CA2089107A1 - Method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy - Google Patents

Method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy

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CA2089107A1
CA2089107A1 CA002089107A CA2089107A CA2089107A1 CA 2089107 A1 CA2089107 A1 CA 2089107A1 CA 002089107 A CA002089107 A CA 002089107A CA 2089107 A CA2089107 A CA 2089107A CA 2089107 A1 CA2089107 A1 CA 2089107A1
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sheet material
doll
mounting surface
water
sheet
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Colleen Ann Kramer
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KRAMER COLLEEN ANN
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Colleen Ann Kramer
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Priority to CA002089107A priority Critical patent/CA2089107A1/en
Priority to US08/278,333 priority patent/US5607339A/en
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00Other toys
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F7/00Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/04Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks using balls to be shaken or rolled in small boxes, e.g. comprising labyrinths
    • A63F7/045Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks using balls to be shaken or rolled in small boxes, e.g. comprising labyrinths containing a liquid
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10STECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S273/00Amusement devices: games
    • Y10S273/05Vinyl

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy. Firstly, wet the sheet material. Secondly, place the sheet material onto a mounting surface such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the sheet material and the mounting surface. The sheet material adheres to the mounting surface by capillary attraction.

Description

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The present invention relates to a method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy.

5 BACKGROUND OF THE II~VENTION
Bath toys are used by children when having a bath. They differ from other toys in that the presence of water is necessary to make full use of the toy. For example, a floatation toy has buoyant properties which cannot be utilized unless the toy is placed in water. Unfortunately, there are a limited number of toys which interact with water.

8U~MaRY OF T~IE INVENTION
What is required is a new genre of bath toy that interacts with water to enable a child to play in the bath tub.

According to the present invention there is provided a method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy.
Firstly, wet the sheet material. Secondly, place the sheet material onto a mounting surface such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the ~heet material and the mounting surface. The sheet material adheres to the mounting surface by capillary attraction.
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~ 25 It is preferred that the bath toy consist of a plurality j of distinctive shape~. Although there are an infinite variety of distinctive shapes possible, one example would be a theme such as "home". With this theme the sheet material would be cut into the shape of a house, a car, a tree, and like ob~ects l30 that are familiar to the child from his home experiences.
lAnother example, would be a doll with clothes which can be 3i 'placed on the doll to "dress" the doll. Another example, would be a plurality of interlocking shapes which form a puzzle.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF T~E DRA~INGS

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~3~07 These and other features of the invention will become more apparent from the following description in which reference is made to the appended drawings, wherein:
FIGUR~ 1 is a perspective view illustrating a method of using water imperviou~ sheet material as a bath toy in accordance with the pre~ent invention.
FIGURE 2 is a perspective view illustrating a method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy in accordance with the present invention.
FI&URE 3 is section view taken along section lines 3-3 of FIGURE 1.

D~TAIL~D DESCRIPTION OF T8E PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
A method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy will now be described with reference to FIGURES 1 through 3.

The method in its most basic form consists of two steps.
Firstly, wetting sheet material. Secondly, placing the sheet material onto a mounting surface such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the sheet material and the mounting surface whereby the sheet material adheres to the mounting I surface by capillary attraction. This basic method will now I be illuætrated with three examples of bath toys constructed in ¦ 25 accordance with the teachings of the method.

I FIGURES 1 and 2, illustrate a typical bath environment.¦ There is a bath tub 10 with circumferential sidewalls 11. A
tile wall 12 is po~itioned adjacent bath tub 10. A child 14 is pictured in bath tub 10, and bath tub 10 is filled with water 16.

Referring to FIGURE 1, Firstly, water impervious sheet material 15 is cut into distinctive shape~ suitable for play by children. The shapes of sheet material 15 illustrated are a tree 18, a house 20, and a car 22. Secondly, the tree 18, house 20 and car 22 are placed in water 16 50 they get wet.

