitting over abutting tines of the modules whereby the modules can then be angled with respect to each other. Two adjacent modules may also be interconnected by intermeshing the abutting side tines of these modules.

Abstract: A new Spa Table for offering a portable table for use in a spa wherein the height of the table is self-adjusting such that the top of the table remains on the surface of the water. The inventive device includes a base member removably positioned on the floor of a spa, a planar table top member adapted to float on the water surface of the spa, and a self-adjusting vertical support member interconnecting the base member and the planar table top member, wherein the self-adjusting vertical support member self-adjusts to support the planar table top member in a generally horizontal position on the water surface of the spa. The planar table top member floats on the water surface of the spa such that the height of the planar table top member self-adjustingly correspondingly increases and decreases with the height of the water surface.

Abstract: A toy simulates a realistic hatching from an egg of an animal-like figure. Two halves of a plastic egg-shaped shell are joined by a liquid-soluble adhesive. Liquid can enter into liquid channels in the shell to dissolve the adhesive, "hatching" the figure in the shell.

Abstract: A swimming pool search and retrieval game comprising a toy treasure chest and toy treasure pieces is provided. The chest is made from ornately styled waterproof plastic in the form of a sunken treasure chest. The chest has a lid, a lock, a key, and a compartment which contains sand to keep the chest weighted down while it is submerged. The chest contains an assortment of nonbuoyant toy treasure pieces that are also made from ornately styled waterproof plastic. The treasure pieces include jewelry, coins and trinkets. The treasure pieces are placed inside the treasure chest and the treasure chest is sunk to the bottom of a swimming pool. A player swims to the sunken chest and retrieves a treasure piece. The player returns to the surface of the pool with the retrieved item and repeats the sequence until all of the treasure pieces and the treasure chest are retrieved.

Abstract: A variable buoyancy amusement device for use in water includes a body having a water-impermeable outer surface and an internal volume. A relatively heavy lower portion of the body has a local density significantly greater than that of water so that the body tends to assume an upright orientation with the lower portion at the underside of the body. The body also features an internal cavity connected to the surface of the body by an upper aperture and a lower aperture. At least one of the apertures is selectively closeable so that, when the cavity contains air, the body floats on the water with the lower aperture submerged. When the aperture is opened, water enters the cavity through the lower aperture thereby reducing the buoyancy of the body and causing it to sink.

Abstract: A water activity toy with a channel for a stream of water which floats a vessel on the stream. A paddle wheel moves through the water to move the stream. The paddle wheel includes a plurality of blades all on axle stub portions at supports at opposite sides of the channel. Each blade could be above the channel when a vessel floats by. The blade is curved downward around an axis extending from the base edge to the free edge of the blade so that with two oppositely directed blades both oriented to extend along the channel, the middle of the blade would be higher off the water in the channel than the regions of the blades at the axle portions. Each blade also has a cutout at its base edge so that if the blade were oriented upright, the base edge of the blade would be higher off the water in the channel toward the middle of the blade than at the axle portions.

Abstract: A water activity toy including a main channel portion for a stream of water, and the channel having a siding which distends one side of the channel. A gate or wall is pivotally supported on a pivot post in the main channel and is operable between an upstream-downstream orientation, which directs the main water flow through the main channel portion for floating a vessel through the main channel portion and an orientation transverse to the main channel portion which diverts the main water flow into the siding and floats the vessel into the siding. The gate is also operable to the upstream-downstream orientation with the vessel in the siding for retaining the vessel in the siding. The siding may be a harbor for the vessel. An impeller moves the water in a stream through the main channel.

Abstract: A rescue device for oil-soaked birds or other creatures including a sanctuary formed by surrounding walls, a lower floor, and an upper floor above the lower floor having apertures for oil to pass therethrough. The upper floor is attached to the interior of the surrounding walls to form a platform for the oil-soaked animal. The upper floor and lower floor together define a drainage space within which excess oil from the animal can drain. The surrounding walls are inflatable, and the device includes a pressurized gas cartridge having a detonator valve for instantly inflating the walls. The device is hexagonally shaped and includes D-rings attached to exterior surfaces to allow a number of the devices to be hooked together to form a floating island of individual sanctuaries. Interior baffles within the surrounding walls help maintain the hexagonal shape of the device. A number of the devices can be connected together to form a floating island of multiple sanctuaries.

