Patent Application
20240066422
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The disclosure relates to playhouse devices and more particularly pertains to a new playhouse device for facilitating occupants to pretend to be occupying a flying saucer. The device includes a playhouse that is structured to resemble a flying saucer with a plurality of windows and a translucent dome. The device includes a plurality of legs to support the playhouse above a support surface and an entrance to enter or exit the playhouse.
The prior art relates to playhouse devices including a space toy device structured to resemble a flying saucer that includes a radio frequency receiver and a blinking light emitter. The prior art discloses a motorized toy device that is structure to resemble a flying saucer which includes a propulsion system and wheels to travel along a support surface. The prior art discloses a flying hovercraft device that includes a remote control and counter-rotating fans to produce lift. The prior art discloses a remotely controlled aircraft that is structured to resemble a flying saucer. The prior art discloses an aircraft that is structure to resemble a flying saucer for transporting cargo. The prior art discloses an ornamental design for a motorized toy that resembles a flying saucer.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a playhouse which comprises a lower bowl and an upper bowl that is attached to the lower bowl such that the playhouse has the ornamental appearance of a flying saucer. The playhouse has a plurality of windows that is each integrated into the upper bowl to facilitate occupants of the playhouse to see through the windows. The playhouse has an entrance to facilitate the occupants of the playhouse to enter or exit the playhouse. A plurality of legs is each coupled to and extends downwardly from the playhouse thereby facilitating the legs to support the playhouse above a support surface. A pair of antenna is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the playhouse.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The playhouse 12 has a plurality of windows 30 that is each integrated into the upper bowl 16 to facilitate occupants 40 of the playhouse 12 to see through the windows 30. The outside wall 22 of the upper bowl 16 has a plurality of apertures 32 each extending through a respective one of the sections 24 of the outside wall 22. The apertures 32 are positioned on every other one of the sections 24 of the outside wall 22 and each of the apertures 32 is positioned closer to the lower edge 26 of the outside wall 22 than an apex 34 of the outside wall 22 of the upper bowl 16. Each of the windows 30 is disposed within a respective one of the apertures 32 such that each of the windows 30 completely covers the respective aperture 32.
The outside wall 22 of the upper bowl 16 has a dome 36 curving upwardly from the apex 34 of the outside wall 22. The dome 36 is comprised of a translucent material thereby facilitating light to pass through the dome 36. The playhouse 12 has an entrance 38 to facilitate the occupants 40 of the playhouse 12 to enter or exit the playhouse 12. The entrance 38 extends through the outer wall 18 of the lower bowl 14 and the entrance 38 extends from the upper edge 28 of the lower bowl 14 toward an apex 42 of the outer wall 18 of the lower bowl 14. The entrance 38 is positioned on a respective one of the sections 20 of the outer wall 18 and the entrance 38 has a lateral bounding edge 44.
A door 46 is provided which has a lateral edge 48 and a front surface 50 and the lateral edge 48 of the door 46 is hingedly coupled to the lateral bounding edge 44 of the entrance 38. The door 46 covers the entrance 38 when the door 46 is positioned in a closed position and the door 46 exposes the entrance 38 when the door 46 is positioned in an open position. A grip 52 is positioned on the front surface 50 of the door 46 thereby facilitating the grip 52 to be gripped for urging the door 46 between the open position and the closed position.
A plurality of legs 54 is each coupled to and extends downwardly from the playhouse 12 thereby facilitating the legs 54 to support the playhouse 12 above a support surface 56. Each of the legs 54 has a coupled end 58 that is coupled to an outer surface 60 of the outer wall 18 of the lower bowl 14. The legs 54 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around a full circumference of the lower bowl 14. Each of the legs 54 is positioned closer to the apex 42 of the outer wall 18 of the lower bowl 14 than the upper edge 28 of the outer wall 18 of the lower bowl 14. Each of the legs 54 has a distal end 62 with respect to the outer wall 18 and each of the legs 54 angles outwardly between the outer wall 18 and the distal end 62. A plurality of feet 64 is provided and each of the feet 64 has a top side 66 curves upwardly from a bottom side 68 that is planar. The top side 66 of each of the feet 64 is coupled to the distal end 62 of a respective one of the legs 54 thereby facilitating the bottom side 68 of each of the legs 54 to rest on the support surface 56. A total of three legs 54 may be provided and the three legs 54 may be evenly spaced apart from each other to support the playhouse 12.
A pair of antenna 70 is provided and each of the antenna 70 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the playhouse 12. Each of the antenna 70 has a coupled end 72 that is coupled to an exterior surface 74 of the outside wall 22 of the upper bowl 16 and each of the antenna 70 has a distal end 76 with respect to the exterior surface 74. Each antenna 70 is positioned between the lower edge 26 of the upper bowl 16 and the dome 36 and each antenna 70 angles away from the dome 36. Additionally, each antenna 70 is positioned on opposite sides of the dome 36 with respect to each other. Each antenna 70 includes a ball 78 that is coupled to the distal end 76 of a respective antenna 70.
In use, the playhouse 12 is positioned at a location, such as a yard of a house for example, where occupants 40 can access the playhouse 12 while playing outdoors. In this way the occupants 40 can climb inside of the playhouse 12 for the purposes of entertainment and play. The occupants 40 can enter through the entrance 38 and view the outdoor 46 environment through either the windows 30 or the dome 36. Furthermore, the occupants 40 can make believe that the occupants 40 are piloting the flying saucer or engage in any conceivable game of make-believe.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
