DE202004013082U1 - Inflatable foil article used as a child's toy has air-tight sections welded together so that different inflatable bodies are produced - Google Patents

Abstract

Inflatable foil article has air-tight sections welded together so that different inflatable bodies are produced. Preferred Features: The inflatable bodies are in the form of numbers, letters, rectangles, pyramids, balls, rings, tubes, arcs, plates and figures.

Description

It in the invention are inflatable cube and other inflatable Body, any kind of technically manufacturable figures, which for several Purposes are useful. All inflatable parts are with Velcro or provided with other suitable closure elements making it possible to connect the parts several times and again from each other to separate.

The Invention can be used as a children's play, household and leisure product, and also serves for therapeutic Purposes.

It are on the toy and leisure market as well as for advertising campaigns inflatable large elements and different smaller and larger inflatable figures than Full known, e.g. inflatable people, animals, houses, cars, inflatables, balls, Balloons, air mattresses, dinghies, etc. They take as a rigid Individual formations are a fixed and non-transformable state Limited transportability and mostly of heavy material.

With the invention, therefore, the above problems are solved in that the inflatable body ( 1 . 2 + 6 . 7 . 8th + x-any further) and protective covers (9 +10) due to their Velcro device connected to each other to arbitrary structures, and thus can be used for several purposes. If you separate the body again and let the air, they can be stowed away in the household or as a takeaway article while traveling to save space.

you Light weight and ease of use makes it possible for that with the inflatable bodies Even toddlers from about 2 to 3 years can handle. Besides promote she's the creativity the children, and are both for therapeutic purposes as well Learning projects can be used.

The usability, especially the cube ( 1 + 2 ) is not only suitable for children of all ages, it is also useful for adults, because they can be used for various practical areas, as explained in more detail in Examples 1-10 below.

1.) Seating (Fig. 2a + 2b two-chamber system)

• Only 1 cube half inflated =
• - Booster seat as makeshift Child seat replacement in the car
• - Booster seat for children at dining tables
• - Booster seat for short drivers

2.) Seating (Fig. 1a + 1b / 2a + 2b or Figs. 1a + 2a, full size cube inflated)

• 1 cube = Stool for children
• 2 dice put together (stuck together) = stool for adults
• 2-row on each other and several cubes stuck together logo CNRS logo INIST Bench or rubber

Note to item 1 + 2 → seating

If a performance on the street is organized and the spectators in queues on the roadside stand'n, - whether on seats a rally, a festive event, an open-air concert or the Pope is speaking in front of thousands of people, always There are the same problem with mass accumulation: Who does not have a seat or does not want to lug his folding chair (and Who wants that?), legs are in the stomach. Very often Circulatory problems are noticeable (especially among older people or hot Temperatures), causing people to collapse. How beneficial is in such cases a stool to relieve the legs. Crumpled fit the two dice as a carry-on in the hand or jacket pocket, have so good like no weight and jerk-free they are inflated when needed and can be used as a stool.

3.) sleeping accommodation

• 12 dice (á 3 × 4) stuck together = Emergency bed / mattress for children
• 18 dice (á 3 × 6) stuck together = Emergency bed / mattress for Adults
• 36 dice (á 6 × 6) stuck together = Emergency bed / mattress for 2 adults any more dice stuck together = mass storage

Note to item 3 → sleeping accommodation

who does not know the problem: where to go with the visit? - if he wants to stay overnight. On the Kautsch too Sleep is too uncomfortable, you do not want to sacrifice your own bed so much and space is usually missing on top of that. Whether the person / s is big or small: With any number of inflatable cubes you can use a bed needs assemble accordingly and cover with a fitted sheet. If the visit is gone again, you separate the cubes from each other, let the Air and stow "that Bed "in the drawer ....... or give the kids their construction cubes back.

4.) Children's toys and travel bed

12 cubes (á 3 × 4) stuck together = emergency bed / mattress for babies and toddlers + with another 28 (and more) cubes or any other inflatable bodies can build a border and attach it to the mattress.

