Patent ID: 8303365
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A jet propulsion construction toy assembly comprising: a movable brick assembly; a container mounted on said brick assembly, configured with an inner receiving space, and having an outwardly extending tubular nozzle in spatial communication with said inner receiving space; a launching unit including a fluid supplying unit including a barrel adapted for receiving fluid that includes air and liquid, a pump, a first conduit interconnecting said barrel and said pump, and a second conduit interconnecting said pump and said inlet of said launching seat of said launching unit; wherein, when said nozzle of said container is retained in said launching seat of said launching unit, said pump of said fluid supplying unit is operable to pump the fluid out of said barrel through said first conduit into said inner receiving space in said container through said second conduit, said inlet of said launching seat of said launching unit and said nozzle of said container such that said inner receiving space in said container is filled with the fluid pumped by said pump, and subsequently, when said actuator is moved from the engaging position to the releasing position, jet of the fluid from the inner receiving space in said container through said nozzle forms a propulsion force to drive movement of a combination of said brick assembly and said container away from said launching unit; wherein said nozzle of said container has an outer annular surface formed with an annular engaging groove; wherein said launching seat of said launching unit is formed with an inner accommodating space therein in spatial communication with said opening and said inlet, and has a stopping block fixed in said inner accommodating space; wherein said actuator of said launching unit is disposed movably in said inner accommodating space in said launching seat, has an accessible operating end portion extending outwardly of said launching seat, and an engaging end portion opposite to said operating end portion along the axis, and is formed with a through hole disposed between said operating end portion and said engaging end portion and permitting extension of said stopping block of said launching seat and said nozzle of said container therethrough such that said nozzle of said container is disposed between said engaging end portion of said actuator and said stopping block upon extension of said nozzle of said container into said inner accommodating space in said launching seat; and wherein, when said nozzle of said container extends into said inner accommodating space in said launching seat while said operating end portion of said actuator is directly operated to move said actuator along the axis from the releasing position to the engaging position, said engaging end portion of said actuator moves toward said stopping block such that said stopping block and said engaging end portion of said actuator engage said outer annular surface in said nozzle of said container, thereby clamping said nozzle of said container between said engaging end portion of said actuator and said stopping block.