Water toy
OwnerThomas V. Hughesinventor
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Abstract
A water toy is disclosed including an elongated body portion, a head portion attached to one end of the body portion, and a tail portion attached to the other end of the body portion. At least the tail portion, and preferably the body and head portions, is hollowed to create a sealable chamber which can be filled with and emptied of water through a fill hole. A user straddles the body portion, settles back against a contoured surface of the tail portion and "rides" the water toy along the surface of a swimming pool, lake, etc. The hollowed portions allow the weight and weight distribution of the water toy to be varied to modify the character of the ride and to accommodate riders of different sizes and weights.
Claims6
A water toy comprising
- an elongated, hollow, rigid body having a fixed internal volume, said body being constructed of a non-expansile thermoplastic material and having a head section provided with a first fill hole, a middle section provided with a second fill hole, and a tail section provided with a third fill hole, where said head section is configured to resemble the head of an animal,
- a first impermeable barrier attached within said body,
- a second impermeable barrier attached within said body and spaced from said first impermeable barrier, said first barrier and said second barrier dividing said fixed internal volume into three independent chambers including a head section chamber, a middle section chamber, and a tall section chamber,
- a first closure means associated with said first fill hole for selectively sealing and unsealing said head section chamber,
- a second closure means associated with said second fill hole for selectively sealing and unsealing said middle section chamber, and
- a third closure means associated with said third fill hole for selectively sealing and unsealing said tail section chamber,
- whereby each of said three chambers can be individually filled with and depleted of water through said fill holes so that when said water toy is disposed within a large body of water the nature of the ride may be modified.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.