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Does not work with iPhone 3G either.
Posted by Joel on March 2, 2009 at 9:46 AM (CST)
Works with my Ipod Touch, and my cell phone that connects via USB. Now they need an ALL-IN-ONE usb cord!
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I just picked up one today. After placing 4 fully charged eneloops into the charger, I hooked it up to the Ipod 80G. After 4 hrs. I checked the charge status; 80% complete. Slow but not the end of the work. Chances are it takes 6 hrs. to 100% completion.
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Spent much of my spare time in the last few years taking apart all things VIX related.
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Trader from Los Angeles. I trade a volatility (VIX) based system using SPY and UVXY. I usually post the SPY trades on the talks.
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I am a 15 year veteran of the buy-side, with over a decade of experience in Investment Management, at one time overseeing several billion dollars in hedge fund assets for institutional clients. Currently, I advise wealthy families on their investment portfolios as well as trade my own money.
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All money received from Seeking Alpha activities is currently being donated to various charities, including the World Food Program and UNICEF.
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I had the pleasure of working with Goldman Sachs in the early 90s. I have seen markets skyrocket and bubbles bust. I was CFO for a large family owned conglomerate for 12 years in which I actively invested the companies account as one of my many duties. I then bought into a failing bank in middle Georgia and was able to clean it up and sale it to a Michigan based bank holding company. I then retired and became a private investor. My training came from Robert Mitchell and many others. However, because of seeing so much wealth destroyed during times of wild speculation, I became more focused on value investing with a focus on companies that used the debt capital wisely. I have been train in technical and fundamental analysis and use both. Fundamental analysis to find opportunities and technical analysis to find entry and exit points. I do not subscribe to hyperbole in either a positive or negative manner. When investment advise is given, one has a fiduciary obligation to those that hear or read it. Today investor seem to be much younger and have not had to deal with rising rates or bear markets. I have lived through and invested during both.
I have about 15 years investment experience dealing with my personal account. In addition, I spent a few years working in the finance department of a major airline.
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Solely focused on volatility trading (ETF, futures, options).
There's no greater edge in the market in my opinion than deep inside volatlity trading.
Purchased my first stock at 12 years old, later majored in Finance.
Worked at Microsoft as Program Manager, Tester and Developer where I learned a lot about tech and programming.
Extensive experience in developing automated trading systems to confirm/reject market edges.
I have been an investor for over 35 years. The first 25 years, I concentrated on mutual funds and select individual stocks. The last 10 years, I have been trading Volatility ETF;s (UVXY & SVXY) and the S & P 500 (SPY & UPRO).
I was born in Spain and lived in France, Chile, USA and Belgium. Currently I am trying to settle down in Brazil. I am "retired", even though now I dedicate more hours "working" for my investments than I ever worked in the real labor market where I used to work in IT and Banking. I am a family man, I have a lovely wife, Bieke and four male sons. I have humble tastes, I like to stay home and read about companies and investments and build my new house. I started investing at 25 before the internet bubble exploded. I did not know much about investing and liked technical analysis so my results were pretty bad. Fortunately I did not have much to lose. Some years later in 2006 bored of doing only real state investments and with quite a lot of money saved I opened an account in a cheap and excellent online broker and started again. This time I did not want to commit the same mistake, so I decided to follow a model. I heard that Warren Buffett was the best at making money via stocks so I started by reading a lot about him, all of his shareholders letters and several of the books that he recommended. I learned a lot, started applying his investing principles and reading a lot of 10K's from lots of different sources of information. I basically started buying very good and cheap companies and holding them for ever if possible and if nothing changed fundamentally. When the housing crisis started I was more than 75% cash. At that time I identified good companies at incredibly cheap prices so I invested 100% in stocks instead of only 25%. In less than I year I doubled. By the second semester of 2009 I turned my software company into an investment vehicle and dedicated myself full time to it. My wife and I decided to change our lifestyle and moved from Belgium to the beach in Brazil, north east coast (see pictures here www.kuchita.com). The goal was to keep fixed costs low in order to be able to live with a minimum 6-8% yearly return but specially to move away from the inhuman life of civilisation and to have finally some peace and sunny weather to concentrate better on investing. Now I can think and study about companies as long as I want and I am doing great. I can finally do what I want full time and can proudly say that I have never been so happy, with my great kids and my sweet wife who supports me fully. Currently I pass most of my time building my house while I monitor my investments and prepare for the moment to make the next swing. You can see my portfolio at http://www.kuchita.com/view/sumo.php or follow my investments and their rationale on my blog http://investing.kuchita.com
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Home-grown, self-taught, self-directed trader & investor. I run a boutique advertising & marketing firm as well as a live entertainment production co. from which proceeds are strategically gifted to laudable charities for the purpose of providing bridge funding wherever we deem appropriate & useful. A history buff - particularly the War of the Rebellion (Civil War) era - my trading approach is rooted in technical analysis with an emphasis on contrarian views. I have no formal training or education in the realm of finance or economics though I am an avid/ voracious reader. This, coupled with active experience in trading options (specifically), has helped me cultivate a calm, winning attitude and a cautious, somewhat conservative approach to trading.
