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US 10,238,984 B2Granted
Water toy
AssigneeSwimways Corporation
InventorRaymond A. Liberatore
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Abstract
A water toy comprising a foam tube having a first end, a second end and a body therebetween, an optional seat positioned on the body, a first feature attached to the first end, and a second feature attached to the second end, the first and second features being aesthetic and/or functional and/or a combination of the same.
Claims23
A water toy comprising:
- a foam tube having a body with a first end and a second end, the first end of the foam tube defining a cavity;
- a connector having a first end and a second end;
- at least one of a first aesthetic feature or a first functional feature attached to the first end of the body with the connector, the first end of the connector received within the cavity of the body,
- the connector having an outer surface and defining a plurality of elongate grooves that are concave relative to the outer surface of the connector;
- an adhesive disposed between at least a portion of the connector and an interior wall of the body within the cavity of the body,
- at least one elongate groove from the plurality of elongate grooves receiving at least a portion of the adhesive;
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- a seat separate from the body and couplable to the body, the seat including a first portion hingedly couplable to a second portion, the first portion and the second portion configured to encircle a portion of the body along a length of the body between the first end and the second end of the body and to be coupled together to couple the body between the first portion and the second portion of the seat.
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A water toy comprising:
- a foam tube having a body with a first end and a second end, the first end of the body defining a cavity;
- a connector having a first end and a second end;
- at least one of an aesthetic feature or a functional feature attached to the first end of the body with the connector, the first end of the connector received within the cavity of the body;
- an adhesive disposed between at least a portion of the connector and an interior wall of the body within the cavity,
- the connector having a length defined between the first end and the second end of the connector and a width, and defining a plurality of elongate grooves, each elongate groove from the plurality of elongate grooves having a length and a width, the length of each elongate groove extending along the length of the connector between the first end and the second end of the connector, the width of each elongate groove extending less than the width of the connector, at least one elongate groove from the plurality of elongate grooves receiving at least a portion of the adhesive;
- a seat separate from the body and couplable to the body, the seat having a seating portion on which a user can be seated, the seating portion defining a first opening and a second opening each extending through a width of the seat;
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- a strap having a first portion configured to be received through the first opening and a second portion configured to be received through the second opening, the strap extending below a bottom surface of the seating portion, the body configured to be received between the seating portion and the strap to couple the seat to the body.
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A water toy comprising:
- a foam tube having a body with a first end and a second end, the first end of the foam tube defining a first cavity;
- a connector having a first end and a second end;
- at least one of an aesthetic feature or a functional feature attached to the first end of the body with the connector, the first end of the connector received within the first cavity defined by the body;
- the at least one of an aesthetic feature or a functional feature defining a second cavity, the second end of the connector being received within the second cavity;
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- a seat separate from the body and couplable to the body, the seat including a first portion hingedly couplable to a second portion, the first portion and the second portion configured to encircle a portion of the body along a length of the body between the first end and the second end of the body and to be coupled together to couple the body between the first portion and the second portion of the seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.