Life size halloween novelty item

• US 7,878,878 B2
• Filed: 07/07/2008
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Darren S. Massaro
• Original Assignee: Darren S. Massaro
• Inventors: Massaro, Darren S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Niconovich; Alexander R
• Application Number:
  US12/168,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20100003888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 446/130, 446/175, 446/166, 446/167, 446/295, 446/296, 446/297, 446/304, 446/369, 446/397, 446/399, 446/472, 446/489, 369/30.02, D27/41, 434/1, 434/86, 434/256
• US Class Current: 446/296
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/02 imitating natural actions, e.g. catching a mouse by a cat, the kicking of an animal
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/24 Drinking dolls; Dolls producing tears; Wetting dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds

Abstract

A Halloween novelty item used for entertainment consisting of a removable reservoir of fluid and a timed electromagnetic valve inside a head that is activated by a motion sensor whereby allowing fluid to expel intermittently out of orifices attached to a tongue when the Halloween novelty item is approached. The expelled fluid is caught by a bucket attached to a slide bracket which is attached to a body panel whereby allowing the bucket to be removable. An assembly attached to a bucket handle consisting of a pair of hooks attached to a pair of hands connected to a pair of flexible arms allows the assembly to detach from the bucket'"'"'s handle. A stabilization board keeps the novelty item stable. Motion sensors facing different directions are attached to a voice recorder and a speaker allowing messages to play. A hinge and latches attached to the body allows the invention to condense.

Claims

1. A Halloween novelty item used for entertainment appearing to throw up into a bucket that it is holding;

comprising

a reservoir of fluid inside a head cavity,

a tube,

an electromagnetic valve coupled to the reservoir of fluid and the tube,

a bucket having a bucket handle,

a motion sensor coupled to the electromagnetic valve

a power supply; and

a body panel assembly comprising;

a pair of arms made out of a chain link with pipe insulation,

a pair of gloves with hooks attached to the arms; and

a detachable slide bracket coupling the body panel assembly to the bucket such that the bucket can be removed from the body panel assembly;

such that when someone approaches the front of the Halloween novelty item, the motion sensor communicates with the electromagnetic valve allowing it open, permitting a flow of fluid from the reservoir of fluid through the tube into the bucket via gravity.

2. The Halloween novelty item in claim 1, further comprising a timer connected to the electromagnetic valve and the motion sensor such to permit an intermittent flow of fluid through the tube into the bucket.

3. The Halloween novelty item in claim 1, further comprising a two way splitter located on a tongue connected to the tube permitting the flow of fluid into the bucket from two orifices.

4. The Halloween novelty item in claim 1, in which the reservoir of fluid comprises a refillable fluid jug with a cap.

5. The Halloween novelty item in claim 4, further comprising a removable neck fabric utilizing magnets for allowing access to the tube, the reservoir of fluid and the electromagnetic valve, permitting removal of the fluid jug from the Halloween novelty item.

6. The Halloween novelty item in claim 4, further comprising a pair of rails on which the fluid jug rests, and a rubber belt attached to the fluid jug and the inside of the head cavity permitting the reservoir of fluid to be removed to dispose of any unused fluid and be held in place when removing or replacing the cap.

7. The Halloween novelty item in claim 1, further comprising a hinge assembly and latches attached to the body panel assembly permitting the Halloween novelty item to fold in half.

8. The Halloween novelty item in claim 1, further comprising a stabilization board which is positioned at the bottom of the Halloween novelty item to cope with any shifting in weight from the head cavity of the Halloween novelty item to the bucket of the Halloween novelty item.

9. The Halloween novelty item of claim 1, further comprising:

a voice recorder storing a plurality of messages,

a speaker coupled to the voice recorder, and

three motion sensors coupled to the voice recorder which face different directions,

the voice recorder being controlled by the motion sensors such that when a motion sensor senses that the Halloween novelty item has been approached, a message associated with the sensor is selected from the plurality of messages stored in the voice recorder and played, such that a different message from the plurality of messages is played for each of the three motion sensors.

10. The Halloween novelty item in claim 9, in which the plurality of messages are organized into at least two sets of three messages, and the Halloween novelty item further comprises a message switch coupled to the voice recorder, such that operating the message switch selects between two sets of three different messages from the plurality of messages stored in the voice recorder to play when the Halloween novelty item is approached.