Light-emitting amusement retractable seat

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6224236
  • Patent Number
    6,224,236
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, September 28, 1999
    25 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 1, 2001
    24 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Sember; Thomas M.
    • Neils; Peggy A
    Agents
    • A & J
Abstract
A light-emitting amusement retractable seat comprising a top cover, a combined body including a light-emitting seat, a light-emitting cover, and a light-emitting diode, a sleeve mounted below the top cover, a clipping seat mounted within the sleeve, a spring and a metallic cap mounted in between the light-emitting seat and the clipping seat, a rotating seat mounted within the clipping seat, a retractable socket mounted within the rotating seat, and a combination of usable objects mounted within the retractable socket, and a bottom cover mounted at the bottom of the sleeve to protect the combination of usable objects such as an eraser, a lipstick, a lipstick get or a stamp having elongated shapes. The inner wall of the sleeve is provided with two vertical protruded rails, corresponding to each other to guide the entry of the vertical guiding grooves at the outer wall of the clipping seat. The vertical guiding grooves provide entrance for two protruded pegs mounted at the left and right side of the retractable socket. A depressed ring is provided at the bottom portion of the inner wall of the clipping seat for the mounting of a protruded ring mounted to the outer wall of the rotating seat. The rotating seat is provided with two loop grooves for the entrance of the protruded pegs of the retractable socket. When the rotating seat rotates, the elongated usable object retracts and when the retractable seat is pressed, the light-emitting diode of the light-emitting seat produces light which is an amusement to the user.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




a) Technical Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, and in particular, to a retractable seat containing an eraser, lipstick, lipstick gel, stamp, etc. and used as toys or stationery or cosmetics for the children.




b) Description of the Prior Art




Among toys, stationery and cosmetics for children, there are retractable erasers, lipsticks, lipstick gel and amusement stamp available in the market. However, these products provide only a single function, which are less interesting to the children.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat comprising a top cover, a combined body including a light-emitting seat, a light-emitting cover, and a light-emitting diode, a sleeve mounted below the top cover, a clipping seat mounted within the sleeve, a spring and a metallic cap mounted in between the light-emitting seat and the clipping seat, a rotating seat mounted within the clipping seat, a retractable socket mounted within the rotating seat, and a combination of usable objects mounted within the retractable socket, and a bottom cover mounted at the bottom of the sleeve to protect the combination of usable objects such as an eraser, a lipstick, a lipstick gel, or a stamp having elongated shapes.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein the clipping seat does not dislocate from the sleeve after the two guiding grooves of the clipping seat are associated with the vertical protruded rails at the outer wall of the sleeve.




Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein the two protruded pegs of the retractable socket are guided into the loop grooves of the rotating seat, and the rotating seat provides rotational movement and urges the retractable socket to produce a radial movement.




It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein when the clipping seat raises, the metallic cap at the top of the clipping seat contacts with the batteries within the light-emitting seat and also in contact with the spring, the spring conducts electrical current to the light-emitting diode such that the light-emitting diode is lighted.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein the spring is provided in between the clipping seat and the light-emitting seat, and the spring causes the clipping seat to be retractable.




Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein the retractable seat has a small size and can be carried in the pocket of the children, and it can be used conveniently.




It is another object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein the inner wall of the sleeve is provided with two vertical protruded rails, corresponding to each other, to guide the entry of two vertical guiding grooves at the outer wall of the clipping seat. Two vertical guiding grooves formed at the inner wall of the clipping seat provide entrance for two protruded pegs mounted at the left and right side of the retractable sleeve. A depressed ring is provided at the bottom portion of the inner wall of the clipping seat for the mounting of a protruded ring mounted to the outer wall of the rotating seat. The rotating seat is provided with two loop grooves for the entrance of the protruded pegs of the retractable sleeve.




Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, where, the top of the clipping seat is mounted with a metallic cap urging the spring at one end. The other end of the spring is connected in series to the bottom of the light-emitting seat and in contact with one of the contacting leg of the light-emitting diode, and the other contacting leg of the light-emitting diode is in contact with the battery terminal within the light-emitting seat.




Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting amusement retractable seat, wherein when the retractable seat is pressed onto a paper, the light-emitting diode produces flickering amusement light.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, it will now be disclosed in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein





FIG. 1

is a perspective exploded view of the light-emitting amusement retractable seat in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 2

is a perspective view of the light-emitting amusement retractable seat in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 3

is a sectional view of light-emitting amusement retractable seat in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a perspective exploded view of the clipping seat, the rotating seat, and the retractable socket in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 5

is a schematic view of the combination of the retractable sleeve and the elongated-shaped object in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 6

is a schematic view of the combination of the retractable socket and the rotating seat of FIG.


5


.





FIG. 7

is a schematic view of the combination of the rotating seat and the clipping seat of FIG.


6


.





FIGS. 8

is a schematic view of the combination of the clipping seat and the sleeve of FIG.


7


.





