U.S. patent application number 09/960183 was filed with the patent office on 2002-03-21 for space egg.
Invention is credited to Henson, John.
Application Number | 20020033397 09/960183 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 26927354 |
Filed Date | 2002-03-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020033397 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Henson, John |
March 21, 2002 |
Space egg
Abstract
A new and improved apparatus is disclosed that will allow a user
to place an Easter egg in an upright position and have the Easter
egg stay in an upright position without any external means of
support. The present invention would comprise an Easter egg and a
weight that would be strategically placed within the Easter egg.
The egg would comprise two halves, an upper half and a lower half.
Both the upper half and the lower half of the egg of the present
invention would have an inner surface and an outer surface. The
upper half would be the portion of the egg that would round out
more gradually, while the lower half of the egg of the present
invention would be the portion of the egg that would round out more
quickly. The weight of the present invention would be located
within the lower half of the present invention, and would be
removably attached to the inner surface of the lower half of the
present invention. Preferably, the weight would be located on the
lowest possible point of the inner surface of the lower half of the
present invention, which would ensure that the egg would stand
upright when both the upper half and the lower half of the egg are
attached to one another and a user attempts to stand the present
invention up.
Inventors: |
Henson, John; (Milpitas,
CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Matthew J. Peirce, Esq.
1550 Starlight Canyon Avenue
Las Vegas
NV
89123
US
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Family ID: |
26927354 |
Appl. No.: |
09/960183 |
Filed: |
September 20, 2001 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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60233904 |
Sep 20, 2000 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
220/603 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 81/365 20130101;
A63H 15/06 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/603 |
International
Class: |
B65D 006/28 |
Claims
What I claim as my invention is:
1. An apparatus for displaying a toy egg in an upright position
comprising: (a) a toy egg comprising two halves, an upper half and
a lower half, the upper half and the lower half each having an
inside surface and an outside surface, the upper half and the lower
of the toy egg each having a rounded end, the upper half capable of
being removably connected to the lower half, the upper half of the
egg including the rounded end of the egg that would round out more
gradually, the lower half of the toy egg including the rounded end
of the egg that would round out more quickly, and (b) a weight
having at least one flat surface, the flat surface of weight being
removably attached to the inner surface of the lower half of the
toy egg.
2. An apparatus for displaying a toy egg in an upright position
according to claim 1 wherein the weight would be designed in the
shape of a cross-section of a tube.
3. An apparatus for displaying a toy egg in an upright position
according to claim 1 wherein the weight would preferably be
removably attached to the point on the inner surface of the lower
half of the toy egg closest to the rounded end of the lower
half.
4. An apparatus for displaying a toy egg in an upright position
according to claim 1 wherein the toy egg would be designed to
represent an Easter egg.
Description
I. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is that of a new and improved
apparatus that will allow a user to place an Easter egg in an
upright position and have the Easter egg stay in an upright
position without any external means of support.
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] U.S. Pat. No. 5,743,404, issued to Melashenko et al.,
discloses a container which has a hollow substrate with a coating
covering at least a portion of the substrate.
[0003] U.S. Pat. No. 5,332,605, issued to DeLamar, discloses a
hollow decorative object which contains inside one or more novelty
objects.
[0004] U.S. Pat. No. 4,124,135, issued to Weder et al., discloses a
hollow, plastic Easter egg constructed of two halves connected
together by a plastic living hinge of unitary construction.
III. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The present invention is that of a new and improved
apparatus that will allow a user to place an Easter egg in an
upright position and have the Easter egg stay in an upright
position without any external means of support. The present
invention would comprise an Easter egg and a weight that would be
strategically placed within the Easter egg. The egg would comprise
two halves, an upper half and a lower half. Both the upper half and
the lower half of the egg of the present invention would have an
inner surface and an outer surface.
[0006] The upper half would be the portion of the egg that would
round out more gradually, while the lower half of the egg of the
present invention would be the portion of the egg that would round
out more quickly. The weight of the present invention would be
located within the lower half of the present invention, and would
be removably attached to the inner surface of the lower half of the
present invention. Preferably, the weight would be located on the
lowest possible point of the inner surface of the lower half of the
present invention, which would ensure that the egg would stand
upright when both the upper half and the lower half of the egg are
attached to one another and a user attempts to stand the present
invention up.
[0007] There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more
important features of a support apparatus 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, of course, additional features of the
support apparatus that will be described hereinafter and which will
form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
[0008] In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment
of the support apparatus in detail, it is to be understood that the
support apparatus is not limited in its application to the details
of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth
in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The
support apparatus is capable of other embodiments and being
practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be
understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are
for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as
limiting.
[0009] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the
conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be
utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods
and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present
support apparatus. It is important, therefore, that the claims be
regard as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they
do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present
invention.
[0010] It is therefore an object of the present invention to
provide a support apparatus which has all of the advantages of the
prior art and none of the disadvantages.
[0011] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
support apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured
and marketed.
[0012] It is another object of the present invention to provide a
support apparatus which is of durable and reliable
construction.
[0013] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide
a support apparatus which is economically affordable and available
to the buying public.
[0014] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide
a support apparatus which provides additional benefits not present
in the prior art.
[0015] Other objects, features and advantages of the present
invention will become more readily apparent from the following
detailed description of the preferred embodiment when considered
with the attached drawings and appended claims.
IV. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] FIG. 1 shows a side view of the present invention.
V. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0017] FIG. 1 shows a side view of the present invention. The
present invention is that of a new and improved apparatus that will
allow a user to place Easter egg 2 in an upright position and have
the Easter egg 2 stay in an upright position without any external
means of support. The present invention would comprise Easter egg 2
and a weight 4 that would be strategically placed within the Easter
egg 2. Egg 2 would comprise two halves, an upper half 6 and a lower
half 8. Both the upper half 6 and the lower half 8 of egg 2 of the
present invention would have an inner surface and an outer
surface.
[0018] The upper half 6 would be the portion of the egg 2 that
would round out more gradually, while the lower half 8 of the egg 2
of the present invention would be the portion of the egg 2 that
would round out more quickly. Weight 4 of the present invention
would be located within the lower half 8 of the present invention,
and would be removably attached to the inner surface of the lower
half 8 of the present invention. Preferably, weight 4 would be
located on the lowest possible point of the inner surface of the
lower half 8 of the present invention, which would ensure that egg
2 would stand upright when both the upper half 6 and the lower half
8 of the egg are attached to one another and a user attempts to
stand the present invention up.
[0019] The present invention would make a good addition to an
Easter egg collection. Further, the present invention would assist
a user in making a display because the eggs of the present
invention would be able to stand upright by themselves and would
not need external support or assistance. The present invention
would only stand on edge, however, when there would be no contents
within egg 2 or if the contents of egg 2 are not too heavy to
affect the balance of the egg 2.
[0020] Weight 4 would preferably have a shape which would allow to
weight 4 to "set" within the lower half 8 of egg 2 and not move
around voluntarily. Therefore, weight 4 would need some sort of
flat surface. The preferable shape of weight 4 is shown in FIG. 1,
with weight 4 having the approximate shape of a cross-section of
tube. When weight 4 would have this shape, it could be placed flat
on its side, with an individual not worrying that the weight 4
would possibly roll and knock over egg 2 when egg 2 would be in an
upright position.
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