Novelty item and associated entertainment method
OwnerMark Pearlman, Gill Zalayet +1inventors
InventorsMark Pearlman, Gill Zalayet, Erik Legernes
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Abstract
An entertainment device which may be used as a promotional vehicle for the sale of beverage products includes a bottle having a sidewall and a vertical axis and a support member rotatably coupled to the bottle for enabling a rotation of the bottle about the axis. A series of closely related fixed images is disposed in a circular array on the sidewall for presenting a user with an apparently moving image during a rotation of the bottle about the axis.
Claims28
An entertainment device comprising:
- a bottle having a sidewall and a vertical axis;
- a support member rotatably coupled to said bottle for enabling a rotation of said bottle about said axis;
- and
- a series of closely related fixed images disposed in a circular array on said sidewall for presenting a user with an apparently moving image during a rotation of said bottle about said axis.
An entertainment accessory comprising a bracket with a generally C-shaped slot or opening for rotatably receiving a neck of a bottle, said bracket being provided along an upper side with means disposable in a low-friction engagement with an undersurface of a flange on the bottle neck for supporting the bottle to enable a rotating or spinning thereof by a user holding said bottle via said bracket, said bracket having a sufficient size to enable the user to grasp said bracket by hand.
A bottle assembly comprising:
- a bottle body;
- a bottle neck integral with said body;
- a cap removably attached to said neck on a side thereof opposite said body;
- and
- a split ring collar encircling said neck and removably connected to said bottle body.
An entertainment method comprising:
- providing a bottle having a series of closely related fixed images disposed in a circular array on a sidewall of said bottle;
- spinning said bottle about a longitudinal axis;
- and
- during the spinning of said bottle, looking at a substantially fixed location in space along said sidewall to perceive an apparently moving image.
A bottle assembly comprising:
- a bottle body;
- a bottle neck integral with said body;
- a cap removably attached to said neck on a side thereof opposite said body;
- and
- an entertainment accessory connected to said bottle body for cofunctioning with said bottle body to produce an entertaining effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.