I am intrigued by weird stuff like Stephen Aniston's "vixcontango.com" oscillator as well as other more compelling and interesting approaches to technical analysis. But mostly, I'm about as boring a trader as you'll find being quite content making consistent profits in the 20-27% range on a consistent, persistent, monthly basis. My favorite strategies to employ are vertical spreads & iron condors. I enjoy realizing premium(s) above all else but do, on occasion, appreciate the rush of a ridiculously reckless, emotion-based trade when VIX is "right" and things go my way! I am perpetually LONG SVXY & XIV. Meantime, I'm just trying to be the man our cats think I am. Happy trading...
I am a retired professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Since 2011 I have been active in the AAII Chicago South Suburban chapter.
Simple, yet rigorous approach to trading volatility risk premium in VIX futures and spot VIX mean-reversion.
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Individual investor since 2000. I have a natural tendency to question what others take for granted. That's not always a good life skill but it's helped me from time to time in the market.
My degree is in Mechanical Engineering. I also have a background in biochemistry and (oddly enough) in classical Greek literature. My main professional interests are in software, math, and engineering analysis. I've worked in the automotive field, robotics, computer vision and machine learning, and have developed cheminformatics techniques for biotech.
Investment-wise, I tend to be opportunistic rather than systematic. I have a particular interest in volatility trading and in the intersection of technology with societal change.
I've been investing for nearly 30 years. I've lost a lot of money. I've made a lot of money. The school of hard knocks is rough sometimes, but you never forget the lessons. These days, I trade mostly volatility and momentum strategies.
Fascinated by quantitative - mathematical trading
Being an early pensioner at 46 and travelling in developing countries for possibly the rest of my life I'm looking for a source of income that keeps me going for as long as I favour. Since my starting capital is healthy but not enormous I can only keep doing so if my annual income is big enough right from the start, remains healthy and predictable for the unforeseen future through all kinds of economic climates, and beats the average inflation rate in developing countries; the biggest countries where I'm likely to spend most of my time being the most influential in my calculations.
In my previous life I've been quite successful with options trading but surprisingly much less so with stock picking or even ETF picking. But since market timing and trading are not the kind of thing I want to do for the rest of my life (if possible at all when travelling) I had to look for an alternative. After 2 years of possibly reading thousands of articles about asset allocation and portfolio building I fell in love with the utter simplicity, diversity and results of Harry Browne's 1989 version of the Permanent Portfolio (not the mutual fund, ETF or Craig Rowland versions though) and I learned a lot about bonds, commodities, rebalancing, the power of doing nothing and most important of all: the fact that we absolutely have no clue what will happen and make or break markets in the remote or even near future. However, I had to come to the conclusion that the impressive results (9% per year over a 43 year time span with only 4 down years, a maximum draw of an incredible 4% in 1981 and extremely low volatility) probably wouldn't beat developing world inflation rates in the long run, meaning that I would have to touch principle. Since I have no idea whether I will die tomorrow, at 50, 75 or 100 that doesn't seem to be a clever plan as I would very likely run out of money before I run out of vital breath.
I tried modifying the Permanent Portfolio in various ways to spice up results, the most interesting being changing allocation shares, no rebalancing, replacing a US market fund by individual dividend growth stocks so adding dividends to capital appreciation, replacing individual US long term treasury bonds by individual long term investment grade sovereign emerging market bonds denominated in local currencies, adding other commodities to gold for seasonal trading, and replacing cash by emerging market CDs, again denominated in local currencies to make use of changing exchange rates. But then after some unexpected moves on more than one of these fronts I started thinking how predictable this all would become in the future and whether I really needed these risks. The answer was a firm No. But the exercise had been great.
Then what?
After discovering SeekingAlpha and getting more and more interested in dividend growth stocks and hedging risks I started thinking about the best way to increase income through dividends for an unusual big part of my portfolio and hedge the income risks very aggressively with just a tiny part of the portfolio. Right now I'm in the phase of identifying the best dividend growth stocks for a kind of Buy & Die portfolio (buying stocks without any intention to sell unless there's an extreme situation, and just harvesting dividends to support my life style). And besides that I'm trying to learn as much as possible about hedging risks, costs and rewards while rethinking the value of the Permanent Portfolio on my life style as buying only once, an annual rebalance action lasting less than an hour and never ever reading about individual companies, ETFs, sectors, markets or even the whole economy for the rest of my life is extremely enticing as well.
