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Amusement apparatus operative as a dynamo battery charger

  • US 7,679,320 B2
  • Filed: 10/19/2005
  • Issued: 03/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An amusement battery charger comprising:

  • a simulative housing having a simulative feature that provides amusement during grip manipulation;

    a battery receptacle within said housing adapted to removably receive a battery having a battery dimension;

    a manual grip on said housing generating kinetic energy;

    a dynamo within said housing and in mechanical communication with said grip and generating electrical energy from the kinetic energy, said dynamo operative to produce an electrical output;

    an electronic circuit in electrical communication with said dynamo and said battery receptacle, said electronic circuit generating a conditioned electrical output from the electrical output and transmitting the conditioned electrical output to said battery receptacle; and

    a power takeoff for transferring a portion of the kinetic energy or the electrical energy to the simulative feature adapted to provide user amusement during grip manipulation wherein said simulative feature is a tachometer on said housing and in electrical communication with said electronic circuit, said tachometer operative to produce a revolutions per minute value in response to receiving said conditioned electrical output from said electronic circuit that is indicative of revolutions per minute of said dynamo during kinetic energy input.

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