Shadow Activity Book

• US 20090298381A1
• Filed: 05/30/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Paper Magic Group Incorporated (IG Design Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: Paper Magic Group Incorporated (IG Design Group Plc)
• Inventors: Fink, Steven Roy
• Application Number:
  US12/129,979
• Publication Number:
  US 20090298381A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/80
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/38 Picture books with additional toy effects, e.g. pop-up or slide displays picture books B42D1/00

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a shadow activity book comprising a bound arrangement of pages that includes a cover and a plurality of pages. A novelty item is secured to a page and movable from a first position, in which the novelty item is positioned substantially within a perimeter of the bound arrangement, and a second position, in which the novelty item extends beyond the perimeter of the bound arrangement. The novelty item can be provided with opaque, transparent, and/or translucent sections, and a flashlight can be provided for projecting onto a wall a shadow image of the novelty item. In some aspects, the shadow image includes a design disposed on a transparent/translucent section of the novelty item. A writing instrument can be provided for disposing the design on the transparent/translucent section.

Claims

1. A shadow activity kit, comprising:

(a) a shadow activity book, comprising;

a bound arrangement including a cover and a plurality of pages, said bound arrangement defining an outer perimeter;

a novelty item (i) secured to a page of said plurality of pages, and (ii) movable from a first position, in which said novelty item is positioned substantially within said outer perimeter, and a second position, in which said novelty item extends beyond said outer perimeter, said novelty item including an opaque section and another section, and said another section comprising at least one of a transparent section and a translucent section;

a base (i) integrally formed with said cover, and (ii) configurable to rest upon a substantially horizontal environmental surface with said novelty item being at an angled orientation with respect to the substantially horizontal environmental surface; and

(b) a flashlight for projecting onto an environmental structure a shadow image of said novelty item.

2. The shadow activity kit of claim 1, further comprising a writing instrument for disposing upon said another section of said novelty item indicia for inclusion in the shadow image.

3. The shadow activity kit of claim 2, wherein said base includes a first flap extending from said cover for resting upon the substantially horizontal environmental surface, and a second flap extending from said first flap, and wherein said second flap is releasably fastenable to at least one of said page and another page of said plurality of pages.

4. A shadow activity book, comprising:

a bound arrangement including a cover and a plurality of pages, said bound arrangement defining an outer perimeter;

a novelty item (i) secured to a page of said plurality of pages, and (ii) movable from a first position, in which said novelty item is positioned substantially within said outer perimeter, and a second position, in which said novelty item extends beyond said outer perimeter; and

a base (i) integrally formed with said cover, and (ii) configurable to rest upon a substantially horizontal environmental surface with said novelty item being at an angled orientation with respect to the substantially horizontal environmental surface.

5. The shadow activity book of claim 4, wherein said bound arrangement includes another cover, said cover being a rear cover and said another cover being a front cover.

6. The shadow activity book of claim 5, wherein said base includes a first flap extending from said rear cover for resting upon the substantially horizontal environmental surface, and a second flap extending from said first flap, wherein said second flap is releasably fastenable to at least one of said page and another page of said plurality of pages.

7. A shadow activity book, comprising:

a bound arrangement including a cover and a plurality of pages, said bound arrangement defining an outer perimeter; and

a novelty item (i) secured to a page of said plurality of pages, and (ii) movable from a first position, in which said novelty item is positioned substantially within said outer perimeter, and a second position, in which said novelty item extends beyond said outer perimeter, said novelty item including an opaque section and another section, and said another section comprising at least one of a transparent section and a translucent section.

8. The shadow activity book of claim 7, wherein said novelty item includes an extension integrally formed with said page, said novelty item being foldable between said first and second positions.

9. The shadow activity book of claim 8, including a base (i) integrally formed with said cover, and (ii) configurable to rest upon a substantially horizontal environmental surface with said novelty item being at an angled orientation with respect to the substantially horizontal environmental surface.

10. The shadow activity book of claim 8, wherein said novelty item includes a section movable with respect to said extension.

11. The shadow activity book of claim 10, wherein a continuous design is disposed on and distributed across said page, said extension, and said movable section.

12. The shadow activity book of claim 7, wherein said another section comprises at least one gel.

13. The shadow activity book of claim 12, including a rotatable wheel assembly having said gel.

14. The shadow activity book of claim 13, wherein a plurality of designs are disposed on said gel.

15. The shadow activity book of claim 12, including a first wheel assembly having gels of a plurality of colors and a second wheel assembly having gels of a plurality of colors, said at least one gel having a design disposed therein, and said first wheel assembly and said second wheel assembly being rotatable to align a gel of said first wheel assembly and a gel of said second wheel assembly in a viewing position with said design.

16. A shadow activity kit comprising:

(a) a shadow activity book, comprising;

a bound arrangement including a cover and a plurality of pages, said bound arrangement defining an outer perimeter;

a novelty item (i) secured to a page of said plurality of pages, and (ii) movable from a first position, in which said novelty item is positioned substantially within said outer perimeter, and a second position, in which said novelty item extends beyond said outer perimeter; and

(b) a flashlight for projecting onto an environmental structure a shadow image of said novelty item.

17. The shadow activity kit of claim 16, wherein said novelty item includes an extension integrally formed with said page, said novelty item being foldable between said first and second positions.

18. The shadow activity kit of claim 17, wherein a continuous design is disposed on and distributed across said page and said novelty item.

19. The shadow activity kit of claim 16, wherein said novelty item includes at least one rotatable wheel assembly,

20. The shadow activity kit of claim 19, wherein said rotatable wheel assembly has a plurality of designs disposed thereon for selective inclusion in a shadow image by a user.

21. The shadow activity kit of claim 16, wherein said novelty item includes a gel having a design disposed thereon, a first wheel assembly having gels of a plurality of colors, and a second wheel assembly having gels of a plurality of colors, said first wheel assembly and said second wheel assembly being movable to align a gel of said first wheel assembly and a gel of said second wheel assembly in a viewing position with said design.

22. A method of creating a shadow image, comprising:

providing a shadow activity book having a bound arrangement that includes a cover and a plurality of pages and that defines an outer perimeter;

moving a novelty item secured to a page of the plurality of pages from a first position, in which the novelty item is positioned substantially within the outer perimeter, to a second position, in which the novelty item extends beyond the outer perimeter, and

shining a flashlight at the novelty item to project a shadow image of the novelty item onto an environmental structure.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of moving comprises moving from the first position to the second position an extension formed integrally with another section, the another section being at least one of a transparent section and a translucent section.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the step of shining comprises shining the flashlight at a design disposed on the another section to project the shadow image with the design onto the environmental structure.

25. The method of claim 24, comprising using a writing instrument to dispose the design on said another section.