US20230113367A1

US20230113367A1 - Inflatable bubble blower

Info

Publication number: US20230113367A1
Application number: US18/046,175
Authority: US
Inventors: Xinyu Wang; Liuxian Zhang
Original assignee: Shang Hai Le Young Electronic Commerce Co Ltd; Joyin Us Corp
Current assignee: Shang Hai Le Young Electronic Commerce Co Ltd; Joyin Us Corp
Priority date: 2021-10-13
Filing date: 2022-10-13
Publication date: 2023-04-13
Also published as: CN216295205U

Abstract

The invention discloses an inflatable toy, which includes a toy shell, a bubble blowing device and a fan. Herein, the toy shell is used for a carrier of the inflatable toy, the bubble blowing device is at least partially located inside the toy shell, the fan is used for inflating and providing flowing air, and the toy shell and the bubble blowing device share the same fan. With the adoption of the above technology, by skillfully combining the toy shell with the bubble blowing device, the inflatable toy can blow beautiful bubbles at the same time, which is more ornamental and fun. Meanwhile, the toy shell and the bubble blowing device share the fan, which finally achieves the purpose of saving energy, making the inflatable toy more vivid and lifelike and can interact with others.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to the field of toys, in particular to an inflatable toy.

BACKGROUND

With the development of economy, people's material life is getting better and better, and there are more demands and higher requirements for all kinds of toys. Inflatable toys are very popular toys or ornaments in many businesses or consumers. The inflatable toys are inflated to achieve an ideal shape when they are in use. When they are not in use, they can also be easily stored by letting off the internal air. In order to maintain the ideal shape of inflatable toys, it is usually required to continuously provide flowing air to inflatable toys through fans.
Similarly, as a kind of toy suitable for various scenarios, a bubble machine is often used to create an atmosphere in commercial performances or business activities, and it is also widely used in many scenes of people's daily life, which is favored by consumers and businesses. The basic principle of bubble machine foaming is to introduce air into a foaming solvent to drive the formation of bubbles, so automatic bubble machines on the market are also equipped with fans.
However, the functions of the current inflatable toys and bubble machines are relatively simple. Inflatable toys are inflated to maintain a static shape all the time, and can only be used for decoration and appreciation, which fails to show more dynamic changes and make toys more vivid and lifelike. The bubble machine just blows bubbles, which is not too interesting. Inflatable toys are static and bubble machines are dynamic, and the combination of the two can make inflatable toys livelier and more interesting. The inflatable toys that customers buy are no longer just inflatable displays, but interactive products that can interact with others. However, there is no similar product on the market at present, so there is a need to provide an inflatable toy, which combines the inflatable toy with the bubble blowing device, so that the inflatable toy has dynamic beauty and is more vivid and interesting.

SUMMARY

In order to solve at least one of the above problems, the invention provides an inflatable toy, which is more vivid and lifelike and can interact with others.
The above inflatable toy includes:
a toy shell for a carrier of the inflatable toy;
a bubble blowing device, at least partially located inside the toy shell; and
a fan for inflating and providing flowing air;
wherein the toy shell and the bubble blowing device share the same fan.
Optionally, a connecting device is arranged between the bubble blowing device and the toy shell.
Optionally, the connecting device is a clip.
Optionally, the bubble blowing device is provided with a bubble water bottle located at a lower part of the inflatable toy.
Optionally, the bubble blowing device is further provided with:
a liquid outlet pipe, wherein bubble water inside the bubble water bottle moves upwards through the liquid outlet pipe; and
a return pipe, wherein the remaining bubble water returns to the bubble water bottle through the return pipe.
Optionally, the bubble blowing device is further provided with a swing rod located at an outlet of the bubble blowing device, and the swing rod is provided with a round hole.
Optionally, the bubble blowing device is further provided with a peristaltic pump.
Optionally, the connecting device is further provided with a fixing device for further fixing the clip.
Optionally, the fixing device is a screw device.
Optionally, the bubble blowing device is further provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.
The invention has the following advantages and beneficial effects.
The invention provides an inflatable toy. By skillfully combining the inflatable toy with the bubble blowing device, the two share a fan, which finally achieves the purpose of saving energy, making the inflatable toy more vivid and lifelike and can interact with others.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the invention or the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. It is obvious that the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and other drawings can be obtained from these accompanying drawings without any creative work for those of ordinary skill in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an inflatable toy in an embodiment of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

