Rebounding tethered ball

Claim 1

A toy comprising, a hand held rebounding plate and a fluidfilled element with means connecting the plate and element together, the element having a neck thereon through which it may be filled with a fluid, the plate having a forward wall and a rearward wall and three spaced apart substantially aligned openings in the approximate center thereof, the forward wall being the wall against which the element contacts during use of the toy, the means connecting the plate and element together comprising a resilient strand, the strand being removably connected at each end to the element and to the plate, the strand being removably connected to the plate by one end of the strand extending through the center opening from the forward wall to the rearward wall and then through one of the aligned openings from the rearward wall to the forward wall defining a loop between the center opening and the one aligned opening, the strand then extending over the center opening and to the other aligned opening and defining a loop on the forward wall longer than the loop on the rearward wall, the strand then extending through the other aligned opening from the forward wall to the rearward wall, the free end of the strand having means associated therewith to prevent the end from passing through the other aligned opening from the rearward wall to the forward wall, the other end of the strand being connected to the element after the element is filled with fluid and the neck twisted to retain the fluid by the free end having a knot therein and a reverse bend inwardly of the knot the reverse bend lying parallel to and against the twisted neck, and a resilient endless band disposed about the twisted neck and the reverse bend of the strand in tight encircling relationship to removably secure the strand to the element and to hold the twist in the neck and further aid in preventing leakage of the fluid.