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US 6,206,747 B1Granted
Wind indicator toy
AssigneeGo Fly A Kite
InventorMark Leslie Skwarek
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Abstract
The invention discloses a colorful wind indicator toy, suitable for use by children, which will both educate and entertain them. The wind indicator toy comprises a tail section for catching the wind, a front section for indicating the direction of the wind, a tail mounting section for mounting the tail section, a joinder for joining the tail mounting section with the front section, and a pole upon which the assembly rotates.
Claims13
A wind indicator toy, comprising:
- a ground stake;
- and
- a top structure, said top structure comprising:
- a pivot doll positioned on top of the ground stake, wherein the pivot doll can rotate atop the ground stake;
- a front section, comprising a directional indicator, said directional indicator comprising a flat piece of material and a frame upon which the flat piece of material is tightly stretched;
- a back section, said back section serving to capture the wind and rotate the entire top structure, said back section comprising at least one vane which serves to capture a wind which in turn rotates the entire top structure, said vane comprising a flat piece of material and a frame upon which the flat piece of material is tightly stretched:
- a rigid piece, perpendicularly attached to said pivot doll;
- a hollow rod which slides over the rigid piece and rotates freely about the rigid piece;
- two disk type structures, one of said disk type structures being positioned at a proximal end of said hollow rod closest to said pivot doll, and the other of said disk type structures being positioned at a distal end of said hollow rod farthest away from said pivot doll, said disk type structures having a plurality of holes around the circumference of each said disk type structure;
- and at least two projections extending from said frame of said at least one vane, wherein one of said at least two projection fits into one of said plurality of holes of one of said disk type structures, and the other of said at least two projections fits into one of said plurality of holes of the other said disk type structures.
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A wind indicator toy, comprising:
- a ground stake;
- and
- a top structure, said top structure comprising:
- a pivot doll positioned on top of the ground stake, wherein the pivot doll can rotate atop the ground stake;
- afront section, comprising a directional indicator, said directional indicator comprising a flat piece of material and a frame upon which the flat piece of material is tightly stretched;
- a back section, said back section serving to capture the wind and rotate the entire top structure, said back section comprising at least one vane which serves to capture a wind which in turn rotates the entire top structure, said vane comprising a flat piece of material and a frame upon which the flat piece of material is tightly stretched;
- a rigid piece, perpendicularly attached to said pivot doll;
- a hollow rod which slides over the rigid piece and rotates freely about the rigid piece;
- two disk type structures, one of said disk type structures being positioned at a proximal end of said hollow rod closest to said pivot doll, and the other of said disk type structures being positioned at a distal end of said hollow rod farthest away from said pivot doll, said disk type structures having a plurality of large headed grooves cut into the circumference of each said disk type structure;
- and at least two projections having large headed fixtures extending from said frame of said at least one vane, wherein one projection of each said vane fits into the large headed groove of one of said disk type structures, and the other said projection of said at least two projections of each said vane fits into the large headed groove of the other said disk type structures.
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