Note to item 4 → Children's toys and travel cot

• – Tagsüber dient „das Reisebettchen" (mit evtl. weiteren Bausteinen zum Bauen von Burgen, Tunnels, Türme, Straßen, Mauern, Häuser etc.
• – Sind die Würfel mit verschieden Motiven, Schriften oder Bildern versehen, so dient es tagsüber auch für Würfel- und Partyspiele.

For the Mittransport a travel cot for the baby or toddler, is usually too little space in the car and on the plane to expensive extra charges. With the vacuum cubes you can fill in cavities between the holiday luggage and it weighs next to nothing.

• - During the day serves "the travel cot" (possibly with other building blocks for building castles, tunnels, towers, roads, walls, houses, etc.
• - If the cubes are provided with different motifs, fonts or pictures, it also serves during the day for dice and party games.

5.) Children's toys as building system

• – Burgen, Tunnels, Mauern, Straßen, begehbaren Häuschen etc. oder
• – Plantschbecken, wenn dieses innen mit einer Folie (9 + 10) überspannt wird. Die Folie kann anhand ihrer Klettverschlussvorrichtung an die Würfel gehaftet werden und verrutscht somit nicht.

The number of cubes and other inflatable bodies are limitless; the more, the better to build

• - Castles, tunnels, walls, roads, walk-in cottages, etc. or
• - Paddling pool, if this is inside with a foil ( 9 + 10 ) is spanned. The foil can be adhered to the cubes by means of their hook and loop fastener device and thus does not slip.

Note to item 5 → Children's toys as a construction system:

Many bought toys become uninteresting after the first exploration or after the first game. Children want to be creative and also use their powers. There are no limits to the creativity of building. By using x-any number of inflated cubes alone, or combined with other inflated bodies, the children can constantly construct new structures, such as castles, tunnels, walls, roads, etc. Similarly, a walk-in house can be built and equipped with a table and chair , which offers dryness even when it rains when the building is covered with a foil ( 9 + 10 ) is spanned.

6.) Beach / swimming pool: Water games + therapeutic inserts

• – 1 Würfel = Wurfgegenstand, Ballersatz oder Würfelspiel
• – 1 Würfel oder mehrere, oder andere aufblasbare Körper für therapeutische Einsätze z.B. zur Gymnastik am Boden oder im Wasser, oder für Spiele im Wasser.
• – Mehrere Würfel aneinander-gehaftet ergeben je nach Bauweise
• – ein Boot, eine Luftmatratze oder „schwimmende Insel"; diese Bauwerke mit einem Spanntuch ( 9 + 10) zwecks besserem Zusammenhalt der Würfel, überziehen (bietet mehr Sicherheit);
• – sie können einen Strandkorb ersetzen und
• – ebenso als Sonnenschirm/-dach dienen.

For safety reasons, only those inflatable bodies are to be used which have at least 2 or more air chambers ( 2 ).

• - 1 die = throw object, ball substitute or dice game
• - 1 cube or several, or other inflatable body for therapeutic use eg for gymnastics on the ground or in the water, or for games in the water.
• - Several cubes stuck together depending on the construction method
• - a boat, an air mattress or "floating island", these structures with a tension cloth ( 9 + 10 ) for better cohesion of the cubes, cover (provides more security);
• - they can replace a beach chair and
• - Also serve as a sunshade / roof.

Note to item 6 → Beach / Swimming pool: water games + therapeutic inserts

The beach chair rental costs money or usually all baskets are already occupied. And the hotel is not right on the beach, then it is first drag. Air mattresses, beach chairs, balls, toys ...., everything is clunky, costs strength and nerves. How pleasant it can be, on the other hand, if you can put a part of these utensils (unfilled) in a bag, which also has hardly any weight, - and also not only fulfill the same purpose, but also be used elsewhere. As a transport option is also the tension cloth ( 9 + 10 ) at.

7.) Household cubes and dice game

• 1 cube serves for Housework, which is provided with inscriptions or adhesive images. Per area e.g .:
• a) garbage carry away, b) dishwasher clear out, c) vacuuming, d) dusting, e) WC + bathroom clean, f) kitchen clean do
• 1 more cube can be provided with adhesive dots; 1 to 6 points per die surface

Note to item 7 → Household Dice + Dice Game

Work management: Quarrel among siblings; nobody wants to do that in the household applied to it by the parents. If everyone "dices" their task, there is no counter-speech. At the same time are the cubes Can be used as a seat (see point 2), and thus meet another service.

