Filled, deformable bladder amusement device with infinitely changeable pliability and tactility characteristics

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler blend in the form of plural, independent particles and an at least partially compressible surrounding medium including (a) a liquid lubricant thinly coating said particles, and (b) plural, permanently widely spatially distributed, lubricant-enveloped gas spaces, disposing in a sealed condition within said enclosure and occupying, collectively, the totality of the volume of the enclosure.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure,
• a composite filler mixture in the form of a plural, independent particles thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed within said enclosure, said filler mixture substantially but less than completely filling said enclosure in the sense that substantially permanently present, compressible gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure--said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of dispersed, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles, and
• bidirectional valve structure joined to said bladder-like structure and operable to permit the selective introduction and withdrawal of fluid to and from said enclosure, thus to allow the user to change the overall volume of gas within the bladder-like structure, and in doing so to vary the pressure of such gas infinitely within a range preferably that brackets from somewhat above to somewhat below atmosphere pressure, thereby to change its tactility and moldability characteristics.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• bladder-like structure means for providing a fluid-impervious enclosure, and
• composite filler means in the form of solid, independent particles thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure,
• said filler means being provided for the purpose of substantially but less than completely filling said enclosure in the sense that substantially permanently present, gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure means, said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of dispersed separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent, flexible and resilient elongate strands of material thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure,
• said filler mixture substantially but less than completely filling said enclosure in the sense that gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure in regions between adjacent strands and between strands and the bladder-like structure.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent, flexible elongate strands of material thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure,
• said filler mixture substantially but less than completely filling said enclosure in the sense that gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure in regions between adjacent strands and between strands and the bladder-like structure.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent particles thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure in the sense that substantially permanently present, compressible gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure, with said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of dispersed, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles--all under the circumstance that pressure within the enclosure is less than atmospheric pressure.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent particles thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure in the sense that substantially permanently present, compressible gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure, with said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of dispersed, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles--all under the circumstance that pressure within the enclosure is greater than atmospheric pressure.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent particles which have a major dimension no less than about 1-mm thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure, in the sense that substantially permanently present, compressible gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure--said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of spaced, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by a bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent particles which have a major dimension no less than about 1-mm thinly coated a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure,
• said filler mixture substantially but less than completely filling said enclosure in the sense that gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure--said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of spaced, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles.

An engageable, manipulable, infinitely configurable deformation structure comprising

• a fluid-impervious enclosure defined by bladder-like structure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of solid, independent particles thinly coated with a liquid lubricant disposed in a sealed condition within said enclosure, in the sense that substantially permanently present, compressible gas-occupying spaces are distributed throughout the enclosed between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure--said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of dispersed, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles, said particles being sized in such a fashion that the presence of two adjacent particles in contact with the inside wall of said enclosure is detectable by normal one-finger human touch.

A hand-manipulable, infinitely deformable ball-like amusement object comprising

• a fluid-impervious elastomeric bladder-like structure formed of latex rubber or the like and defining an enclosure, and
• a composite filler mixture in the form of substantially spherical, uniform-size particles made of polyvinylchloride with a hardness lying within the range of about 35-Shore A to about 90-Shore A, each having a diameter no less than about 1-mm, thinly coated with a liquid lubricant selected from the group consisting of corn syrup, glycerine, and a blend of corn syrup and glycerine,
• said filler mixture substantially but less than completely filling said enclosure in the sense that substantially permanently present, compressible gas-occupying spaces, which have a pressure lying within a range which extends from somewhat below to somewhat above atmospheric pressure, are distributed throughout the enclosure between adjacent particles, and between particles and the bladder-like structure--said filler mixture thus being further characterizable by the substantially continual presence (throughout) of dispersed, separated gas spaces which are each substantially completely surroundingly bounded by liquid lubricant which thinly coats plural, adjacent, associated, distributed particles.