Patent ID: 11961414
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. An entertainment/educational facility comprising one or more bubble-making stations, each of the one or more stations comprising a system, wherein the system present in each of the one or more stations is different than the system present in any of the other of the one or more stations, and wherein the one or more stations comprise
a first system comprising a bubble making apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the bubble making apparatus comprising:
a) a support structure, the support structure including one or more sides, a bottom, a top opening, one or more basins, a trough and a reservoir,
wherein the one or more basins each have one or more sides, a bottom and a port, the port positioned at the bottom of the one or more basins, and the one or more basins configured to contain a bubble solution,
wherein the trough comprises a trough bottom biased toward the reservoir in a manner that directs the bubble solution falling onto the trough bottom towards the reservoir, and

wherein the reservoir is configured to contain a bubble solution, and
b) a pumping system, the pumping system including one or more pumps and one or more conduits,
wherein the one or more conduits connect at least one pump to the port of each of the one or more basins, and
wherein in operation the at least one pump continuously transports the bubble solution contained in the reservoir through the one or more conduits to the port of each of the one or more basins, thereby filling each of the one or more basins with the bubble solution; and

any one or more of the following systems,
a second system comprising a gas producing apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the gas producing apparatus comprising:
a) a base, the base comprising one or more sides, a bottom and a top surface, the top surface having one or more basins, the one or more basins each comprising one or more sides and a bottom, wherein each of the one or more basins is configured to contain a bubble solution, and
b) a smoke-like fog generating apparatus, the smoke-like fog generating apparatus comprising
i) a body having one or more sides, a bottom, a top opening opposite the bottom, the resulting interior space defining an internal reservoir,
ii) a heating element, the heating element abutting the bottom or the one or more sides of the body, and
iii) a lid, the lid including one or more ports and one or more hoses, the one or more hoses each comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each of the one or more hoses is attached to each of the one or more ports,
wherein when the lid is closed over the top opening of the body, the internal reservoir, one or more ports and one or more hoses form a continuous fluid path until reaching the second end of each of the one or more hoses, and

wherein each of the one or more basins is configured to receive the second end of each of the one or more hoses, and
wherein in operation dry ice and water placed inside internal reservoir sublimates to produce gas that flows from the internal reservoir through the each one or more ports and each of the one or more hoses, thereby expelling the gas from the second end of each of the one or more hoses; or

a third system comprising a mobile gas producing apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the mobile gas producing apparatus comprising:
a) a carrier, and
b) a mobile smoke-like fog generating apparatus, the mobile smoke-like fog generating apparatus comprising
i) a body having one or more sides, a bottom, a top opening opposite the bottom, the resulting interior space defining an internal reservoir,
ii) a heating element, the heating element abutting the bottom or the one or more sides of the body, and
iii) a lid, the lid including one or more ports and one or more hoses, the one or more hoses each comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each of the one or more hoses is attached to each of the one or more ports,
wherein when the lid is closed over the top opening of the body, the internal reservoir, one or more ports and one or more hoses form a continuous fluid path until reaching the second end of each of the one or more hoses,
wherein each of the one or more basins is configured to receive the second end of each of the one or more hoses, and
wherein in operation dry ice and water placed inside the internal reservoir sublimates to produce gas that flows from the internal reservoir through the each one or more ports and each of the one or more hoses, thereby expelling the gas from the second end of each of the one or more hoses; or

a fourth system comprising an inflatable apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the inflatable apparatus comprising:
a) a first inflated chamber, the first inflated chamber being substantially spherical and curved in shape with a flat bottom,
b) a second inflated chamber being substantially cuboidal in shape, the second inflated chamber comprising an entrance enabling a user access from outside the apparatus into the second inflated chamber, and
c) an inflation system, the inflation system including an inflation device and one or more air conduits,
wherein the first inflated chamber has a contiguous portion with the second inflated chamber, and
wherein an opening is present in the contiguous portion to create a pathway between the first inflated chamber to the second inflated chamber,
wherein the one or more air conduits connect the inflation device to at least the first inflated chamber, and
wherein in operation the inflation device expels air through the one or more conduits and into at least the first inflated chamber, thereby inflating the first inflated chamber; or

a fifth system comprising a bubble sheet making apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the bubble sheet making apparatus comprising:
a) a frame system, the frame system including a bottom trough, one or more vertical support members and a top support structure, the bottom trough including one or more sides, a bottom and a top opening opposite the bottom, the resulting interior space defining a reservoir, wherein the bottom trough is configured to contain a bubble solution,
wherein the one or more vertical support members span the space between the bottom trough and the top support structure,

b) a lift system, the lift system including one or more pulleys and one or more lifting cords, each of the one or more lifting cords comprising a first end and a second end,
wherein the one or more pulleys are secured to the top support structure of the frame system, and

c) a bar system, the bar system comprising a top bar, one or more depending cords, and a bottom bar, and each of the one or more depending cords comprising at least a free end and composited of a collapsible material,
wherein the top bar comprises a first end, a second end and an absorbent material, and
wherein the one or more depending cords is secured to the top bar and the at least a free end of the one or more depending cords is secured to the bottom bar, and

