Abstract: The present specification discloses an entertainment/educational system having one or more interactive stations having associated systems comprising apparatus and activities that demonstrate various physical phenomenon. Each interactive station comprises a different system featuring differing apparatus that provides users the ability to form various types and numbers of bubbles that the users can experience and interact with. User progression and interaction with a particular set of/order of interactive stations is correlated with lessons about physical phenomena exemplified by the bubbles made at a particular station of the total stations visited. The lessons may be further enhanced by information provided to users via a poster, handout, booklet or other informative media or information provided by a guide/attendant escorting user(s) through the set of stations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2024
Inventors:
Theresa D. Vuong, Jennifer K. Li, Il Kwon Jung
Abstract: A bubble machine has a fan housing that is positioned inside a machine housing, and a fan coupled to the fan housing. A bubble dispenser is disposed over the machine housing and has an outer wall that defines a trough along a portion of its circumferential edge. The bubble dispenser includes an inner hub having a raised platform, and a bubble wand guiding mechanism on the platform. The outer wall and the inner hub define at least one space through which air generated by the fan can flow upwardly. A bubble wand assembly has a base, and a plurality of bubble wands that are disposed above the bubble dispenser in a manner such that each of the plurality of bubble wands is rotated past the trough to be coated with bubble solution, and then rotated over the at least one space so that air from below can be blown through the bubble wand to generate bubbles.
Abstract: A vial and cap holder includes a vial frame having a plurality of vial apertures formed therein, wherein each vial aperture is configured to receive a vial, and a handle connected to the vial frame. The vial and cap holder further includes a plurality of cap holders connected to the vial frame. Each of the cap holders is positioned adjacent to one of the apertures on the vial frame, and each cap holder is configured to hold a cap for capping a vial. Each of the cap holders is configured to hold a cap above a top of vials configured to be held by the vial apertures. Corresponding ones of the vial holders and the cap holders are positioned along common radiuses of the vial frame.
Abstract: A bubble maker toy for producing a plurality of bubble streams from a liquid bubble solution. The bubble maker toy comprises a bubble wand and an electric fan. The bubble wand includes a plurality of bubble rings connected together by connection arms. The electric fan is configured for producing an airflow concentrated adjacent to the center of the bubble wand which forces the bubble streams outward from the center of the bubble wand and away from each other. The connection arms are arcuate in shape and connected to each other at approximately the center of the bubble wand causing the air flow produced by the electric fan to swirl in a rotating manner further forcing the bubble streams away from each other thus preventing the bubbles from sticking together or combining to form a cluster of bubbles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 1998
Date of Patent:
March 13, 2001
Assignee:
Oddzon, Inc.
Inventors:
Ronald Rich, Donald A. Marini, Bill James Cajka