Illuminating and sound producing string activated rotatable toy

• US 6,083,076 A
• Filed: 12/22/1997
• Issued: 07/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Emmanuel Saint-Victor
• Original Assignee: Emmanuel Saint-Victor
• Inventors: Saint-Victor, Emmanuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Bena B.
• Application Number:
  US08/996,301
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 446/242, 446/438, 446/254, 446/251, 446/253, 446/247, 446/249, 446/252, 446/256, 446/258, 446/259, 446/260, 446/265, 446/266, 446/236
• US Class Current: 446/242
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/06 with integral winding devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/24 with illuminating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/30 Climbing tops, e.g. Yo-Yo

Abstract

An illuminating and sound generating string rotatable toy comprising a sponge disk affixed near one end of a shaft penetrating a sphere. This disk may be rotated by pulling a string that extends perpendicularly from the shaft through a hole in the diameter of the sphere. The free end of that string is furnished with a ring through which a finger of the user of the toy may be inserted. The toy also include a variable illuminating and sound generating device inside the sphere. Upon rotation this illuminates and releases sound. Colorful designs upon the disk create a profusion of color or optical illusion during rotation.

Claims

1. A string activated rotatable device, comprising:

a. a shaft;

b. a casing carried by said shaft, said casing having a plurality of apertures and a bore formed thereon said casing;

c. a disk carried by said shaft;

d. a string having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end of said string extending through said bore of said casing and attached to said shaft;

e. a means for producing an illumination carried by said shaft within said casing, wherein said illumination producing means is activated by rotation of said device; and

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f. a means for producing a sound carried by said shaft within said casing, wherein said sound producing means is activated by rotation of said device,

wherein when said shaft is rotated in one direction, said string winds around said shaft, said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures, and said illumination producing means generates an illumination which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures, and wherein when said shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, said string unwinds from said shaft, said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures, and said illumination producing means generates an illumination which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said disk is made of sponge material.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising a holding means carried by said distal end of said string.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein said holding means is a ring.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said disk is phosphorescent.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said disk has a plurality of colors for enhancing and reflecting the light emitting from said casing.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said sound producing means is a printed circuit board means.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said illumination producing means is a printed circuit board means.

9. A string activated rotatable device, comprising:

a. a shaft;

b. a casing carried by said shaft, said casing having a bore;

c. a disk carried by said shaft;

d. a string having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end of said string extending through said bore of said casing and attached to said shaft,

wherein when said shaft is rotated in one direction, said string winds around said shaft, and wherein when said shaft is rotated in the opposite direction, said string unwinds from said shaft

e. said casing further comprises a plurality of apertures formed thereon said casing;

d. a means for producing an illumination, said illumination producing means carried by said shaft within said casing, said illumination producing means activated by rotation of said device, wherein said illumination producing means generates an illumination emitting from said casing through said plurality of apertures when said shaft is rotated.

10. The device of claim 9, further comprising a means for producing a sound, said sound producing means carried by said shaft within said casing, said sound producing means activated by rotation of said device, wherein said sound producing means generates a sound emitting from said casing through said plurality of apertures when said shaft is rotated.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein said sound producing means is a printed circuit board means.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein said illumination producing means and said sound producing means is a printed circuit board means.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein said disk is made of sponge material.

14. The device of claim 9, further comprising a holding means carried by said distal end of said string.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said holding means is a ring.

16. The device of claim 9, wherein said disk is phosphorescent.

17. The device of claim 9, wherein said illumination producing means is a printed circuit board means.