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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1996
William M Barton, Jr, Encinitas, CA (US);
Rokenbok Toy Company, Cardiff, CA (US);
Abstract
A marble, preferably spherical, is provided for use with safety by children even when the marble becomes swallowed by a child and becomes lodged in the child's larynx. The marble includes a body having a pair of spaced end caps. First ribs may be disposed between the end caps and may extend between the end caps in a spaced and substantially parallel relationship to one another and to the end caps. Second ribs extend between the end caps in spaced and substantially parallel relationship to one another. The pair of the second ribs at the outermost extremities of the second ribs are continuous with the first ribs. There are first slots between the first ribs and between the first ribs and the end caps. There are second slots between the second ribs. The first and second slots define holes which extend entirely through the marble to provide for continued breathing by a child when the child swallows the marble and the marble becomes lodged in the larynx of the child. The first and second slots prevent blood or saliva from accumulating along the outer periphery of the marble to block the holes defined by the slots.