8.) Party / Recreation / Kids Cube

• 1) Hüpfe auf einem Bein, – von einer Wand zur anderen
• 2) Trinke ein Glas Wasser, ohne dabei deine Hände einzusetzen
• 3) Halte 5 Min. lang eine Rede über einen Mitspieler
• 4) Suche mit verbundenen Augen einen Gegenstand
• 5) Geh'1 Min. auf Zehenspitzen
• 6) Joker: Du darfst aussetzen; keine Aufgaben

1 cube = with imprints or picture sticker per area - examples:

• 1) Jump on one leg, - from one wall to the other
• 2) Drink a glass of water without using your hands
• 3) Have a talk about a teammate for 5 min
• 4) Blindfold an object
• 5) Walk on tiptoe
• 6) Joker: You may suspend; no tasks

• 1) Du musst ein Lied singen
• 2) Zähle von 100 fehlerfrei rückwärts bis 0
• 3) Du darfst 5 Min. lang nicht lachen (Mitspieler schneiden Grimassen)
• 4) Fordere den/die Gastgeber/in zu einem Tanz auf
• 5) Male ein Portrait von einem deiner Mitspieler
• 6) Joker: Wähle eine Person in der Runde, die dir ein Bussi geben soll

1 cube = with imprints or picture sticker per area - examples:

• 1) You have to sing a song
• 2) Count from 100 error-free backwards to 0
• 3) You are not allowed to laugh for 5 minutes (players are making faces)
• 4) Challenge the host to a dance
• 5) Paint a portrait of one of your teammates
• 6) Joker: Choose a person in the round who should give you a kiss

Note to item 8 → Party / Recreation / Children's Cube

• - Party: Who does not know him, the dead point "at parties, at children's birthday parties or within families, on vacation or elsewhere, - when the Ideas go out and there is nothing left to play or laugh about. How helpful can there be a little nice game deposit, though to flaunt "his skills" got to. Already, the party gains new momentum and boredom is bridged.
• - Load one several persons, - be it in the homely rooms or in the garden - mostly has you do not have enough chairs to disposal. One Stool (ie 2 consecutive cubes or more together adhered to, a Kautsch) is sufficient as a stopgap solution and is after completion the party again stowed away quickly and space-saving ....... or man Give the kids their construction cubes back.
• - Children's birthday parties: If every child is allowed to inflate his own stool on which it is sitting at the kids' table, that's just exciting. And you give a lot of these cubes to the kids Inflate or play, so can her creativity let loose and thus caves, Houses, towers, Build tunnels, etc.

On the other hand: chairs are clunky and waste a lot of space. The inflated stools can be while the party - or if free space for other games or for Dances is needed - by Velcro adhesion stack each other and place in a corner.

9.) Learning projects

• - For toddlers: The cube surfaces with Fairy tale characters, Print on animals and wildlife or stick with such pictures.
• - For teenagers: All 6 cube areas with associated "animal categories" (songbirds, birds of prey, cloven-hoofed animals, mammals, Horned animals, rodents, martens, land predators, aquatic predators, reptiles, Cartilaginous fish, insects etc.) or with zodiac signs / famous people / Vintage / famous Landmarks / Flags u.v.w. print or with such pictures paste.

Note to Point 9 → Learning Projects

The Motif imprints or sticker should not only (small) children enjoy, but also for adults do not be uninteresting. A colorful dance, in addition to the practical applicability such cubes, additionally to stimulate the desire to buy, - due the versatile interesting motives. Ideas for motif prints never go out.

10.) Coatings of textiles and foils ( 9 + 10 ) serve...

• - when additional Security for the cohesion of the inflated bodies (see, e.g., item 6).
• - to span of structural constructions like cottages - to protect against rain, or simply as tarpaulins for Were.
• - to the Laying out wading pools and sand pits or for transporting Water.
• - to the Transport of empty cubes or any utensils, e.g. to be carried to the beach should.
• - as "curtains" to behind to be able to move them to the beach, as a rain cover / umbrella or as a shade dispenser u.v.w.