Abstract: A new Bath Water Retainer and Toy for diverting bath water back into the bath tub while providing entertainment to a bathing child, thereby preventing water damage to the floor surrounding the bath tub. The device includes a first L-shaped member which removably couples to a bath tube edge, a water retaining wall along the edge of the first L-shaped member and projecting orthogonally, a second L-shaped member pivotally secured to the first L-shaped member providing a ledge within the interior portion of the bath tub for the child to place toys upon, a water collecting tray which captures water from the first L-shaped member and dispenses it through a water outlet nozzle in a stream, and at least one water wheel secured to the vertical portion of the second L-shaped member which receives the stream of water and rotates providing entertainment to the bathing child.

Abstract: A word game to be played in a body of water. The body of water has a surface, the game is played by two teams, each team having at least one player. The game includes the steps of positioning the players in the body of water. A plurality of gaming pieces is randomly distributed on the surface of the water. The gaming pieces have letters of the alphabet formed thereon. A word is identified. The players of each team collect gaming pieces to spell the identified word. The first team to have collected all gaming pieces to spell the identified word is the game winner.

Abstract: A bath toy is described which consists of a small distinctive play shape suitable for play by children formed from a flexible sheet of polymer plastic material between 2 mm and 6 mm in thickness. The sheet material has a modulus of elasticity of less than 750 pounds per square inch. The weight of the play shape is less than the supporting effect of a thin layer of water spread evenly over its surface area.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solid, floating soap which has a formulation density greater than water or a liquid of like density, and which has an overall physical density less than water or a liquid of like density, and a method of making the floating soap.

Abstract: A method for playing an outdoor recreational game provided in which puzzle pieces are formed from a flat sheet of foam plastic material having end edges which extend in alternating protrusions and recesses for joining together to interlock the puzzle pieces according to a predetermined arrangement. The puzzle pieces are laminated with a first graphic design disposed on a front side of the puzzle pieces for providing a guide for assembling the puzzle pieces according to the predetermined arrangement. An alternate graphic design is provided on a back side of the puzzle pieces for providing an alternate means to the first graphic design for guiding assembly of the puzzle pieces. The puzzle pieces are adapted for outdoor assembly to provide use as an outdoor recreational game.

Abstract: An interactive toy in which a supercompressed sponge novelty item in an internal chamber expands or pops open a pop-open door when significant water is intoduced into the chamber. There is a water receiving device for water entry, which is connected to the interanl chamber so as to trigger a surprise expansion of the supercompressed sponge novelty items in the chamber. The supercompressed sponge novelty item, or plurality of novelty items positioned together or separately, expand to interesting size or pop open the door when the expansion becomes sufficient. The interactive toy may be in various forms, including a cookstove embodiment with expandible food novelty items including bread, rolls, cake, etc. or nonexpandible items such as a roast. Another form may be a guts-gushing monster with a belly chamber full of expandible entrail novelty items. Another form is a race car.

Abstract: A recreational device in the form of an elongate projectile is described. The projectile has a body including a nose region, a mid-region and a tail region. Preferably, the projectile is provided with a fillable cavity for adjusting its buoyancy. The body has a size, mass, length-to-diameter ratio, specific gravity and contour that facilitate its stable distant travel through a liquid medium such as water. Importantly, the projectile has a specific gravity of between 0.95 and 1.05, which renders it neutrally buoyant in most fresh water bodies. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the recreational device for stabilization purposes against undesirable yaw, pitch and roll has arcuately spaced, radially extending fins in a tail region of the body. When launched by hand underwater, the device maintains an imparted trajectory and slips cleanly through the water over a great distance.

Abstract: An inflatable recreational inner tube toy comprising a seat further including a toroid-shaped inflatable primary tube having a bottom surface, a top surface, an inner periphery defining a hollow interior, an outer periphery, a plurality of straps extended across the interior and coupled to the inner periphery, a generally-inflatable leg rest integrally coupled to and extended outwards from the outer periphery of the primary tube, and a valve for allowing the seat to be inflated and deflated; and a back rest formed of a toroid-shaped inflatable secondary tube sized smaller than the primary tube with the back rest coupled to the inner periphery of the primary tube and extended upwards therefrom and with the back rest further including a valve coupled thereto for allowing it to be inflated and deflated.

