Inflatable nursery toy
AssigneeShelcore, Inc.
InventorManfred Strauss
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Abstract
An inflatable nursery toy typically consisting of a large generally barrel-shaped inflatable outer bag composed of soft, limp, flexible and non-resilient sheet material such as plastic, with donut-shaped cuffs at either end thereof. A smaller, separately inflatable cylindrical tube, usually composed of the same plastic material as the outer tube, is located within the barrel and is inclined lengthwise of the barrel relative to the axis of symmetry thereof. A plurality of balls are located within the cylindrical tube, and these balls travel lengthwise due to gravity, as a child rolls the barrel along the floor.
Claims15
An inflatable nursery toy comprising shaped inner and outer inflatable bags composed of soft, limp, flexible, non-resilent sheet material, said inner bag being within said outer bag, said inner bag being elongated and having two opposite ends, said inner bag extending from a first inner attachment at one end to a wall of said outer bag, to a second inner attachment at the opposite end to a wall of said outer bag, at least one discrete solid member, said member being disposed within said inner bag so that said member is displaceable by gravity along the length of said inner bag, said outer bag having an opening in a wall thereof to enable the outer bag of the toy to have air under mild pressure introduced into the interior thereof, means to selectively close said opening in the wall of the outer bag in order to selectively retain air in the outer bag and thereby keep the toy inflated, said inflated toy having a configuration and dimensions such that when the toy is on a level horizontal surface, the top thereof is at approximately the level of the height of a hand of a small child learning to walk, said inflated toy having a curved surface so that said inflated toy may be rolled by a small child over a level horizontal surface, said inner bag having an opening in a wall thereof at said first and/or second inner attachment to a wall of said outer bag, to enable the inner bag of the toy to have air under mild pressure introduced into the interior thereof so that said inner bag assumes an elongated shape, and means to selectively close said opening in the wall of the inner bag in order to selectively retain air in the inner bag and thereby permit motion of said discrete solid member along the axis of said elongated inner bag when the toy is manipulated by said rolling by a small child over a level horizontal surface.
An inflatable nursery toy comprising an outer tubular member composed of soft limp flexible non-resilient sheet material, said outer tubular member having opposite closed ends so that said outer tubular member defines an enclosed volume, an inner tubular member, said inner member being located within said outer member, means closing opposite ends of said inner member so that said inner member defines an enclosed volume, one end of said inner member being located at one end of said outer member and the other end of said inner member being located at the other end of said outer member, means securing the ends of the inner member to the ends of said outer member, said inner member being so oriented with respect to said outer member that when the axis of symmetry of said outer member is horizontal and the outer member is rolled along a horizontal surface, the ends of said inner member will successively be oppositely raised and lowered, at least one object within said inner member, said object sliding in opposite direction along the length of the inner member as the outer member is rolled along a horizontal surface, means to introduce air into the outer member so as to inflate the same, and means to introduce air into the inner member so as to inflate the same.
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