FIG. 9

is a sectional view of the combination of the light-emitting seat, the light emitting cover, the light-emitting diode, of the present invention, the light emitting diode being at the OFF state.





FIG. 10

shows the light-emitting diode at the state of light emitting.





FIG. 11

is a schematic view showing the implementation of the light-emitting amusement retractable seat in accordance with the present invention.





FIG. 12

is a perspective view of the light-emitting amusement retractable seat mounted with a transparent ornamental design thereto in accordance with the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION




Referring to

FIGS. 1 and 2

, there is shown the retractable seat


10


in accordance with the present invention. As shown in the figures, the light-emitting amusement retractable seat


10


comprises a top cover


11


, a combined body including a light-emitting seat


12


, a light-emitting cover


13


, and a light-emitting diode


14


, a sleeve


15


mounted below the top cover


11


, a clipping seat


16


mounted within the sleeve


15


, a spring


17


and a metallic cap


18


mounted in between the light-emitting seat


12


and the clipping seat


16


, a rotating seat


19


mounted within the clipping seat


16


, a retractable socket


20


mounted within the rotating seat


19


, and a combination of usable objects


21


mounted within the retractable socket


20


, and a protection cover


22


mounted at the bottom of the sleeve


15


to protect the elongated objects


21


.




Referring to

FIGS. 3 and 4

, the clipping seat


16


comprises two half-molded body


16




a


and


16




b


combined together and the interior of the clipping seat


16


is hollow. The top and middle section of the clipping seat


16


is a hollow neck


161


having a smaller diameter and the bottom section is a hollow slot


162


having a larger diameter. At the bottom end of the hollow slot


162


, a depressed ring


163


is provided, and the side wall thereof is provided with two symmetrical vertical guiding grooves


164


. At the outer wall of the clipping seat


16


, two vertical guiding grooves


165


are provided. The rotating seat


19


can be inserted into the hollow slot


162


of the clipping seat


162


and the rotating seat


19


is a hollow body having two loop grooves


191


at the top end thereof, circulating from the top to the bottom. At the bottom end of the outer wall of the rotating seat


19


, a blocking ring


192


having a relative larger diameter is provided and can contact with the bottom edge of the clipping seat


16


(as disclosed in FIG.


3


). A protruded ring


193


is provided at the blocking ring


192


to mount with the depressed ring


163


of the clipping seat


16


such that the rotating seat


19


can rotate in 360 degree but will not disengage from the clipping seat


16


. Further, the retractable socket


20


can contain the elongated objects


21


(an eraser, lipstick, lipstick gel, color pencil, stamp, etc) and the combined objects


21


are placed into the rotating seat


19


. The outer wall of the retractable socket


20


is provided with two symmetrical protruded pegs


201


which can pass through the loop grooves


191


of the rotating seat


19


and are guided into the vertical guiding grooves


164


of the clipping seat


16


.





FIGS. 5-7

shows the combination of the clipping seat


16


, the rotating seat


19


, and the retractable socket


20


. First, the elongated usable object


21


is inserted into the retractable socket


20


(as shown in FIG.


5


), and then, the two protruded pegs


201


of the retractable socket


20


is inserted from the top end entrance of the loop grooves


191


of the rotating seat


19


(as shown in FIG.


6


). Finally, the two semi-molded body


16




a


,


16




b


of the clipping seat


16


are combined together to contain the rotating seat


19


(as shown in FIG.


7


), and the two protruded pegs


201


of the retractable socket


20


are inserted into the vertical guiding grooves


164


. Thus, the rotation of the rotating seat


19


urges the retractable socket


20


to produce a radial retraction movement. When the elongated usable object


21


has been used up or is needed to be extended in length, the rotating seat


19


is rotated and the elongated usable object


21


will be extended out. The reverse direction of rotation of the rotating seat


19


will shorten the elongated usable object


21


.




Referring to

FIG. 8

, after the above-mentioned combined structure has been completed, it is then inserted into the sleeve


15


having two corresponding vertical protruded rails


151


at the inner wall of the sleeve


15


, which can be guided onto the two vertical guiding grooves


165


at the outer wall of the clipping seat


16


such that the clipping seat


16


can radially move up or down within the sleeve


15


but cannot be rotated. In addition, the top end of the inner wall of the sleeve


15


is provided with a protruded ring


152


which is engageable with the depressed ring


111


at the outer wall of the top cover


11


(referring to

FIG. 3

) such that the top cover


11


is mounted at the top end of the sleeve


15


. Additionally, the bottom end of the inner wall of the sleeve


15


is provided with the blocking ring


153


having a relative smaller diameter and is used to block the clipping seat


16


(referring to

FIG. 3

) from falling downward.




In addition,

FIG. 3

also discloses the top end of the clipping seat


16


being mounted with the metallic cap


18


having a bottom ring


181


and being supported at the protruded ring


166


at the top end of the clipping seat


16


. The spring


17


is connected in series in between the bottom ring


181


and the light-emitting seat


12


. The clipping seat


16


is lowered as a result of the expansion of the spring


17


and a protrusion


182


of the top surface of the metallic cap


18


does not contact with the battery within the light-emitting seat


12


.




