Patent ID: 7803057
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. An expansible amusement device, comprising: a pair of substantially planar bases; a plurality of elastically expandable members having a substantially planar shape when in a compressed state, the elastically expandable members being stacked and sandwiched between the pair of bases when in a compressed configuration; a plurality of confetti strips positioned between adjacent ones of the elastically expandable members when in the compressed configuration; a deployment strip peripherally wrapped about the pair of bases and the elastically expandable members when in the compressed configuration, the deployment strip having a free end and a fixed end; and at least one retaining member releasably securing the fixed end of the deployment strip to the pair of bases when in the compressed configuration; wherein a user grasps the free end of the deployment strip and tosses the expansible amusement device in order to deploy the expansible amusement device, the tossing of the expansible amusement device causing the at least one retaining member and the deployment strip to separate from the pair of bases, the elastically expandable members expanding when compressive force from the pair of bases is removed, expansion of the plurality of elastically expandable members dispersing the plurality of confetti strips in a burst pattern.