208~107 It will be noted that they float. Thirdly, tree 18, house 20 and car 22 are placed onto a mounting surface such as sidewall 11 of bath tub 10 or tile wall 12. Referring to FIGURE 3, regardless of shape, when æheet material 15 is placed on tile wall 12, a thin layer of water 24 is trapped between sheet material 15 and tile wall 12. This causes sheet material 15 to adhere to tile wall 12 by capillary attraction.

Referring to FIGURE 1, another example of a ~ath toy according to the present method is illustrated in which sheet material 15 is cut into a plurality of interlocking pieces 26 of distinctive shapes forming a pu~zle, generally indicated by reference numeral 28. Interlocking pieces 26 are placed in water 16 of bath tub 10 so they get wet. Interlocking piece3 26 of sheet material 15 adhere to tile wall 12 by capillary attraction, as previously described.

Referring to FIGURE 2, another example of a bath toy according to the present method is illustrated. Firstly water impervious sheet material 15 is cut into the shape of a doll 30. Secondly, doll 30 is wet, preferably by placing in water 16 of bath tub 10. Thirdly, doll 30 is placed onto a mounting surface, æuch as tile wall 12. Referring to FIGURE 3, thin layer of water 24 is trapped between sheet of material 15 forming doll 30 and tile wall 12. Doll 30 adheres to tile wall 12 by capillary attraction. Fourthly, referring to FIGURE 2, cut a plurality of sheet-form overlays 32 in the form of clothes 34 for doll 30. Fifthly, wet clothes 34. Sixthly, place clothes 34 onto doll 30. Referring to PIGURE 3, thin layer of water 24 i5 trapped between sheet-form overlays 32 forming clothes 34 and sheet material 15 forming doll 30.
Clothes 34 adhere to doll 30 by capillary attraction.

It i8 preferred that polyvinylchloride be used for the sheet material, however, there are a variety of other materials which can be used with beneficial result ~- , .

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i., ~ , . :. - , 2 0 ~ 7 It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the illustrated bath toys without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the claimn.

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Claims (9)

1. A method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy, comprising the steps of:
a. firstly, wetting the sheet material;
b. secondly, placing the sheet material onto a mounting surface such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the sheet material and the mounting surface whereby the sheet material adheres to the mounting surface by capillary attraction.
2. The method as defined in Claim 1, the sheet material being a distinctive shape suitable for play by children.
3. The method as defined in Claim 1, the sheet material being of polyvinylchloride.
4. The method as defined in Claim 2, having a plurality of distinctive shapes serving as pieces of a puzzle.
5. The method as defined in Claim 1, having sheet-form overlays which are placed onto the sheet of material such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the overlay and the sheet of material whereby the overlay adheres to the sheet of material by capillary attraction.
6. The method as defined in Claim 5, the sheet of material being in the shape of a doll and the sheet-form overlays being doll's clothes.
7. A method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy, comprising:
a. firstly, cutting sheet material into a plurality of interlocking pieces of distinctive shapes forming a puzzle;
b. secondly, wetting the interlocking pieces of sheet material; and c. thirdly, placing the interlocking pieces of sheet material onto a mounting surface such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the sheet of material and the mounting surface whereby the interlocking pieces of sheet material adhere to the mounting surface by capillary attraction.
8. A method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy, comprising:
a. firstly, cutting water impervious sheet material into distinctive shapes suitable for play by children.
b. secondly, wetting the sheet material; and c. thirdly, placing the sheet material onto a mounting surface such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the sheet material and the mounting surface whereby the sheet material adheres to the mounting surface by capillary attraction.
9. A method of using water impervious sheet material as a bath toy, comprising the steps of:
a. firstly, cutting water impervious sheet material into the shape of a doll;
b. secondly, wetting the doll; and c. thirdly, placing the doll onto a mounting such that a thin layer of water is trapped between doll and the mounting surface whereby the doll adheres to the mounting surface by capillary attraction;
d. fourthly, cutting a plurality of sheet-form overlays in the form of clothes for the doll;
e. fifthly, wetting the clothes; and f. sixthly, placing the clothes onto the doll such that a thin layer of water is trapped between the clothes and the doll whereby the clothes adhere to the doll by capillary attraction.
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