1—toy shell; 2—fan; 3—air outlet channel; 4—switch; 5—liquid outlet pipe; 6—return pipe; 7—solution bottle; 8—peristaltic pump; 9—clip; 10—swing rod.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The specific implementation of the invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. The following embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the invention more clearly, and cannot be used to limit the protection scope of the invention.
As shown in FIG. 1 , the invention discloses an inflatable toy (for convenience of display, FIG. 1 takes the form of a train as an example), which includes a toy shell 1, a bubble blowing device and a fan 2. Herein, the toy shell 1 is used for a carrier of the inflatable toy, the bubble blowing device is at least partially located inside the toy shell, the fan 2 is used for inflating and providing flowing air, and the toy shell 1 and the bubble blowing device share the fan 2 (generally, this device is only provided with one fan 2).
In the prior art, the inflatable toy and the bubble blowing device are respectively and independently arranged. The bubble blowing device may only blow bubbles, and the inflatable toy may only be inflated all the time for decoration and appreciation, and cannot interact with others, thus lacking dynamic beauty. Through the arrangement of the above structure, the invention makes the bubble blowing device and the fan 2 at least partially fixed inside the toy shell 1, and the fan 2 provides flowing air for the toy and the bubble blowing device at the same time. Turning on the fan 2 may cause the toy shell 1 to expand, thus generating air pressure inside the toy shell 1. Under the action of this air pressure, the air inside the toy shell 1 forms an outward jet of airflow through the bubble blowing device, and continuously sprays bubbles, thus creating the effect that the inflatable toy is blowing bubbles, which makes the inflatable toy more vivid and lifelike.
Preferably, a connecting device is arranged between the bubble blowing device and the toy shell 1. The bubble blowing device is connected with the toy shell 1 through the connecting device, and the bubble blowing device is fixed at a certain position of the inflatable toy shell 1. There is no other obstructions in the direction corresponding to the air outlet channel 3 of the bubble blowing device, so that bubbles can float out smoothly.
Preferably, the connecting device is a clip. The bubble blowing device clamps the part connected with the toy shell 1 through two clips. As an embodiment, a hole may be cut out of the toy shell 1 corresponding to the fixed position of the bubble blowing device for mutual fixation and connection between the bubble blowing device and the toy shell 1. At this time, two clips are used on both sides of the hole for fixation. The clip may be further provided with a fixing device (preferably a screw device) to at least partially fix the bubble blowing device inside the toy shell 1. In this way, the two clips sandwich the connecting and fixing parts of this part of the shell 1, thus ensuring the airtightness of the toy shell 1. Preferably, the connecting device is further provided with a fixing device for further fixing the clip. Alternatively, in order to make the two clips more stable, a hot melt adhesive may be used between the two clips, which becomes hard glue after cooling, so as to further set the fixing device to ensure the stability of the two clips.
In an embodiment, the connecting device is further fixed by four screws to ensure the airtightness of the toy shell 1. As a common fixing device, the screw has low cost and good fixing effect, which can reduce the manufacturing cost of the product on the premise of ensuring the effect of the invention. Depending on the situation, if there is a more suitable fixing device, it can also be selected, which is not limited to the screw.
Preferably, the bubble blowing device is provided with a bubble water bottle 7, which is located at a lower part of the toy shell 1. Considering the fixing problem and assembling mode of the toy, the bubble water bottle 7 is placed at the lower part of the toy shell 1, so that the bubble water bottle 7 is perfectly hidden inside the toy shell 1, and the weight of the bubble water bottle 7 may also press the toy shell 1 to prevent the toy from being blown away by strong wind. The size of the bubble water bottle 7 varies in different toy shells 1, and its size is only limited by the size of the toy shell 1. As long as the toy shell 1 is large enough, the bubble water bottle 7 may be very large.
As a preferred embodiment, the bubble blowing device is further provided with a liquid outlet pipe 5 and a return pipe 6, wherein bubble water inside the bubble water bottle 7 moves upwards through the liquid outlet pipe 5, and the remaining bubble water returns to the bubble water bottle 7 through the return pipe 6. The bubble blowing device is required to have a foaming solvent in order to blow bubbles. The foaming solvent in the bubble water bottle 7 is delivered to the air outlet channel 3 of the bubble blowing device through the liquid outlet pipe 5, and the excess foaming solvent is returned to the bubble water bottle 7 through the return pipe 6 by using negative pressure and gravity, thus greatly improving the utilization rate of the foaming solvent, and reducing waste.
Preferably, the bubble blowing device is further provided with a swing rod located at an outlet of the bubble blowing device, and the swing rod is provided with a round hole. The foaming solvent is delivered to the outlet of the bubble blowing device through the liquid outlet pipe 5, that is, the air outlet channel 3 of the bubble blowing device, and passes through the round hole on the swing rod. The foaming solvent forms a water film on the round hole. When the fan 2 is turned on, an outward jet of airflow is formed inside the toy shell 1, and the airflow drives the water film, thereby spraying bubbles.