As shown in

FIGS. 9 and 10

, the light-emitting seat


12


is a hollow seat body containing two batteries


23


connected in series. The top end of the seat


12


is combined with the light-emitting cover


13


. The side end of the light-emitting cover


13


and the light-emitting seat


12


are provided with vertical slots


121


,


131


to contain the long contacting leg


141


of the light-emitting diode


14


. The long contacting leg


141


is in contact with the spring


17


, and the other short leg


142


of the light emitting diode


14


passes through a small hole


132


at the light-emitting cover


13


and is formed into an L shape structure, and contacts with the terminal of the batteries


23


. The metallic cap


18


at the clipping seat


16


urges by the spring


17


causing the protrusion


182


from not touching the terminal of the batteries


23


(as shown in FIG.


9


). When the clipping seat


16


moves upward, the protrusion


182


of the metallic cap


18


is in contact with the batteries


23


and the light-emitting diode


14


is thus lighted (as shown in FIG.


10


).





FIG. 11

is a schematic view showing the implementation of the present invention. As shown in

FIG. 10

, the protection cover


22


at the bottom of the retractable seat


10


is first unloaded, and the bottom end of the elongated usable object


21


is used to press onto a flat surface. At this instance, the clipping seat


16


moves upward radially and the protrusion


182


of the metallic cap


18


contacts with the terminal of the batteries


23


and the light-emitting diode


14


is lighted and a flickering effect of amusement light is obtained. If no pressure is applied to the usable object (eraser


21


), the spring


17


causes the clipping seat


16


to restore to its original shape. Thus, in view of the light-emitting diode


14


, it indicates whether the usable object


21


has been pressed onto a paper. In addition, a transparent ornamental design


24


of various shapes may be mounted onto the sleeve


15


(as shown in FIG.


12


). Reflection of light is obtained when light passes through the ornamental design


24


.




It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useful application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.




While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. A light-emitting amusement retractable seat comprising a top cover, a combined body including a light-emitting seat, a light-emitting cover, and a light-emitting diode, a sleeve mounted below the top cover, a clipping seat mounted within the sleeve, a spring and a metallic cap mounted in between the light-emitting seat and the clipping seat, a rotating seat mounted within the clipping seat, a retractable socket mounted within the rotating seat, and a combination of usable objects mounted within the retractable socket, characterized in that the clipping seat is hollow and has a hollow slot of larger diameter at the bottom section thereof and having a hollow neck of relative small diameter at the top and middle section thereof, a depressed ring is provided at the bottom end of the hollow slot, and the sidewall thereof is provided with two symmetrical vertical guiding grooves; and the outer wall of the clipping seat is provided with two vertical guiding grooves, the rotating seat being a hollow cylindrical shaped body can be inserted into the hollow slot of the clipping seat having two loop grooves at the top end, circulating towards the bottom end thereof, the lower end of the outer wall of the rotating seat is provided with a blocking ring of relative large diameter and in contact with the bottom edge of the clipping seat, a protruded ring is provided at the blocking ring and is adapted for the depressed ring of the clipping seat such that the rotating seat can rotate 360 without disengaging from the clipping seat; the retractable socket contains elongated usable object, which are inserted into the rotating seat, the outer wall of the retractable socket is provided with two symmetrical protruded pegs which can pass through the loop grooves of the rotating seat and enter the vertical guiding grooves of the clipping seat; the inner wall of the sleeve is provided with two symmetrical vertical protruded rails which can be inserted into the two vertical guiding grooves at the outer wall of the clipping seat such that the clipping seat, within the sleeve, can move radially up and down but cannot be rotated, the top end of the inner wall of the sleeve is provided with a protruded ring which can be mounted into the depressed ring at the outer wall of the top cover such that the top cover is fixed onto the top end of the sleeve, and the lower end of the inner wall of the sleeve is provided with a blocking ring having a smaller diameter to block the clipping seat from falling down; thereby if the elongated usable object is pressed, the clipping seat moves upward to cause the metallic cap to contact with the batteries within the light-emitting seat and the light-emitting diode is lighted.
  • 2. A light-emitting amusement retractable seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the light-emitting seat is a hollow seat body containing two batteries connected in series, the top end is combined with the light-emitting cover, and a vertical slot is provided at the lateral side of the light emitting cover and the light-emitting seat to contain the long contacting leg of the light-emitting diode, the long contacting leg is in contact with the spring and the short contacting leg of the light-emitting diode passes through the small hole at the light-emitting cover and is formed into an ā€œLā€ shape, contacting the terminal end of the battery.
  • 3. A light-emitting amusement retractable seat as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sleeve can be mounted with various type of transparent ornamental design, and the transparent ornamental design causes a light reflection to light.
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