# US 5,702,284 A · Party wheel

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- Number: US 5,702,284 A
- Document ID: US5702284A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/617,644
- Filed: 1996-03-19
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1996-03-19
- Inventors: Carlos R. Gallegos
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702284A

## CPC

- A63H 37/00: Jokes; Confetti, streamers, or other dance favours {; Cracker bonbons or the like}
- A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS

## Abstract

A party wheel including a housing that has a streamer receptacle and a lid. The streamer receptacle has a bottom member and a top edge, with a peripheral wall therebetween. Included are a plurality of rectangular slots. The slots are proportionately spaced along the peripheral wall. Also, a plurality of spindles are interconnected to an interior surface of the bottom member of the streamer receptacle. Each spindle is spaced from a corresponding slot of the peripheral wall of the streamer receptacle, and receives a streamer roller. Each streamer roll may be spun about the spindle, when one end of the streamer roll is pulled through and away from the corresponding slot. The lid is capable of enclosing the plurality of streamer rolls within the housing. The one end of each streamer roll is extended through the slot. Lastly, a swivel hanger is coupled to an upper portion of the lid to allow the housing, with the rolls therein, to suspend from a ceiling.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A new and improved party wheel for holding and dispensing decorative streamers comprising in combination:
a generally cylindrical housing having a streamer receptacle and a lid, the streamer receptacle having a bottom member and a top edge with a peripheral wall therebetween, the peripheral wall being interconnected to the bottom member, the peripheral wall being rigid and having a threaded top portion adjacent the top edge;
a plurality of rectangular slots being proportionally spaced along the peripheral wall, each slot being in a vertical orientation with respect to the bottom member and top edge of the streamer receptacle, each slot extending vertically between the bottom member and the threaded top portion of the streamer receptacle;
a plurality of spindles being interconnected to an interior surface of the bottom member of the streamer receptacle, each spindle being generally cylindrical and having a height greater than a length of each slot of the peripheral wall, each spindle being spaced from a corresponding slot of the peripheral wall of the streamer receptacle, each spindle being capable of receiving a streamer roll rotatably positioned thereon, one end of each streamer roll being threadable through the slot corresponding to the spindle supporting the streamer roll, each streamer roll capable of being spun about the spindle when the one end of the streamer roll being pulled through and away from the corresponding slot;
the lid having an upper portion with a threaded projecting flange therearound, the flange of the lid being capable of engaging the threaded portion of the peripheral wall of the streamer receptacle, the lid being capable of enclosing the plurality of spindles and the streamer of each within the housing; and
a swivel hanger being coupled to the upper portion of the lid with a coupler, the coupler being positioned through an axial bore of the lid, the swivel hanger having an eyelet being capable of allowing the housing with the rolls therein to suspend from a ceiling, the swivel hanger being capable of allowing the housing to rotate 360 degrees thereabout for release of streamers from the streamer rolls contained therein, each streamer of the streamer rolls capable of being located across the room where the housing being suspended therein.

### Claim 2

A party wheel comprising:
a housing having a streamer receptacle and a lid, the streamer receptacle having a bottom member and a top edge with a peripheral wall therebetween;
a plurality of rectangular slots being proportionally spaced along the peripheral wall, the peripheral wall being rigid and having a threaded top portion adjacent the top edge;
a plurality of spindles being interconnected to an interior surface of the bottom member of the streamer receptacle, each spindle being spaced from a corresponding slot of the peripheral wall of the streamer receptacle and being in receipt of a streamer roll, each streamer roll capable of being spun about the spindle when one end of the streamer roll being pulled through and away from the corresponding slot;
the lid being capable of enclosing the plurality of spindles and the streamer roll of each within the housing and the one end of each streamer roll being extended through the slot, the lid having a projecting flange therearound and projecting from an upper portion thereof, and the flange of the lid being capable of engaging the top edge of the peripheral wall of the streamer receptacle for securing the lid and receptacle; and
a swivel hanger being coupled to an upper portion of the lid for allowing the housing with the rolls therein to suspend from a ceiling.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The party wheel as set forth in claim 2 wherein each slot extending vertically between the bottom member and the threaded top portion of the streamer receptacle.