Preferably, the bubble blowing device may further be provided with a peristaltic pump. The peristaltic pump sucks the foaming solvent, so that the foaming solvent flows through the liquid outlet pipe 5 and moves upwards, and rotates through the rotating swing rod to form a bubble film.
Preferably, the bubble blowing device is further provided with a switch 4 for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device. When the fan 2 is turned on, the toy shell 1 is in an expanded state, showing a certain shape, but the bubble blowing device does not necessarily spray bubbles at the same time. Users can choose whether to turn on the switch 4 as desired, to control the operation of the bubble blowing device.
Taking a Christmas train as an example, a specific implementation method will be introduced below for the operator's reference.
In this embodiment, an inflatable toy includes a toy shell 1 of a small train, a bubble blowing device and a fan 2, and the bubble blowing device and the toy shell 1 of the small train share the fan 2. The bubble blowing device includes an air outlet channel 3, a liquid outlet pipe 5, a return pipe 6, a bubble water bottle 7, a peristaltic pump and a switch 4. The bubble blowing device is fixed on the toy shell 1 corresponding to a chimney outlet of the small train and connected by the clips of a connecting device, and two clips clamp the part of the toy shell 1 corresponding to the small train. The clips are further fixed using fixing devices such as a screw device. In order to make the connecting device more stable, a hot melt adhesive may be further used to stick, which becomes hard glue after cooling
The lower part of the toy shell 1 of the small train is provided with the bubble water bottle 7, and the outlet of the bubble blowing device, that is, the air outlet channel 3, is also provided with a circular swing rod. Under the action of the peristaltic pump, the foaming solution in the bubble water bottle 7 is conveyed to the circular swing rod of the air outlet channel 3 through the liquid outlet pipe 5, and the circular swing rod keeps rotating to form a bubble film. When the fan 2 is turned on, the toy shell 1 of the small train is continuously in an expanded state, generating air pressure inside the toy shell 1. Under the action of this air pressure, the air inside the toy shell 1 forms an outward jet of airflow through the circular swing rod. The air flow drives the water film to continuously spray bubbles from the chimney of the small train, creating the effect that the small train is moving, making the inflatable toy more vivid and lifelike.
The above description of the disclosed embodiments is provided so that those skilled in the art can implement or use the present application. A variety of modifications for these embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the present disclosure shall not be limited to these embodiments shown herein, but shall conform to the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present disclosure shall be included within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. An inflatable toy, comprising:

a toy shell for a carrier of the inflatable toy;

a bubble blowing device, at least partially located inside the toy shell; and

a fan for inflating and providing flowing air;

wherein the toy shell and the bubble blowing device share the same fan.

2. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 1, wherein a connecting device is arranged between the bubble blowing device and the toy shell.

3. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting device is a clip.

4. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a container located at a lower part of the inflatable toy.

5. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 4, wherein the bubble blowing device is further provided with:

a liquid outlet pipe, wherein bubble water inside the container moves upwards through the liquid outlet pipe; and

a return pipe, wherein the remaining bubble solution returns to the container through the return pipe.

6. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a swing rod located at an outlet of the bubble blowing device, and the swing rod is provided with a round hole.

7. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a peristaltic pump.

8. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connecting device is provided with a fixing device to fix the clip.

9. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 8, wherein the fixing device is a screw device.

10. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 9, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

11. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 2, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

12. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

13. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 4, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

14. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 5, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

15. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

16. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 7, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

17. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 8, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.

18. The inflatable toy as claimed in claim 9, wherein the bubble blowing device is provided with a switch for controlling the activation and shutdown of the bubble blowing device.