Patent ID: 8156578

Claim:
A recirculating water bath toy, comprising: an outer body being shaped to fit over a sidewall of a bathtub, the outer body having an elongated front arm with a proximal end and a distal end, a back arm with a proximal end and a connecting arm joining the front and back arms at the proximal ends of such arms; a liquid intake port disposed at a distal end of the front arm such that, when the bath toy is in use, the intake port is below a waterline in the bathtub; a plurality of means for outletting the liquid in fluid communication with said intake port, the plurality of means being disposed on a surface of the front arm and above the liquid intake port and waterline such that, when the bath toy is in use, the outletting means is disposed above the waterline in the bathtub; a selector valve in fluid communication with said intake port and said outletting means, said selector valve directing the liquid to one or more of said outletting means; an actuator engaging said selector valve and being operable to cause said selector valve to direct the liquid to different outletting means; and a pump in fluid communication with said intake port and said selector valve, the pump having a water delivery rate of less than about 100 mL per second.