The second path I'm following is extremely different although again inspired by the Permanent Portfolio but also by momentum strategies, leverage, asset allocation and hedging outside the momentum portfolio. I want my momentum portfolio ideally to be ever lasting as not to end up rethinking my strategy after every single market dip. Now that I've designed such a portfolio including hedges, et cetera, I invest every month in the 3 best ETFs over a 3 month period that are on my list. So far, so good and if I ever find the time to write and share about the selection process of building a multi asset momentum portfolio layer by layer I would love to do so.
And with that I'm at the biggest mistake I made since deciding to start travelling: I thought time was all I had. Well, that may be true but somehow it's incredibly hard to find!
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Petit Lafitte Hotel, Riviera Maya
Hotel Info: 866-539-8117from $168
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Ocean View
- Double Room, 2 Double Beds, Ocean View
- Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Garden View
- Double Room, 2 Double Beds, Garden View
- Bungalow, Garden View
- Bungalow, Ocean View
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Hotel size
- This hotel has 55 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
Extra people
- Roll-away beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Airport shuttle (available 24 hours) *
- Free self parking
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- Smoke-free property
Nearby Three Star Riviera Maya hotels
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- Free buffet breakfast daily
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Poolside bar
- Coffee/tea in common area
- Barbeque grills
- Free beach cabanas
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Special features
DiningEl Fogon del Capitan - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine.
La Cueva del Pirata - This beachfront bistro serves lunch only. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Petit Lafitte Hotel, Riviera Maya's small print
Also known as
- Hotel Petit Lafitte
- Lafitte Hotel
- Petit Lafitte
- Petit Lafitte Hotel
- Petit Lafitte Hotel Playa del Carmen
- Petit Lafitte Playa del Carmen
- Petit Lafitte Riviera Maya/Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
Reservations are required for massage services and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Excellent 4.5 /5 from 134 reviews
This place is a little gem. I looked at so many hotels for our extended family online. The resort is so cozy and lovely. If you want a big hotel with loud music go down the beach. This place has a sense of style and they take care of you so much. The food is delicious and the hotel was great about organizing side trips. The bar and the beach are quiet and perfect for reading a book and recharging. My daughter cried in the taxi leaving as she waved goodbye to some of the wonderful staff. Thank you Peitit Lafitte! I am ready to book my trip for next year.
Nice hotel, with delicious food and excellent service!
This is the first time I've ever booked a return trip before leaving a resort. Petit Lafitte is a perfect place to relax for a low-key vacation. The quality of the service and the food, in addition to a lovely beachfront location make it an exceptional value.
My sister, Diana and I had such a wonderful time! It was a true vacation! We woke every morning got our coffee, that was already brewed and watch the sunrise. The people were so nice and helpful! The food was delicious too :-)
Great for families very relaxing. The food was the best and service was excellent.The staff members were very friendly and helpful. The beach was great however at the time we were there a lot of seaweed was coming in and the staff was trying to clear it from the beach. If you want to sightsee I recommend that you rent a car.
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to fluid intake and expulsion systems, and in particular, to a system for providing a tearing and wetting effect in toys such as toy dolls and a method for operating same.
2. Description of Related Art
In the art, toy dolls in a variety of styles, shapes, features and characteristics are known. In particular, dolls which exhibit realistic action features such as 'crying' or 'wetting' diapers are known in the art. Such dolls are desirable and appealing because they emulate habits and actions that occur in real-life babies.
Many such dolls typically involve the use of electronic motors to provide the desired crying or wetting effects, whereupon the particular action is performed upon activation of a switch, to cause, e.g., a pumping effect of the liquid to the desired part of the doll. Typically, in such dolls, motors are battery-powered.
However, a toy including electronic parts often has limited entertainment value, since the desired action functions require power to operate effectively. A child's interest often quickly disappears with such toys once the batteries are depleted.
Furthermore, the addition of electronic parts complicates its design, and thus can lead to increased incidents of malfunction. Such problems can be compounded when involving a device which contains and emits fluids.
Accordingly, a toy doll which effectively provides fluid-emitting functions to emulate such actions as 'tearing' and 'diaper wetting' in a manner which is simple to operate, durable and encourages continued play without reliance on a power source, is highly desirable.
According to one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a manually operated toy doll for performing 'tearing' and 'wetting' effects upon user-activation of separate controls.
