Exercise or toy foam sword and method of making same
AssigneeBuzz Bee Toys, Inc.
InventorIo Lon Tong
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Abstract
A foam sword having a sword blade made from a flexible, soft foam material having a blade-shaped, generally constant cross-section with a major dimension and a minor dimension is provided, having blade edges defined in a direction of the major dimension. The blade has first and second ends, and a longitudinally extending opening extends therethrough from the first end to the second end. The blade includes a reinforcing rod that extends partially therethrough from the first end to provide some rigidity and to which the sword handle is connected, and a plug closes the opening in the second end of the foam sword blade to present a sword-like appearance.
Claims6
A foam sword comprising:
- a sword blade formed from an extruded foam material having a blade-shaped, generally constant cross-section with a major dimension and a minor dimension, with blade edges being defined in a direction of the major dimension, the blade having first and second ends, and a longitudinally extending opening extends therethrough from the first end to the second end;
- a reinforcing rod located in the opening and extending for at least a portion of a length of the blade, and having a handle connection portion extending out from the first end of the blade;
- a plug located in the longitudinally extending opening at the second end of the sword blade;
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- a handle having an opening defined at least partially therethrough located on the handle connection portion of the reinforcing rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.