JACK-IN-THE-BOX SOUNDER

• US 3,691,675 A
• Filed: 03/01/1971
• Issued: 09/19/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James A. Rodgers
• Original Assignee: James A. Rodgers
• Inventors: Rodgers, James A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cutting, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US05/119,653
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: 46/118,145,146,175
• US Class Current: 446/188
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/16 Boxes from which figures jump

Abstract

A jack-in-the-box is equipped with a bellows extending between the pop-up figure and the box so that the bellows is compressed when the figure is pushed into the box and expanded when the figure pops up. An air-operated sounder is arranged in a passageway from inside the bellows to outside the bellows for making a sound when air moves through the passageway. The passageway includes an expandible sleeve arranged for moving a feature of the pop-up figure, and a lever at the bottom of the bellows can be manually operated for compressing the bellows to operate the sounder.

Claims

1. In a jack-in-the-box having a spring-biased figure arranged to pop up from a box, the improvement comprising:

a. a bellows extending between said figure and said box;

b. said bellows being compressed when said figure is pushed into said box and expanded when said figure pops out of said box;

c. an air passageway from inside said bellows to outside said bellows;

d. said air passageway including an expandible sleeve expanded by air exhausted from said bellows; and

e. an air-operated sounder arranged in said passageway for making a sound when air moves through said passageway.

2. The jack-in-the-box of claim 1 wherein one end of said sleeve is connected to an opening in said bellows, and said sounder is arranged in the other end of said sleeve.

3. The jack-in-the-box of claim 1 wherein said figure has a visibly movable feature, and including means responsive to said sleeve expansion for moving said feature.

4. The jack-in-the-box of claim 1 wherein said spring is a coil spring, and said bellows is arranged inside said spring.

5. The jack-in-the-box of claim 1 including manually operable means arranged for compressing said bellows to operate said sounder.

6. The jack-in-the-box of claim 5 wherein said air passageway includes an expandible sleeve expanded by air exhausted from said bellows, one end of said sleeve is connected to an opening in said bellows, and said sounder is arranged in the other end of said sleeve.

7. The jack-in-the-box of claim 6 wherein said figure has a visibly movable feature, and including means responsive to said sleeve expansion for moving said feature.

8. The jack-in-the-box of claim 7 wherein said spring is a coil spring, and said bellows is arranged inside said spring.