Toy fire fighting display

A toy fire fighting display is disclosed which includes a toy building having areas of structure simulating that the building is on fire. Spraying of water at some of these areas causes a chamber to fill with water causing a float to rise causing changing of the appearance of the scene. At another area, sprayed water at an area causes a container to fill with water and to descend to eliminate the appearance of a fire. A toy fire hydrant and truck are also disclosed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a toy fire fighting display. In the prior 
art, toy buildings and toy fire trucks are known, however, Applicant is 
unaware of any prior art teaching all of the features and aspects of the 
present invention. 
The following prior art is known to applicant: 
U.S. Pat. No. 1,640,417 to Marks teaches a pumping toy fire engine 
including a pumping mechanism allowing the pumping of water therefrom. The 
present invention differs from the teachings of Marks as contemplating a 
toy building having simulated fire scenes which may be eliminated by 
spraying water thereon. 
U.S. Pat. No. 2,020,196 to Mallgraf discloses a toy house having large 
windows allowing one to view the interior thereof. However, Mallgraf fails 
to contemplate the significant aspects and features of the present 
invention including the use of simulated fire scenes which may move 
responsive to the spraying of water thereon. 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,789,541 to Good et al. discloses a toy vehicle pumper 
including a fire truck with a pumping mechanism allowing the pumping of 
water therefrom. Again, Good et al. fail to contemplate the building 
structure of the present invention. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to a toy fire fighting display. The present 
invention includes the following interrelated objects, aspects and 
features: 
(a) In a first aspect, the present invention contemplates a toy simulative 
building having walls, a roof and simulated windows. 
(b) Some of the simulated windows have a fixed backdrop having a scene 
displayed thereon resembling the interior of a burning building. Below 
these windows, a watertight chamber is provided having a float therein 
carrying a simulative scene which may move in front of the fixed scene to 
completely obscure it, responsive to water filling the chamber. Water may 
fill the chamber by spraying of water on the fixed scene. 
(c) On the roof of the building, a scene is displayed which appears to be 
flames extending upwardly therefrom. This scene is mounted on a container 
hanging from resilient bands. When water is sprayed on this scene, the 
water fills the container which proceeds to descend into the toy building 
thereby removing this fire scene from view. 
(d) The present invention also contemplates a fire hydrant connectable to 
the water supply of a home by a coupling designed to attach to a common 
garden hose. This hydrant may be used to supply water to a toy fire truck 
having a selector valve allowing selection of a particular toy fire hose 
which is to be employed. 
As such, it is a first object of the present invention to provide a toy 
fire fighting display. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide such a device 
having a plurality of scenes simulating fires, which scenes may be removed 
from view by spraying water thereon. 
It is a still further object of the present invention to provide such a 
device including a simulated fire hydrant and fire truck. 
These and other objects, aspects and features of the present invention may 
be better understood from the following detailed description of the 
preferred embodiment when read in conjunction with the appended drawing 
figures.

SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference, first, to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a building is generally 
designated by the reference numeral 10 and is seen to include a bottom 
wall 11, side walls 11 and 13, front and rear walls 15 and 17, and a roof 
19. 
With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a fire scene 20 includes a simulated 
window 21 having a fixed backdrop 23 with a scene 25 thereon made to 
resemble a fire in progress within the home 10. 
With further reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, immediately below the backdrop 23, 
a chamber 27 is formed by walls 29 and contains a float 31 having attached 
thereto a scene 33, partially seen in FIG. 2 to resemble a normal home 
window including curtains 35 and windowpanes 37. The chamber 27 includes 
an overflow outlet 37, and a lock pin 39 extends through the wall 11 of 
the house 10 so that when the float 31 has floated upwardly above the lock 
pin, the lock pin may be reciprocated to lock the float 31 in a position 
with the scene 33 covering the backdrop 23. 
As should be understood from FIG. 1, a toy hose 1 may spray water 3 at the 
backdrop 23, which water 3 hits the backdrop 23 and falls downwardly 
filling the chamber 27 and thereby causing the float 31 to rise to a 
position wherein the scene 33 rises to cover the backdrop 23. Thus, with 
the backdrop 23 initially in view, it appears that the interior of the 
house 10 is on fire. However, the water 3 filling the chamber 27 causes 
the scene 33 to rise to thereby give the appearance that the fire has been 
put out and the home has been restored to a normal condition. 
FIG. 1 also shows a scene 40 which is substantially the same as the scene 
20 and, as such, will not be described in detail. Of course, the scene 
thereof displayed on the backdrop thereof may differ from the scene 
displayed on the backdrop 23 and the scene displayed on the float attached 
scene thereof may differ from the scene 33. 