wherein the first end of each of the one or more lifting cords of the lift system is secured to the top bar, the one or more lifting cords then passed through the one or more pulleys, thereby having the second end of each of the one or more lifting cords on the side of the one or more pulleys opposite the side of the first end of each of the one or more lifting cords, and
wherein in operation, the bar system submerged in the bubble solution contained in the bottom trough is lifted vertically upward out of the bottom trough using the lift system, thereby forming a bubble sheet using the bubble solution contained within a framework created by the top bar, one or more depending cords and the bottom bar; or

a sixth system comprising:
a) a bubble making apparatus, the bubble making apparatus comprising
i) a support structure, the support structure having one or more sides, a bottom and a top, and comprising a power system and a ventilation system, the power system including a power supply to generate electricity and one or more electrical wires, and
ii) one or more bubble producing systems, each of the one or more bubble producing systems comprising:
1) A motorized bubble producing tool system, the motorized bubble producing tool system including a reservoir, one or more bubble producing tools attached to a central hub and a motor,
 wherein the central hub is operably linked to the motor, and
 wherein the reservoir is configured to contain a bubble solution, and
2) an air stream producing system, the air stream producing system comprising a motorized blower and a vent,
 wherein the one or more electrical wires connect the power supply to the motor of the motorized bubble producing tool system and the motorized blower the air stream producing system, and

wherein in operation the motorized blower continuously expels air in a generally horizontal direction through vent and outward from the front of the bubble making apparatus and the motor of the motorized bubble producing tool system continuously spins the central hub causing each of the one or more bubble producing tools to undergo a rotational cycle through the bubble solution contained in the reservoir and past air stream being expelled through the vent, thereby causing formation of a stream of bubbles, and

b) an activity area, the activity area comprising at least one receptacle including projectiles, and
c) educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles; or

a seventh system comprising a bubble tower making apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the bubble tower making apparatus comprising:
a) a base system, the base system including a platform, a fluid trough and a base surround, the fluid trough configured to contain a bubble solution,
wherein the base surround is located along the outside perimeter of the fluid trough and the fluid trough is located along the outside perimeter of the platform,

b) a support frame system, the support frame system including one or more vertical support members and a top frame,
wherein the one or more vertical support members span the space between the base system and the top frame, and

c) a lift system, the lift system including one or more lifting pulleys, one or more control pulleys, one or more cables, and a bubble forming device, each of the one or more cables comprising a first end and a second end,
wherein the one or more lifting pulleys and one or more control pulleys are secured to the top frame of the support frame system,
wherein the bubble forming device conforms to the shape of the fluid trough, and
wherein the one or more cables are each secured to the bubble forming device, and

wherein the first end of each of the one or more cables of the lift system is secured to the bubble forming device, the one or more cables then passed through the one or more lifting pulleys and one or more controlling pulleys, thereby having the second end of each of the one or more cables on the side of the one or more lifting pulleys and one or more controlling pulleys opposite the side of the first end of each of the one or more cables, and
wherein in operation, the bubble forming device submerged in the bubble solution contained in the fluid trough is lifted vertically upward out of the fluid trough using the lift system, thereby forming a bubble tower using the bubble solution contained between the bubble forming device and the bubble solution contained in the fluid trough; or

an eighth system comprising a bubble light apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the bubble light apparatus comprising:
a) a support structure, the support structure including one or more sides, a bottom and a top surface, the top surface having one or more basins, the one or more basins including one or more sides and a bottom, the bottom being partially or fully transparent and/or partially or fully translucent, thereby enabling light to transmit therethrough,
wherein each of the one or more basins is configured to contain a bubble solution, and

b) a lighting system, the lighting system including one or more light sources, at least one power supply to generate electricity, and one or more electrical wires,
wherein each of the one or more light sources is located underneath the bottom of each of one or more basins, and
wherein the one or more electrical wires connect the at least one power supply to each of the one or more light sources, and
wherein in operation, one or more users create one or more bubbles using the bubble solution contained in the one or more basins and light being emitted from the one or more light sources shine through the one or more bubbles; or

a ninth system comprising a bubble jet apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the bubble jet apparatus comprising:
a) a support structure, the support structure including one or more sides, a bottom and a top surface, the top surface having one or more basins and one or more vents, the one or more basins including one or more sides and a bottom,
wherein each of the one or more basins is configured to contain a bubble solution, and

b) an air stream system, the air stream system including at least one motorized blower, one or more ducts, at least one power supply to generate electricity, and one or more electrical wires,
wherein the one or more electrical wires connect the at least one power supply to the at least one motorized blower, and

wherein the bubble jet apparatus further comprises one or more bubble making tools, and
wherein in operation, one or more bubbles are formed when a user positions a bubble making tool containing the bubble solution over one of the one or more vents, thereby causing air being expelled through the one of the one or more vents to pass through the bubble making tool thereby creating the one or more bubbles from the bubble solution contained in the bubble making tool; or

a tenth system comprising a bubble pedestal apparatus and educational information regarding the scientific principles of bubbles, the bubble pedestal apparatus comprising:
a) a support structure, the support structure including one or more sides and a top surface, the top surface having one or more lips positioned around the perimeter of the top surface thereby defining a basin, wherein the basin is configured to contain a bubble solution, and
b) one or more casters,
wherein the bubble pedestal apparatus further comprises one or more bubble making tools.