The invention is based on of Figures 1 to 10 explained.

It demonstrate:

1 - an inflated cube, with all 8 corners at 1a with fluffy - and at 1b covered with rough Velcro closures. (Example: single-chamber system)

2 - an inflated cube, with all 8 corners at 2a with fluffy - and at 2 B covered with rough Velcro closures. (Example: two-chamber system)

3 - Velcro measurements for the cubes: 5 × 5 cm (smaller / larger); Cutting: Part "z", cut out.

4 - The Velcro precast for the dice.

The Velcro underside is provided with a strong adhesive coating; The adhesive layer may leave the body despite repeated pulling when rebuilding figures, do not detach again.

5 - A cube corner or the attachment of the Velcro on all 8 corners of the inflated cube.

6 - Various / any inflated figures and numbers, some with fluffy, partly with rough Velcro closing particles (strip, round, square, ...) are glued to any surfaces in order to adhere the bodies together.

7 - A mat consisting of inflatable and correctly assembled puzzle pieces. These are stuck in matching places with rough and fluffy Velcro closure particles.

8th - are inflatable items that are assembled so that they result in a unit as a whole, such as a person, a fence, a (walk-in) house or gate and others

9 - Protective cover / overhang of textile or foil material, provided with Velcro fasteners.

10 - Protective cover / overhang of textile or foil material, with elastic at the corners in the manner of a fitted sheet, which is additionally provided with Velcro fasteners.

Information for the manufacturer

Important NOTE

The inflated building blocks / cubes should withstand the weight of heavy people as well as to be appropriate for children to frolic on it without breaking the building blocks / cubes or lose air.

As well should the Velcro closures be provided with an extra-strong adhesive layer, which with the film material a compatible connection is received, and despite frequent separation the body, itself does not replace.

It is particularly important that these conditions are met, in advance a high quality product to guarantee. Only then can security be granted and the confidence to buy more This product will be stimulated to the practical and versatile uses to be able to use it truthfully and meaningfully.

A sales unit

are at least 2 cubes, each with a rough and a fluffy velcro or a composable Figure unit (puzzle, house, human, fence, ...)

Sell additional products

• - Various Image sticker with an adhesive base, even in hot temperatures as in the water does not detach from the object. Also should the pictures do not fade even in salt water or in the sun. alternative could if the pictures on the bottom are e.g. provided with magnetic foil, so that they are interchangeable or before use in the water / in the sun are removable. Image stickers revive the cubes and provide more Uses; Suggestion: offer them separately in the 6-pack for self-sticking.
• - One small air pump or other inflator;
• - tension cloths in different sizes and Colors, made by v.a. from the film material according to the protection claim 1
• - thinkable to span several figure units as for Puzzles or cubes, the e.g. serve as a mat, floating island or bench, and thus ensure a better cohesion of the body.
• - thinkable also to use them as a curtain at the same time, e.g. at the Beach when changing clothes, to be able to hide behind it or to use as a shade dispenser.
• - Dutiful as a canopy when it rains or for laying out wading pools, sand hollows or small ones Ponds.
• - Usable also for the transport of water, the cube et al Parts. The towels and foils should be at their corners and at the side parts with velcro be provided so that they are attached to structural constructions can be.
• - Specific Pins for Painting the slides / body, the again washable or wipeable.

