Patent ID: 6022261
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A sinkable toy ship model which comprises:a passenger and smokestack area;a hull, said hull is being divided into a plurality of compartments by a plurality of correspondent compartment walls vertically intersecting the hull crosswise wherein the compartment walls further have a plurality of correspondent holes to provide fluid communication between said compartments when the sinkable toy ship model is set for sinking;an adjustable opening built near a bottom side of the first compartment to allow water to enter the hull when said adjustable opening is opened; wherein said adjustable opening further comprises a leak slip and a slip door slidably mounted to two tracks alongside said adjustable opening through which said adjustable opening is manually adjusted to control the rate of flow of water into the hull;a vent hole located on a top side of the hull in a position relative to that of the last compartment of said plurality of compartments to aid the water entry to the hull;a weight is placed on a front edge of the first compartment opposite to the correspondent first compartment wall to facilitate the sinking; andwherein when the adjustable opening is opened, water enters into the first compartment of the hull, as a result of an air stream created within the hull between the opening and the vent hole, to cause the ship model to tilt forward to initiate sinking with the aid of the weight until the water level reaches the first wall hole between the first compartment and the second compartment whereby the water will then flow from the first compartment into the second compartment via the first compartment wall hole to cause the sinking ship to rise into a vertically standing position in the water; the water will proceed to fill the second compartment until the water level reaches the second wall hole between the second compartment and the subsequent compartment whereby the water will then flow from the second compartment into the subsequent compartment via the second compartment wall hole to cause the sinking ship to remain in the vertically standing position until the water level completely fills the last compartment of said plurality of compartments, at which point the water will fill the entire hull to cause the sinking ship to submerge under water.