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Bellows type toy tambourine

US4757739A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 15, 1986
Grant dateJul 19, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 15, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10D13/24
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A bellows type toy tambourine with a bellows containing a space enclosed by two ring members. One of these ring members has a plurality of slots along its circumference. Each of these slots contains two round metal plates for giving metal collision sound by shaking while it is played as a tambourine. One of the ring members has a plurality of flues. Each of these flues is incorporated with a tongue so that different tunes can be given when the bellows is expanded or contracted to permit air to pass through the flues; i.e., when it is used as an accordion. It is a novel structure of toy instrument and a combination of toy drum, tambourine and accordion.

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