Inflatable recreational inner tube toy

• US 5,476,404 A
• Filed: 10/18/1994
• Issued: 12/19/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John B. Price
• Original Assignee: John B. Price
• Inventors: Price, John B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUIR, DAVID N
• Application Number:
  US08/324,795
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 446/29, 446/71, 446/72, 446/73, 446/153, 446/220, 446/221, 446/222, 446/223, 446/225, 446/226, 441/66, 441/67, 441/126, 441/129, 441/130, 441/131, 441/132, 472/128, 472/129, 472/134, 5/644
• US Class Current: 441/131
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 15/006 Floating seats floatable vessel furniture for life-saving B63C9/30
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 34/52 Inflatable or partly inflatable

Abstract

An inflatable recreational inner tube toy comprising a seat further including a toroid-shaped inflatable primary tube having a bottom surface, a top surface, an inner periphery defining a hollow interior, an outer periphery, a plurality of straps extended across the interior and coupled to the inner periphery, a generally-inflatable leg rest integrally coupled to and extended outwards from the outer periphery of the primary tube, and a valve for allowing the seat to be inflated and deflated; and a back rest formed of a toroid-shaped inflatable secondary tube sized smaller than the primary tube with the back rest coupled to the inner periphery of the primary tube and extended upwards therefrom and with the back rest further including a valve coupled thereto for allowing it to be inflated and deflated.

Claims

1. An inflatable recreational inner tube toy for use in recreational activities comprising, in combination:

a seat further comprising a toroid-shaped inflatable rubber primary tube having an outer diameter, a bottom surface, a top surface, an inner periphery defining a hollow interior, an outer periphery, a pair of diametrically opposed sunken handles integrally coupled to the top surface, a cup holder formed as a recess integrally coupled to the top surface, a plurality of nylon straps extended across the interior in a matrix-type configuration and coupled to the inner periphery at a location near the bottom surface to create a generally cup-shaped recess for holding a user, a generally duckbill-shaped inflatable rubber leg rest integrally coupled to and extended outwards from the outer periphery of the primary tube with the leg rest including an eye hook disposed thereon for allowing attachment of an external pull rope and with the eye hook formed of a rod positioned across a generally circular recess, and a valve coupled to the primary tube for allowing the seat to be inflated and deflated; and

a back rest formed of a toroid-shaped inflatable rubber secondary tube having an outer diameter and with the ratio of the outer diameter of the back rest to the outer diameter of the seat being about 3;

8 and with the back rest coupled to the inner periphery of the primary tube and extended angularly upwards therefrom, the back rest further having a valve coupled thereto for allowing it to be inflated and deflated.