Patent ID: 7475832

Claim:
A free-standing water sprinkler amusement device, comprising: a housing having a reservoir for receiving and storing water to be transported along with said housing and a bottom designed to support the amusement device in a self-standing operating position on an underlying surface during operation of the device; a nozzle assembly coupled to said housing and defining at least one discharge orifice, the nozzle assembly being rotatable about an axis of rotation, the at least one discharge orifice being radially offset from the axis of rotation so that the discharge orifice does not pass through the axis of rotation; an avenue of release extending within said housing, said avenue of release being dimensioned and arranged to establish a path of fluid communication between said reservoir and said nozzle assembly; an on/off mechanism selectively operable to initiate and terminate flow of water along said avenue of release; and a fluid transfer system operative to develop forces for causing water to flow through the avenue of release and out of the at least one discharge orifice upon actuation of said on/off mechanism, said discharge orifice being arranged such that the flow caused by said fluid transfer system is discharged from said at least one discharge orifice as a continuous helical stream during rotation of said nozzle assembly.