Double-layer hollow ball and toy with the double-layer hollow ball

• US 10,201,151 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2017
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tongfu Manufacturing Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Tongfu Manufacturing Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Zhang, Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE
• Application Number:
  US15/714,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20180098524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/025 Toys specially adapted for animals
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/008 Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes

Abstract

A double-layer hollow ball, including: an outer hollow ball, inner hollow body, and illuminant. A surface of the outer hollow ball is provided with outer through holes, and a surface of the inner hollow body is provided with inner through holes; the outer hollow ball includes an upper part of the outer hollow ball, a main body of the outer hollow ball, and a lower part of the outer hollow ball; upper and lower end surfaces of the main body of the outer hollow ball are connected to the upper part of the outer hollow ball and the lower part of the outer hollow ball, respectively; and the illuminant is provided within the inner hollow body and the inner hollow body is connected to the outer hollow ball via a support column. The double-layer hollow ball is lightweight, robust, strong and elastic, with a prolonged life for outdoor use.

Claims

1. A double-layer hollow ball, comprising:

an outer hollow ball, an inner hollow body, and an illuminant;

wherein a surface of the outer hollow ball (11) is provided with outer through holes, and a surface of the inner hollow body is provided with inner through holes;

the outer hollow ball) comprises an upper part of the outer hollow ball, a main body of the outer hollow ball, and a lower part of the outer hollow ball;

upper and lower end surfaces of the main body of the outer hollow ball are connected to the upper part of the outer hollow ball and the lower part of the outer hollow ball, respectively; and

the illuminant is provided within the inner hollow body and the inner hollow body is connected to the outer hollow ball via support columns.

2. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein any section of the outer hollow ball is formed by smoothly connecting at least two sections of arcs, and a central connecting line of any two sections of adjacent arcs is located at inner sides of the arcs.

3. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein any section of the outer hollow ball is a polygon.

4. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein any section of the outer hollow ball is serrated.

5. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the outer hollow ball is provided with a protrusion.

6. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein the outer through holes are evenly provided at the surface of the outer hollow ball, and the inner through holes are evenly provided at the surface of the inner hollow body.

7. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein the outer through holes are unevenly provided at the surface of the outer hollow ball, and the inner through holes are unevenly provided at the surface of the inner hollow body.

8. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein the illuminant is provided with a transparent spherical housing.

9. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein both the outer hollow ball and the inner hollow body are made of soft rubber in a double-layer structure.

10. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein an inner side of the outer hollow ball is evenly provided with housing reinforcing strips;

and the housing reinforcing strips are located between two adjacent outer through holes to form a grid-like shape.

11. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein one end of the truncated-cone-shaped support column that is close to the outer hollow ball is smaller, and an inner surface of the main body of the outer hollow ball is evenly provided with locating slots matching the support columns;

or the support column between the outer hollow ball and the inner hollow body is integrated with the outer hollow ball and the inner hollow body as a whole.

12. The double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein both the upper part of the outer hollow ball and the lower part of the outer hollow ball are inwardly provided with reinforcing columns, the ends of which close to the illuminant match a surface of the illuminant.

13. A toy with the double-layer hollow ball according to claim 1, wherein the shape of the upper part of the outer hollow ball is a shape of an animal head.