Child{3 s bathing toy

Claim 2

A child''s bathing toy capable of attracting a child''s attention and inducing the child to regularly bathe, said toy comprising: a housing, a pump mounted within said housing, said pump having inlet and outlet orifices, conduit means interconnecting said inlet orifice with bathing water, a nozzle, said nozzle being interconnected with said outlet orifice, said pump further including check valves for preventing the flow of water from the pump to the bathtub water through the conduit means, while permitting the pump to draw bathing water through the conduit means, a plurality of water play activity components mounted on said housing and means to mount the nozzle for movement in a path so that the flow of water from said pump is directable to any selected water activity play component to actuate the same.

Claim 3

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein at least one of said water play activity components is pivotally mounted on the housing and moves as the water stream from the pump strikes the component.

Claim 4

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein a second water play activity component is mounted on the housing, said second component being spaced from said first component, whereby either of said components may be selectively actuated by the child as he directs the flow of water from the pump.

Claim 5

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein the flow directing means includes means mounting said nozzle for movement in a fixed path.

Claim 6

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 1 wherein a second activity component is located at a lower elevation than a first component, flow of water from the pump activating the first component at a higher elevation and draining therefrom to activate the second component at the lower elevation.

Claim 7

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 5 wherein the housing includes a water storage compartment, said compartment being at an elevation between the two activity components and storing water drainage from the first activity component, and a valve means selectively operable to cause the water collected in the storage compartment to discharge by gravity therefrom for utilization by the second activity component.

Claim 8

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 5 wherein the second activity component includes a bucket, said bucket having a plurality of opening in the bottom thereof in a certain pattern, a plate pivotally mounted on the bucket bottom, said plate having a plurality of openings in the same pattern, said plate further including means to manually pivot said plate relative to said bottom from a position in which the openings are disaligned so as to block flow of water therethrough to a position in which the openings are in alignment, thereby causing water collected in the bucket to drain from the bucket in a plurality of streams simulating a shower.

Claim 9

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 7 wherein the bucket is removably positioned within the housing, the front wall of the housing including a recess and the bottom of the housing including a shelf, said bucket normally resting on said shelf with the openings of the plate and the bucket bottom in disalignment, the bucket thus collecting the water which drains from the activity component at the higher elevation.

Claim 10

A child''s bathing toy suitable for use within a bathtub and for maintaining a child''s attention, said toy including a housing, a pump mounted within said housing, said pump comprising a pump cylinder mounting for reciprocal motion, a stationary pump piston, said piston including a sliding seal between the abutting periphery of the piston and the inner surface of the cylinder, said pump including an inlet orifice in the bottom enD of the cylinder beneath the piston, the piston including a central orifice and a piston stem, said piston stem being hollow and interconnected at one of its ends to the piston orifice, means interconnecting the other end of the piston stem with a discharge nozzle, inflow and outflow check valves within said pump, said check valves preventing outflow of water from the cylinder through the inlet opening while permitting the flow into the cylinder through the inlet opening, said pump further including means for biasing the bottom of the cylinder toward bottom of the piston, said housing further including an activating lever, said lever being pivotally mounted at one of its ends on the housing, the opposite end of the lever including an actuating handle, said cylinder including a flange projecting therefrom, said flange having a longitudinal slot therein, said lever extending through said longitudinal slot, a surface of the lever contacting the bottom of said longitudinal slot when said handle is forced downwardly, said lever thereby moving said cylinder in a downward direction against the bias of said biasing means and drawing bathtub water upwardly into cylinder, said biasing means thereafter forcing the water from the cylinder through the piston stem and discharge nozzle, whereby a flow of bathtub water through the nozzle results.

Claim 11

A child''s bathing toy suitable for use within a bathtub and for maintaining a child''s attention, said toy including a housing, a pump mounted within said housing, said pump comprising a pump cylinder mounting for reciprocal motion, a stationary pump piston, said piston including a sliding seal between the abutting periphery of the piston and the inner surface of the cylinder, said pump including an inlet orifice in the bottom enD of the cylinder beneath the piston, the piston including a central orifice and a piston stem, said piston stem being hollow and interconnected at one of its ends to the piston orifice, means interconnecting the other end of the piston stem with a discharge nozzle, inflow and outflow check valves within said pump, said check valves preventing outflow of water from the cylinder through the inlet opening while permitting the flow into the cylinder through the inlet opening, said pump further including means for biasing the bottom of the cylinder toward bottom of the piston, said housing further including an activating lever, said lever being pivotally mounted at one of its ends on the housing, the opposite end of the lever including an actuating handle, said cylinder including a flange projecting therefrom, said flange having a longitudinal slot therein, said lever extending through said longitudinal slot, a surface of the lever contacting the bottom of said longitudinal slot when said handle is forced downwardly, said lever thereby moving said cylinder in a downward direction against the bias of said biasing means and drawing bathtub water upwardly into cylinder, said biasing means thereafter forcing the water from the cylinder through the piston stem and discharge nozzle, whereby a flow of bathtub water through the nozzle results.

