US 6,981,701 B2
Fluid-filled game device
Janice Ritter, Los Angeles, Calif. (US); and Alton Takeyasu, Playa Del Rey, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, Calif. (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/835,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/466818, filed on Apr. 29, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0012274 A1, Jan. 20, 2005
Int. Cl. A63F 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 273—457 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a tank charged with a fluid;
a base for supporting the tank, the base further including:
a pump system to generate a fluid current within the tank, the pump system having a nozzle through which current is directed into the tank;
an actuating system to operate the pump system;
a play piece within the fluid having a specific gravity slightly greater than the fluid, the play piece further including:
a body portion; and
at least one protuberance extending outwardly from the body portion;
wherein the at least one protuberance is configured to move relative to the body portion and adapted to impart one or more of rotational and translational motion to the play piece upon engaging a fluid current.