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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Christina N. Gerwitz, Lakewood, OH (US);
Larry C. Dick, Sugar Bush Knolls, OH (US);
Thomas E. Fish, Wickliffe, OH (US);
James N. Fitzsimmons, Aurora, OH (US);
The Little Tikes Company, Hudson, OH (US);
Abstract
A fountain toy comprising a channel defining first and second openings and a conduit adjacent to the channel defining a downward delay path. The conduit includes a first opening near the top of the channel and a second opening communicating with the second opening of the channel. An intake portal for transferring liquid from an external source is coupled to a nozzle located adjacent to the base of the channel. When the external source provides liquid to the intake portal, the liquid travels through the nozzle and flows upward and out of the channel in a laminar flow. A spherical game piece is placed by a user in the first opening of the conduit, where it travels through the conduit. When the game piece reaches the bottom of the conduit, the game piece enters the channel and is carried by the stream of liquid through the channel and out of the fountain to be suspended in the air.