Claim 12

A child''s bathing toy for providing an amusing animated rotating display, said toy comprising a housing and a turbine wheel journaled within said housing, said turbine wheel including two molded plastic half-wheels, each of said half-wheels being of one piece molded construction including a concentric turbine vane ring and circumferentially spaced turbine buckets, a portion of each of said buckets projecting substantially radially from said vane ring, a further portion of said turbine buckets projecting in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the composite wheel and beyond the periphery of said vane ring last mentioned, the projecting portion overlapping an underlying portion of the vane ring of the opposite half-wheel, every other bucket of the composite wheel being formed from the same half-wheel.

Claim 13

A child''s bathing toy for providing an amusing animated rotating display, said toy comprising a housing and a turbine wheel journaled within said housing, said turbine wheel including two molded plastic half-wheels, each of said half-wheels being of one piece molded construction including a concentric turbine vane ring and circumferentially spaced turbine buckets, a portion of each of said buckets projecting substantially radially from said vane ring, a further portion of said turbine buckets projecting in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the composite wheel and beyond the periphery of said vane ring last mentioned, the projecting portion overlapping an underlying portion of the vane ring of the opposite half-wheel, every other bucket of the composite wheel being formed from the same half-wheel.

Claim 14

A child''s bathing toy suitable for use within a bathtub and for maintaining a child''s sustained attention, said toy including a housing supported within the bathtub, means maintaining said housing at a fixed elevation, a pump mounted within said housing, said pump comprising a pump cylinder and a pump piston, said pump including a sliding seal between the abutting periphery of the piston and the inner surface of the cylinder, said cylinder including an inlet opening, check valve means included in said pump, said check valve means preventing outflow of water from the cylinder through the inlet opening while permitting the flow of water into the cylinder through the inlet opening, said pump further including actuating means to move the cylinder and piston relative to one another from an idle position to be displaced position, said actuating means moving said cylinder and piston relative to one another and drawing bathtub water through the inlet orifice and into the cylinder when depressed on a downstroke, biasing means within said housing, said biasing means urging said cylinder and piston to assume said idle position, the biasing means storing energy when the actuating means is depressed and the cylinder and piston are in their displaced relative positions, said biasing means releasing the stored energy and urging the cylinder and piston to their normal position when the actuating means is released, said pump further including a nozzle passageway, said nozzle passageway restricting the free flow of water from the cylinder when the biasing means urges the cylinder and piston to their idle position, the water flowing from the pump cylinder as the biasing means urges the pump cylinder and piston to their idle positions, said toy further including a water activity play component, the flow of water from the nozzle being directable to Said water activity play component.

Claim 15

A child''s bathing toy suitable for use within a bathtub and for maintaining a child''s sustained attention, said toy including a housing supported within the bathtub, means maintaining said housing at a fixed elevation, a pump mounted within said housing, said pump comprising a pump cylinder and a pump piston, said pump including a sliding seal between the abutting periphery of the piston and the inner surface of the cylinder, said cylinder including an inlet opening, check valve means included in said pump, said check valve means preventing outflow of water from the cylinder through the inlet opening while permitting the flow of water into the cylinder through the inlet opening, said pump further including actuating means to move the cylinder and piston relative to one another from an idle position to be displaced position, said actuating means moving said cylinder and piston relative to one another and drawing bathtub water through the inlet orifice and into the cylinder when depressed on a downstroke, biasing means within said housing, said biasing means urging said cylinder and piston to assume said idle position, the biasing means storing energy when the actuating means is depressed and the cylinder and piston are in their displaced relative positions, said biasing means releasing the stored energy and urging the cylinder and piston to their normal position when the actuating means is released, said pump further including a nozzle passageway, said nozzle passageway restricting the free flow of water from the cylinder when the biasing means urges the cylinder and piston to their idle position, the water flowing from the pump cylinder as the biasing means urges the pump cylinder and piston to their idle positions, said toy further including a water activity play component, the flow of water from the nozzle being directable to Said water activity play component.

Claim 16

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 11 wherein the activity component is carried by the housing.

