Magic pictures

• US 4,212,393 A
• Filed: 12/29/1978
• Issued: 07/15/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Leon G. Lenkoff
• Original Assignee: Leon G. Lenkoff
• Inventors: Lenkoff, Leon G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ross, Herbert F.
• Application Number:
  US05/974,520
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 35/9 G, 35/26, 35/36, 206/575, 401/198-199, 281/1 R
• US Class Current: 206/575
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08
• CPC Class Codes: B44D 3/04 Paint boxes

Abstract

The present invention relates to a "magic" coloring package combination consisting of magic pictures and a felt tip marker pen filled with water or containing a water solution therein. These magic or invisible coloring pictures consist of printed papers which have various figures outlined in a dark color, e.g. black, wherein the space within the figure is printed with a uniform water insoluble ink including therein one or more latent water soluble coloring materials which may be printed in a pattern of dots. When the insoluble imprints of ink are contacted by the felt tip, the water in the pen is deposited on the paper and releases the latent coloring material, thereby spreading it on the adjacent locality of the paper. This magic coloring combination is designed to be used by a small child on a trip, e.g. airplane ride or a car, where water is either unavailable and/or would be too messy to utilize. The present invention also relates to a felt tip pen filled with or containing a water solution and designed to activate the latent coloring materials on a so-called "magic" picture.

Claims

1. A coloring package combination comprising:

invisible coloring pictures which are each outlined in a water-insoluble ink defining various areas therein, said areas having printed therein a mixture of a water-insoluble ink of a uniform color and a variety of water-soluble coloring materials of different colors located at certain predetermined portions of the picture, said water-soluble coloring materials being thoroughly mixed with the water-insoluble ink to such an extent that the water-soluble colors are hidden from sight within the water-insoluble uniformly colored ink;

a single felt tip marking pen comprising a tubular hollow holder enclosed at one end and comprising a felt tip located at the other end, said tubular holder containing therein a liquid selected from the group consisting of water and a solution of water with a water evaporation inhibitor within the hollow portion and in contact with the felt tip, said felt tip pen being used to activate the water-soluble colors by rubbing the felt tip of the pen across the various areas in the picture thereby depositing the water located within the tubular saturated pen holder through the felt tip to the picture surface so as to release the colors from the water-soluble ink said water being metered out of the pen in such small amounts as to enable one to color accurately without splashing water onto the picture and forming pools of smeared water colors thereupon; and

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a wrapper to house the pictures and felt tip marker into a single package.

2. The coloring package combination of claim 1, wherein the pictures are composed of a series of loose sheets of paper containing various prints thereon.

3. The coloring package combination of claim 1, wherein the pictures are composed of different designs bound together in the form of a coloring book.

4. The coloring package combination of claim 1, wherein the various areas within the pictures are printed with a pattern of dots of a uniform color made up of the water-insoluble ink and the water-soluble coloring material.

5. The coloring package combination of claim 4, wherein the dots are black.

6. The coloring package combination of claim 1, wherein the water-soluble coloring material is an aniline dye.

7. The coloring package combination of claim 1, wherein the water solution located within the felt tip pen holder contains a water evaporation inhibitor therein.

8. The coloring package combination of claim 1, wherein the felt tip pen also contains a cover to fit over the felt tip.

9. The coloring package combination of claim 1 wherein said tubular holder contains water therein.

10. The coloring package combination of claim 1 wherein the tubular hollow holder contains a rigid tubular plastic cartridge therein containing an absorbent material saturated with a liquid selected from the group consisting of water and a solution of water and a water evaporation inhibitor, said cartridge being held snugly between the enclosed end of the tubular holder and the end of the felt tip which protrudes into the tubular holder so that the felt tip is always in contact with the saturated absorbent.

11. The coloring package of claim 1 wherein the absorbent is selected from the group consisting of cotton or gauze.