With reference, now, to FIGS. 1 and 3, the roof 19 has a cross-shaped 
opening 41 through which may reciprocate a cross-shaped scene 43 mounted 
on a container 45 suspended within a chamber 47 supported under the roof 
19. Walls of the chamber 47 have outwardly extending hooks 49 from which 
depend elastic bands 51. The container 45 has two hook members 53 
extending laterally therefrom through slots (not shown) in the chamber 47, 
and these hook members have attached thereto the bands 51. Thus, the 
chamber 45 is suspended under the roof 19 by the structure including the 
bands 51. 
The scene 43 may be made to resemble a roof fire and, due to its 
cross-shape, this fire scene may be visible in all directions. 
Additionally, the cross-shape of the scene 43 allows the user to spray 
water thereon from any one of four directions, with this water descending 
through spaces formed between the scene 43 and the opening 41 in the roof 
19. Such water will descend into the container 45 which catches the water 
and causes the container 45 to become heavier, thereby causing the 
container 45 to descend within the chamber 47 against the upward force 
placed thereon by the bands 51. 
Thus, as water is sprayed on the scene 43, the container 45 fills with 
water, and subsequently descends into the chamber 47, thereby removing the 
scene 43 from view. Thus, spraying of water on the scene 43 causes the 
appearance of a fire to subsequently disappear. 
With reference, now, to FIGS. 4 and 5, the toy fire hydrant and fire truck 
made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention will now be 
described. 
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the hydrant is generally designated by the 
reference numeral 60 and is seen to include a body 61 having a base 63 
with a ground insertable spike 65 allowing the base 63 to be stabilized. 
The base 63 also includes a fluid port 67 with a coupling 69 thereon 
designed to couple to the corresponding coupling of a standard garden hose 
71. 
The port 67 leads to an internal chamber in the base 63 having an outlet 73 
leading to a valve 75 via a gap 77 between the valve 75 and the port 73. 
As seen in FIG. 4, the valve 75 has an inlet port 79, a chamber 81 and an 
L-shaped outlet port 83. 
As seen in FIG. 5, the outlet port 83 may be aligned with any one of a 
plurality of outlets 85, 87, 89 or 91 to allow flow of water therefrom. Of 
course, the outlet port 83 may be misaligned with the outlet ports 85, 87, 
89 and 91 to close the valve 75. 
An actuator handle 90 is attached to the valve 75 so that rotations of the 
handle 90 result in corresponding rotations of the valve 75. 
If desired, the outlet ports 85, 87, 89 and 91 may differ from one another 
as each having a unique outlet area. Thus, the user may select outlet 
pressure by selecting a particular outlet of a particular outlet 
cross-sectional area. 
With reference to FIG. 5, in particular, a toy fire truck 100 is seen to 
include a body 101 and a cab 103 having a roof 105, a hood 107, a 
windshield 109 and windshield wipers 111. 
The body 101 includes a selector valve 110 interposed between an inlet port 
108 and outlet ports 113, 115 and 117. The inlet port 108 may be connected 
with one of the outlet ports 85, 87, 89 or 91 of the hydrant 60 by virtue 
of a toy hose 106. The valve 110 may be similar in design to the hydrant 
60 including a single inlet port 104 and an outlet port 119 rotatable to 
interconnect with any one of the outlet ports 113, 115 or 117. 
Alternatively, a plurality of outlet ports including the outlet port 119 
and additional outlet ports 121 and 123 may be provided so that through 
rotations of the valve head 120, by movements of the actuating handle 122, 
various combinations of alignment between the outlet ports 119, 121 and 
123 of the valve 120 and the ports 113, 115 and 117 of the truck may be 
accomplished. Of course, misalignment of these various ports will result 
in closing of the valve 110. 
As shown in FIG. 5, toy hoses 131 and 133 may be connected to outlet ports 
113 and 115 with another such hose (not shown) being selectively 
connectable to the outlet port 117. In this way, water from the garden 
hose 71 may be controlled and regulated by the hydrant 60, may be supplied 
to the fire truck 100 and may be sprayed from the nozzles 135, 137 of the 
toy fire hoses 131, 133, respectively, so that water may be sprayed on the 
various scenes of the building 10 to simulate putting out of a fire. 
As such, an invention has been disclosed in terms of a preferred embodiment 
thereof, which fulfills each and every one of the objects of the invention 
as set forth hereinabove and provides a new and improved toy fire fighting 
display of great novelty and utility. 
Of course, various changes, modifications and alterations in the teachings 
of the present invention may be contemplated by one skilled in the art 
without departing from the intended spirit and scope thereof. 
As such, it is intended that the present invention only be limited by the 
terms of the appended claims.