Claim 17

A child''s bathing toy suitable for mounting within a bathtub and maintaining the child''s attention as the child is bathing; said toy comprising: a housing, a plurality of elongate flexible straps, each of said straps being connected at one end thereof to the housing, the straps suspending the housing inside the tub against a sidewall of the tub, a pump, said pump being carried by the housing, said pump including energy storage means, a pump handle actuable on the down stroke thereof to accumulate energy in the energy storage means and to draw water into the pump, the flexible straps supporting the housing and preventing the downward movement thereof during the downstroke of the handle, the energy storing means discharging water from the pump when the handle is released, said toy further including at least one water actuable activity play component, the water discharged from the pump actuating said activity component when the handle is released.

Claim 18

A child''s bathing toy suitable for mounting within a bathtub and maintaining the child''s attention as the child is bathing; said toy comprising: a housing, a plurality of elongate flexible straps, each of said straps being connected at one end thereof to the housing, the straps suspending the housing inside the tub against a sidewall of the tub, a pump, said pump being carried by the housing, said pump including energy storage means, a pump handle actuable on the down stroke thereof to accumulate energy in the energy storage means and to draw water into the pump, the flexible straps supporting the housing and preventing the downward movement thereof during the downstroke of the handle, the energy storing means discharging water from the pump when the handle is released, said toy further including at least one water actuable activity play component, the water discharged from the pump actuating said activity component when the handle is released.

Claim 19

A child''s bathing toy capable of attracting and maintaining a child''s attention and creating an amusing play activity which induces the child to regularly bathe, said bathing toy comprising a water receiving and storage receptacle, said receptacle being formed with a substantially flat bottom and a sidewall projecting upwardly therefrom, said sidewall serving to retain water collected within aid receptacle, means forming a plurality of openings in said bottom and selectively operable means for simultaneously opening and closing the openings in the bottom, thereby permitting the water which is collected within said receptacle to flow from said receptacle through the openings in plurality of tiny streams simulating a shower.

Claim 20

A child''s bathing toy capable of attracting and maintaining a child''s attention and creating an amusing play activity which induces the child to regularly bathe, said bathing toy comprising a water receiving and storage receptacle, said receptacle being formed with a substantially flat bottom and a sidewall projecting upwardly therefrom, said sidewall serving to retain water collected within aid receptacle, means forming a plurality of openings in said bottom and selectively operable means for simultaneously opening and closing the openings in the bottom, thereby permitting the water which is collected within said receptacle to flow from said receptacle through the openings in plurality of tiny streams simulating a shower.

Claim 21

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 14 wherein the selectively operable means includes a plate having a plurality of openings therein, means pivotally mounting said plate on the receptacle bottom for movement between a first and a second position, said plate blocking the openings in the receptacle bottom when said plate in its first position thus permitting the receptacle to collect a quantity of water, the openings in the plate and the openings in the receptacle bottom being in alignment when the plate is in its second position, the water collected within the receptacle draining through the aligned openings of the plate and receptacle bottom.

Claim 22

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 14 wherein the receptacle bottom is substantially circular, the plate is pivotally mounted on the receptacle bottom at the center thereof, the plate further including a lever projecting therefrom the sidewall of the receptacle including a slot, said slot being positioned adjacent the receptacle bottom, the lever projecting through the slot, whereby said plate may be pivoted between first and second positions by manipulation of said lever.

Claim 23

A child''s bathing toy suitable for use within a bathtub and for maintaining a child''s attention, said toy including a housing, a water pump carried by said housing, conduit means interconnecting the pump to the bathtub water, the pump having a discharge nozzle and the housing having a bathing water collecting tank, said tank being an elevation above the water level of the bathtub, said housing further including means for draining the water collected in said tank, said housing further carrying a teeter-totter bucket and said draining means being selectively operable to discharge the water from the tank into the bucket whereby a plurality of sequential play activity features are provided.

Claim 24

A child''s bathing toy suitable for use within a bathtub and for maintaining a child''s attention, said toy including a housing, a water pump carried by said housing, conduit means interconnecting the pump to the bathtub water, the pump having a discharge nozzle and the housing having a bathing water collecting tank, said tank being an elevation above the water level of the bathtub, said housing further including means for draining the water collected in said tank, said housing further carrying a teeter-totter bucket and said draining means being selectively operable to discharge the water from the tank into the bucket whereby a plurality of sequential play activity features are provided.

Claim 25

A child''s bathing toy constructed in accordance with claim 17 wherein the housing carries a rotating play activity component, said component being positioned above the water collecting tank and the pump being directable to discharge the pump water on the rotaTing there is, and causing the same to spin, the housing further including means to direct the water draining from the rotating component into the tank.