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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
A method for generating a drink which appears to hop from a remote spot on the bar or counter and take one or more leaps, before landing in a patron's glass.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7481691 | Flying toy for propeller launching A flying toy has a handle and a driving mechanism to spin a propeller assembly for launching, the propeller assembly having blades on the top end and a freely rotatable conical sleeve on the bottom end. The handle comprises a plurality of pinch rollers surrounding t... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7021986 | Bubble generating assembly A bubble producing assembly has a housing having an outlet, an air generator positioned on the housing, a bubble producing device positioned over the air generator, a first activator coupled to the air generator, a reservoir associated with the housing for storing a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6948996 | Toy bubble (S)—in-bubble generating assembly and method A toy bubble-in-bubble assembly includes first and second hollow tubes, first and second rings, first and second connecting members, and a handle. First ends of the first and second tubes are located on a top portion of the handle. The first tube has a fluted second... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6758203 | Automatic and consecutive target firing structure An automatic and consecutive clay target firing structure includes two driving sources to drive respectively a rotary mechanism and clay targets to rotate, a target feeding unit located on the rotary mechanism having two target barrels located on two sides for housi... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6447357 | Bubble ring A bubble ring is comprised of a tubular wall with a height which is greater than its wall thickness. The wall is parallel to the axis of the ring for reducing resistance to airflow along the axis of the ring. Plates extend radially from the inside and out... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6247990 | High performance rubberband launched toy autogiro with fold out wings A new high performance rubberband launched toy autogiro is described. Using lightweight rigid materials, this device ascends at high velocity to over 100 feet, then unfolds its wings and begins a spinning slow-speed descent lasting 15 seconds or more. Min... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5863250 | Aerial toy An aerial toy is disclosed that is adapted to be launched into the air using an elastomeric band. The toy includes a nose portion that is generally in the shape of an elongate ellipsoid that has a front end and a rear end. An elongate rib depends from the... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5830029 | Toy bow-in-arrow bubble shooter system A toy bow-n-arrow bubble shooter system including a bow. The bow has a frame with a cylindrical member centrally interconnected thereto and an elastomeric string. The cylindrical member has a channel therein and a plunger member positioned within the chan... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5690533 | Airfoil An airfoil is disclosed that is adapted to be launched into the air using an elastomeric band. The device includes a nose portion that is generally in the shape of an elongate ellipsoid that has a front end and a rear end. An elongate rib depends from the... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5628620 | Main rotor system for helicopters A main rotor is provided for use in a rotary winged model aircraft. The main rotor includes a rotor hub assembly rotatable about a vertical axis and at least two main rotor blades. Each of the main rotor blades extends in a radial direction from the rotor... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5403221 | Aerial toy with short axis rotational ascent and long axis rotational descent An aerial toy designed to maintain an aerodynamic profile during ascent by rotating around its shortest axis and having a shape which naturally predicts it to rotate around its longest axis during descent. The body of the invention consists of generally f... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5304090 | Toy helicopter having forwardly inclined rotor shaft A catapultable or rocket propelled toy helicopter (100,200) are provided that have foldable rotor blades (16 and 16') and a forwardly inclined rotor shaft surface (8) against which a rotor shaft (9) rests during flight that in combination with a balancing... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5284454 | Toy helicopter A toy helicopter device is disclosed which is capable of a projected nose up ascent and a helicopter nose down descent. The device has a streamlined two dimensional main body comprising a nose, stem, and tail portion. The tail portion is hingedly connecte... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5052973 | Toy car launcher with cable driven shuttle and pulleys A toy car launcher includes a base which carries a combination of pulleys which cause a slide in an elongated track to be rapidly propelled down a track when a pair of handles are pulled. A car placed on the track is propelled by the slide down the track,... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4781642 | Rotary flying toy A rotary flying toy is disclosed including a rotor having a plurality of radially extending generally horizontal blades adapted to rotate about the vertical axis of the rotor to provide vertical lift. A separate hand-held launcher is provided and includes... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4634394 | Projected toy with rotatable paddles An aerial toy to be projected into the air, the toy having a rotor to slow the descent. The rotor is locked to be coplanar with the body while the toy is projected and during the ascent of the toy. At the apex of flight, the toy changes its attitude, the ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4481731 | Amusement device for making bubbles A bubble making wand with inner and outer generally concentric serrated rings for making a plurality of small bubbles inside of a single larger bubble. A pan having two reservoirs with shape complimentary to the shape of the wand is also described.... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4452007 | Horizontal axis rotatory frustum flying toy The Horizontal Axis Rotatory Frustum Toy is a catapulted cylinderlike flying-wing glider that rotates horizontally to produce lift and quite slow flight, suitable indoors or out. A rubber band or string can be used to launch it. Unique shape provides good... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4295290 | Toy projectile A toy projectile comprising an upper stage having a segmented, tubular rocket-simulating body in which segments or vanes are hinged and formed to provide a rocket vehicle-like configuration in the closed condition and, upon opening, provide radially dispo... | 10/20/1981 |
| 3947993 | Airfoil and means for launching same An airfoil comprising an elongated member terminating at a nose portion having a tapered circular cross section defining a plurality of flight control surfaces which function to stabilize the flight of the elongated member during launch and when the same ... | 04/06/1976 |
