Floatable toys
AssigneeHestair Kiddicraft Limited
InventorNorman R. Emms
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Abstract
A floatable toy has a hollow body formed as the body of a frog or other figure. In the base of the body a series of apertures are formed through which water can enter the body. Corresponding apertures are formed in the head of the body for the escape of air. Floatation members in the form of eyeballs are trapped within the body. On immersing the body in water the water rises within the body and the floatation members rise and are retained in eye sockets in the head where they are visible while the body floats in a partially submerged condition.
Claims8
A floatable toy comprising a hollow body formed with spaced apertures to let water and air pass into and out of the body, and at least one movable floatation member located within said body, the arrangement being such that on immersing said hollow body in water the water rises within said body and said floatation member rises and is retained by the body to cause said body to float in a partially submerged condition with the said movable floatation member retained in the region of an upper portion of said hollow body, a hollow cavity being formed within said hollow body to define a socket in said upper portion of said hollow body which receives said floatation member in said partially submerged condition of said hollow body, said socket forming part of the body shape of the toy and being so constructed that said floatation member is visible when it is in said socket in said partially submerged condition of said hollow body.
The floatable toy of claim 11 wherein said hollow body is in the form of a figure provided with two of said sockets in the form of eye sockets which receive two of said floatation members in the form of eyeballs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.