Claims (20)

Inflatable foil articles for multipurpose use characterized in that the foil for the cubes 1a, 1b + 2a, 2b as well as for all further inflatable bodies according to examples 6 . 7 + 8th (+ more x-arbitrary shapes) + 9 and 10 , has the following quality characteristics: It is - thin-walled and lightweight, but very stable; - airtight and weldable; - tear and scratch resistant and non-elastic / non-stretchable; - heat resistant; it can be exposed to the blazing sun, it does not get sticky; - non-flammable; - sweet and salt water suitable; can be used as a swimming article; - underwater and resistant; eg for the therapeutic purposes of use; - suitable as a toy according to the law; - Different plain colors, patterned or illustrated, they may also have ornaments or a grain; - recyclable. Inflatable foil article according to claim 1, characterized in that the blanks of the film are welded airtight, so that different inflatable body such as 1a . 1b . 2a . 2 B . 6 . 7 . 8th and x-any further, arise. Inflatable foil article according to claim 1 + 2, characterized in that it is in the 1 + 2 is about a cube. The size is preferably 30 × 30 × 30 cm and may be variable in size. Inflatable foil article according to claim 1 + 2, characterized in that the inflated body is loud 6 in the form of numbers, letters, rectangles, pyramids, balls, rings, tubes, bows, slices, and others, of any size. Inflatable foil article according to claims 1 to 4 characterized characterized in that all inflatable bodies have different lengths, widths and heights. Inflatable film article according to claim 1 to 5, characterized in that the inflated body according to example 7 , are composable into a puzzle. Its finished part can, for example, result in a mat of any size or any other standard figure. Inflatable foil article according to claim 1 to 6, characterized in that from the assembled bodies of any size and shape, different small to large racks and figures can be produced, as for example 8th , a man, a fence and a house (which can also be constructed walkable) show. Inflatable foil article according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that all bodies ( 1 . 2 . 6 . 7 . 8th + x-any further) can be equipped with a one-, two- or multi-chamber system, and each chamber is specially provided with a retractable inflator / retractable valve. Inflatable foil article according to claims 1 - 3, characterized in that the cubes ( 1 + 2 ) with Velcro fasteners (blank 3 + 4 ) at all 8 corners ( 5 ) are pasted. Inflatable foil articles according to claims 1 - 3 + 8,9 characterized in that, depending on the purpose, the hook and loop fasteners also in the form of strips or other blanks, on the edges or as desired attached to other cube surfaces can be. Inflatable film article according to claim 1-3, characterized in that preferably 1a / 2a only with rough - and 1b / 2 B preferably only with fluffy Velcro closures is provided. 1a + 1b / 2a + 2 B result in this way a mutually liable sales unit. Inflatable foil article according to claim 1 - 3 + 8 - 11, characterized in that a sales unit also from 1a + 2 B or 1b + 2a results, which can exist in combinations of one-, two- or even multi-chamber systems. Inflatable film article according to claim 1 to 12, characterized in that based on the examples 1 + 2 . 6 to 10 + x-any other figures and parts can be covered with different velcro blanks in such places, where they are useful for adhering the body. Inflatable foil article according to claims 1 to 13, characterized in that all bodies are as examples 1 + 2 . 6 to 10 + x-any further figures and parts, in addition to the Velcro fasteners with all other suitable closures on the market, such as magnetic strips or other, the body connectable and again detachable connection systems can be provided. Inflatable foil article according to claims 1 to 14 characterized in that old body contents with air or a non-toxic gaseous Fabric can be inflated or another filler can be used. Inflatable foil article according to claims 1 to 15 characterized in that each inflated body extra, or several joined bodies together, - partial or total area - with a Covered textile or foil cover can be such as an assembled cube group with a fitted sheet or coated with other substances or suitable (film) materials can be. Protective covers, overhangs for claims 1 to 16, characterized in that they are provided in any color, shape and size, with or without elastics, as well as with or without hook and loop fasteners or other closure parts (such as claim 14) can be used, for example, as tarpaulins, Auslegeware, curtains, rain and sun protection, tote bags or for security purposes. Protective covers, overhangs for claims 1 to 17 characterized in that their materials from claim 1 or any other manufacturable type of textiles, and tailored in any shape and size, with or without elastics as well as with or without Velcro fasteners or other closure parts (such as claim 14) may be provided. Inflatable foil articles according to claims 1 to 18 characterized in that all body and protective covers with various motifs / images printed, painted or pasted can. Alternatively you can the motifs / pictures are also adhered only with adhesive materials, so they are removable again or are interchangeable. Inflatable foil articles according to claims 1 to 19 characterized in that the painting of the body and protective covers with Such special pens can be made where the painting is again Wipeable or washable.