Abstract: A educational water toy designed for mounting on a vertical surface, such as a bathtub wall, is disclosed. It consists of a variety of interlocking parts which can be arranged in various sequences. The various parts are designed to conduct water; control, or respond to, water flow; or to attach other parts to the vertical surface. The fluid-conveying and -operated toy has a reservoir, at least one activity component, a fluid conduit which provides fluid communication between the reservoir and the activity component, with the activity component being placed into motion by fluid exiting from the conduit, coupling structures interconnect the components in fluid communication, and attaching devices for removably attaching the components to the vertical surface in an orientation such that the fluid flows along the fluid flow path under the force of gravity. The various activity components may include a paddle wheel, a turbine, an hourglass member, a dipper, a sprayer and a squirter.

Abstract: A chambered enclosure maintains a toy placed in the enclosure in a dry condition. The enclosure comprises sidewalls, a base, an openable portion, and a wall within the enclosure forming a dry chamber for receiving the toy and a wet chamber beneath the dry chamber. The wet chamber is designed to allow water to enter the wet chamber and further stabilize the enclosure when in a bathtub or other wet environment.

Abstract: An apparatus for use by children includes a hand operated pump provided with a hose for the delivery of water from a bathtub to a wall-mounted system of water conduits. The pump includes a hand crank with meshed gears to provide a positive displacement flow to the conduit system. Various devices included in the conduit system such as a water wheel and a water driven turbine, both attachable to a wall adjacent the bathtub by suction cups, as are other components of the conduit system. The suction cups permit convenient installation and disassembly of the present apparatus. Additional components of the conduit system include a multitude of conduits providing a conduit network through which the child may observe a water flow.

Abstract: A novelty soap bar surrounds a supercompressed sponge novelty item which pops out when significant use of the soap provides a path for water entry which triggers a surprise expansion of the supercompressed sponge novelty. The supercompressed sponge novelty item, or plurality of novelty items positioned together or separately, pops out when the enclosing soap shell becomes sufficiently thin to permit moisture to enter and expand the supercompressed sponge novelty item. The supercompressed sponge novelty item is encapsulated in a slow-soluble or non-soluble soft easily-abradable encapsulent to prevent moisture from expanding the novelty item during manufacture or shelf life.

Abstract: An educational collector's series floating toy fish having a hollow interior chamber. The mouth of the toy fish communicates with the interior chamber to define an opening through which the inside of the toy fish may be viewed. Located within the interior chamber is a figurine displaying one or more characters in a thought-inspiring pose or situation. A story booklet receivable within the packaging proposing at least one explanation as to how or why the figurine ended up inside the toy fish is also included.

Abstract: A toy whose entertainment value is altered when placed in water includes an outer package dissolvable in water which has an inner, sealed compartment to hide at least one novelty item therein. The outer package is comprised of a water soluble material which is sufficiently opaque to preclude visual inspection of any item disposed within the compartment, and in the preferred embodiment, is comprised of two sheets of such a material bonded together about their peripheral edge by a water soluble binding agent. The package has an outer peripheral edge or silhouette, generally corresponds in shape to the object, character, animal, animate or inanimate, etc., which is depicted on either or both exterior surfaces of the package. The novelty item(s) held within the compartment are made from a material, such as plastic, metal, etc., which is non-expandable when the package is placed in water.

Abstract: A toy whose entertainment value is altered when placed in water includes an outer package dissolvable in water which has an inner, sealed compartment to hide at least one novelty item therein. The outer package is comprised of a water soluble material which is sufficiently opaque to preclude visual inspection of any item disposed within the compartment, and in the preferred embodiment, is comprised of two sheets of such a material bonded together about their peripheral edge by a water soluble binding agent. The package has an outer peripheral edge or silhouette, generally corresponds in shape to the object, character, animal, animate or inanimate, etc., which is depicted on either or both exterior surfaces of the package. The novelty item(s) held within the compartment are made from a material, such as plastic, metal, etc., which is non-expandable when the package is placed in water.

