Football shaped throwing toy with other uses

• US 5,450,979 A
• Filed: 04/19/1993
• Issued: 09/19/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Instantis Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Steve Servick
• Inventors: Servick, Steve, Bantowsky, Armin
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollard, Steven M.
• Application Number:
  US08/049,841
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 220/739, 220/709, 220/903, 220/DIG. 13, 220/403, 206/217, D 7/606, D 7/607, D 3/44
• US Class Current: 220/739
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/365 Containers, or parts thereof, simulating or being incorporated into other items, e.g. puppet, animal, vehicle, building, dumb bells B65D81/363, B65D81/368 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3879 formed of foam material
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/805 Cans
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/809 Holders
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/08 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

A football shaped throwing toy with different embodiments which combine the uses of a throwing toy and a beverage insulating device, a football shaped throwing toy and a container, a football shaped throwing toy and a warming device, a football shaped throwing toy and a cooling device, and a football shaped throwing toy and a container where the container is for the purpose of altering the flight characteristics of the throwing toy.

Claims

1. A multi-functional and repeatedly reusable device comprising a combination game ball and insulated holder for a beverage container and for other articles, and useful for other purposes,

said device comprising a generally football-shaped body defining a non-rigid soft foam shell and formed with an internal, chamber-like cavity shaped to removably closely receive a standard beverage can,

said body including a generally conical end sector and means for separating said end sector from a remainder of said body for providing access into said cavity of said body,

means for reattachment of said end sector to reconstitute said body as a composite unitary structure,

said shell providing insulation means for insulating said cavity from an ambient environment, thereby to serve toward perpetuating a given temperature of a beverage container when housed in said cavity,

said device comprising, in combination, a throwable toy football, and an insulated chamber-like cavity for a standard beverage can located within said toy football.

2. A multi-functional and repeatedly reusable device comprising a combination game ball and insulated container for liquids and for other articles, and useful for other purposes,

said device comprising a generally football-shaped body formed defining a non-rigid soft foam shell and with an internal bladder,

said body including a generally conical end sector and means for separating said end sector from a remainder of said body for providing access into said container,

means for reattachment of said end sector to reconstitute said body as a composite unitary structure,

said shell providing insulation means and for insulating said bladder from an ambient environment, thereby to serve toward perpetuating a given temperature of a liquid when housed in said container,

said device comprising, in combination, a throwable toy football, and an insulated container for a beverage.