Abstract The present invention is a hand held novelty toy which produces unusual and unexpected image effects resembling a kaleidoscope, but where the viewing objects are manipulated by manual pressure on a flexible or resilient reflecting panel at the rear of the viewing housing. The viewing is through an equilateral three cornered tube where the rear opening is smaller than the front or viewing opening, and where the inner surfaces of the tube have a reflective substance coated thereon or applied thereto. The reflecting panel at the small end of the triangular tube has a friction fit for easy removal and/or replacement: No rotating movement is required to make the myriad of changes. The reflecting panel may be a transparent sealed double walled or more - chamber containing fluids and/or objects of almost any nature. All of the reflecting panels or chambers are interchangeable and can be removed and replaced at will, with the friction fit to keep them in place, particularly during manipulation.
Inventors
👤 Hector Gonzalez
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-03 22:51
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/02; G02B27/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
126 words
A hand held toy comprising a three sided truncated pyramidal shaped housing open at both ends, a reflecting material on the interior surface of each side, and a triangular cover for the small end of said housing of light passing material forming a viewing surface, said small end cover having marginal flanges for removable friction fit over said small end of said housing, and light reflecting objects on and partly obstructing light passing through the said outer side of said cover producing non-symetrically divided images in the reflecting interior surfaces of said pyramidal shaped housing, when viewed through the open large end of said housing through which the ambient light passes, said large open end providing a viewing field available to a plurality of viewers simultaneously.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
126 words
A hand held toy comprising a three sided truncated pyramidal shaped housing open at both ends, a reflecting material on the interior surface of each side, and a triangular cover for the small end of said housing of light passing material forming a viewing surface, said small end cover having marginal flanges for removable friction fit over said small end of said housing, and light reflecting objects on and partly obstructing light passing through the said outer side of said cover producing non-symetrically divided images in the reflecting interior surfaces of said pyramidal shaped housing, when viewed through the open large end of said housing through which the ambient light passes, said large open end providing a viewing field available to a plurality of viewers simultaneously.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
77 words
The hand held toy of claim 1, wherein the truncated pyramidal shaped housing is temporarily erected from a three panel flat blank for use in its erected shape, the erected form being maintained during use by a transparent cover over the large front end having marginal flanges for removable friction fit thereof and a light passing cover to maintain the erected shape at the small end also having marginal flanges for removable friction fit on said housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The hand held toy of claim 1, wherein the triangular viewing surface cover at the small end of said housing is multi-comparmented containing various reflective materials and having flexible walls to change the reflected images by varying the pressure against the external surface of said small end cover.