Jet-propelled toy

Claim 1

A JET-PROPELLED TOY, COMPRISING: (A) A COUPLING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, (B) AN ELONGATED HOSE CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE COUPLING FOR CARRYING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE THEREFROM, (C) THE HOSE BEING MADE FROM A MATERIAL WHICH IS FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT TO LONGITUDINAL TWISTING THEREOF, (D) FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS JOINED TO THE OTHER END OF THE HOSE AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF TO RECEIVE FLUID UNDER PRESSURE THEREFROM, THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS AND THE HOSE BEING NON-ROTATABLE WITH REFERENCE TO ONE ANOTHER WHEN JOINED, (E) THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE ORIFICE FOR DISCHARGING A JET OF THE FLUID AT A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGH VELOCITY, IN ORDER TO CREATE AN OPPOSITE RESULTANT FORCE FOR PROPELLING THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS ALONG A PATH OF MOVEMENT, (F) THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS BEING TETHERED BY THE HOSE, (G) THE ORIFICE DEFINED BY THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO DISCHARGE THE JET OF FLUID ALONG A JET DIRECTION LINE, THE JET DIRECTION LINE BEING NON-PARALLEL TO, AND NON-INTERSECTING WITH, A REFERENCE LINE DEFINED BY THE CENTER OF THE END OF THE HOSE ADJACENT THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS AND A PROJECTION OF THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE ADJACENT PORTION OF THE HOSE WHEN SUCH ADJACENT PORTION OF THE HOSE IS STRAIGHT, (H) THE DIRECTION OF FLUID TRAVEL ALONG THE JET DIRECTION LINE BEING DOWNWARDLY WHEN THE REFERENCE LINE IS VERTICAL AND THE HOSE IS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS, SO THAT THE OPPOSITE RESULTANT FORCE WILL PROPEL THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS UPWARDLY, (I) A CAP CARRIED BY THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS, AND WHEREIN THE FLUID DISCHARGE MEANS COMPRISES: (J) AN ELONGATED RIGID TUBE, (K) THE ELONGATED RIGID TUBE HAVING A STRAIGHT PORTION CONNECTED TO THE FLEXIBLE TUBE AND DISPOSED ALONG THE REFERENCE LINE, (L) THE ELONGATED RIGID TUBE HAVING A CURVED PORTION JOINED TO THE STRAIGHT PORTION THEREOF AND DEFINING THE ORIFICE AT THE END THEREOF REMOTE FROM THE STRAIGHT PORTION FOR DISCHARGING A JET OF THE FLUID AT A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGH VELOCITY, (M) THE CURVED PORTION BEING SHAPED TO DIRECT THE JET OF FLUID ALONG A JET DIRECTION LINE WHICH IS NON-PARALLEL TO, AND ALSO DOES NOT INTERSECT, THE REFERENCE LINE.