Abstract: A doll including a body, the body being shaped to depict the body of a mermaid, a head, the body and head having generally hollow interiors, apparatus positioned within the body and the head for providing sound, and apparatus for activating the apparatus for providing sound.

Abstract: A bar soap slide is presented along with a method of construction and use whereby a conventional bathtub can be converted into an arena of entertainment for a child. The bar soap slide is releasably affixed to the inner bathtub walls on a grade which will allow a bar of soap when placed at the upper end, to rapidly descend providing amusement for a child. After use the slide can be quickly removed from the bathtub, rinsed and stored for future use.

Abstract: A tube with a restricted end is used to produce a spray of water by manually forcing the non-restricted end of the tube into a body of water. The resulting spray comes out of the restricted end of the tube. Thus, the spray is not in line with the direction of force needed to achieve the spraying action. The tube and restriction combination provides a device that can be used for aquatic amusements, exercise, etc., in an inherently safe manner.

Abstract: A toy utilizing bubbles in liquid comprises a vessel to be charged with a liquid keeping an air layer at the top and to be sealed, a bubble generating member, and in-liquid movable members moved by bubbles rising in the liquid in the vessel.

Abstract: A circumferential trough provides a water carrying channel, and has at least one water jet in the trough to which a supply of water under pressure is connected to produce a flow of water in the trough into which floating objects may be placed.

Abstract: An amusement device for forcibly propelling a coherent water jet from a body of water such as a swimming pool utilizing a housing having a generally tapering open passage from one end to the other, with the larger end of the passage being open and essentially unobstructed for admitting water freely into the passage when the larger end is at least partially submerged in the body of water, the smaller end of the passage being formed to provide an open but constricted nozzle whereby quantities of water forced into the passage through the larger end are accelerated and ejected forcibly through the nozzle to form a substantially coherent water jet capable of traversing significant distance before breaking up, control and actuation of the device being provided for by handles on opposite sides of the housing adjacent to the larger open end. A modified form of the invention mounts a pair of conical housings in side-by-side relation for joint action.

Abstract: A surfing toy is provided in the form of a surfer standing on a surfboard, the two desirably being molded integrally. The device actually surfs, i.e. it stays at the front of a wave even if the wave foams, and rights itself quickly if it is knocked over by a wave. Important features include the provision of a weighted keel which is located below the rear half of the board. The board is desirably much wider than a conventional surfboard relative to its length.

Abstract: An observe/reverse link convection siphon toy ornament with three layers and four chambers device to be connected by special channel to attain the effect of balance between the fluid and air, the normal state of the flow of the fluid is able to be changed without externally applying power of a cell, and varied cards, such as, doll, cartoon, asdvertisement, etc., may be installed in it arbitrarily to fulfill the purpose of playing, seeing and enjoying.

Abstract: A toy boat of the type where the hull (11) of the boat is constituted of a closed hollow body produced by means of blow moulding of a thermoplastic material in a mould, the parting line (13) of which is situated in the vertical longitudinal metacenter plane of the boat. The purpose is to provide a complete toy boat produced by means of the blow moulding method without movable cores and which boat hull in finished design present such details as gunwale, bulwark, tow hooks etcetera, which can have a colour contrasting to the colour of the boat hull.

Abstract: A realistic hatching of a dinosaur occurs from an egg-like storage container. A transluscent egg sheel includes a series of crack lines, which forms weakened fault lines on the surface of the eggshell. A compressed sponge dinosaur is located within the eggshell. Opening at the ends and/or sides of the eggshell allow water to enter the shell when the egg is placed in hot water of a preferred temperature of 50.degree.-60.degree. C. The water entering the shell, after approximately 5 to 10 minutes, causes the compressed sponge dinosaur to expand and break through the eggshell at random points on the shell, preferably along the molded crack lines of lesser thickness than the remainder of the eggshell. The rupturing of the shell occurs at its weakest points, as affected by the depth of the preformed cracks in the shell as well as the portions of the shell which have dissolved due to the exposure to hot water.