For example, the doll includes at least one inlet disposed thereon for enabling fluid intake, and at least two outlets for emitting fluid, preferably at various locations in the doll, such as the eyes and diaper area. Accordingly to alternate embodiments, a toy may be provided incorporating at least one of a tearing or wetting effect system.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a fluid intake and expulsion system for a toy doll is provided comprising a self-pressurized fluid receptacle, an inlet valve, a first outlet valve and a second outlet valve operably connected to the receptacle, a first valve activator for manually opening the first outlet valve, and a second valve activator configured for manually opening the second outlet valve.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a toy doll is provided comprising a self-pressurized fluid receptacle disposed within the doll having a first outlet valve and a second outlet valve operably connected to the receptacle, wherein the receptacle comprises a rigid housing member having an interior and a rigid housing cover including a plurality of apertures, and a resilient member disposed between the housing member and the housing cover for providing an airtight chamber for storing fluid under pressure between the resilient member and the housing cover. An inlet valve is provided at a mouth opening in the doll and operably connected to the receptacle. A first valve activator button is provided for manually opening the first outlet valve, a second valve activator button is provided configured for manually opening the second outlet valve, and a bottle is provided having a tip configured to be insertable into the mouth opening for opening the inlet valve.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing a tearing and wetting effect in a toy doll is provided comprising the steps of providing fluid into a self-pressurized receptacle inside the doll, providing overflow fluid to flow to a wetting effect valve, determining if at least one of a tearing effect and a wetting effect is desired, and activating a least one of a tearing activator or a wetting activator on the doll.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a fluid intake and expulsion system for a toy doll is provided comprising a self-pressurized fluid receptacle, an inlet valve, and at least one of a tears effect valve and a wetting effect valve operably connected to the receptacle, and at least one of a tears valve activator for manually opening the tears effect valve and a wetting activator configured for manually opening the wetting effect valve.
These and other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be described or become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, which is to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
This disclosure will present in detail the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the following figures wherein:
The main chamber 101 includes a tears activator 103, a tears valve 105 and a fluid storage receptacle 102 each functionally connected to one another. The wetting effect valve 107 is controlled by a wetting activator 109. An overflow tube 118 connects the receptacle 102 to the wetting effect valve 107. A wetting outlet tube 119 connects the wetting effect valve 107 to an outlet 121, which is passed through an aperture 120 of the doll 100. Preferably, the aperture 120 is provided in the 'diaper area' of the doll, so as to simulate urination when the wetting activator 109 is deployed.
The doll 100 includes a mouth aperture 116 at which a mouth valve 117 is provided. The mouth valve 117 is connected to the fluid receptacle 102 via an inlet tube 115 and is biased in a closed position, e.g., is kept closed via pressure exerted by, e.g., a spring to prevent fluid from being emitted from the mouth, in effect making the inlet tube 115 a one-way tube for permitting fluid intake into the receptacle 102 only.
A bottle 110 is provided having a tip member 112 shaped to be insertable within the mouth aperture 116 and configured to press on and open the mouth valve 117. A tears outlet tubing arrangement 111 is provided connecting the receptacle 102 to at least one tear duct in the doll's eyes 113. Preferably, at least one tear duct is provided in each of the doll's eyes to simulate crying when the tearing activator 103 is deployed. The tears outlet tubing arrangement 111 may comprise, e.g., one tube 111 split into two tubes 209 in the instance where fluid is desired to be provided to two eye ducts.
It is to be further noted that either of the tearing system, the wetting system or the combined tearing and wetting systems may be incorporated into any object in which such effects are desired, including but not limited to toy dolls and other toy objects. The tearing and/or wetting systems of the present invention may be incorporated into toys which may further include additional components and features, such as electronic components, circuitry, etc. for additionally providing sound effects, movement and other powered features. The tearing and/or wetting systems of the present invention may be adapted to be functionally operable and interactive with any such additional components and/or features.
The casing 201, 203 encloses the tearing and wetting system, which as previously shown schematically in
An inlet tube 115 is connected to the receptacle 102 at a first end and includes a mouth valve 117 at a second end configured for controlling and allowing fluid intake. The mouth valve 117 is preferably biased (e.g., spring biased) to a 'closed' position (e.g., is forcibly pushed outwards to restrict fluid flow). The valve may be opened by pushing inwards on valve 117, thus enabling fluid to be input into the inlet tube 115. The inlet tube 115 is a one-way tube for fluid intake only into the receptacle 102, and permits fluid to be passed through via forceful injection there through (e.g., by squeezing a bottle of fluid having a tip member pressing to open the mouth valve 117).
According to one embodiment, a first outlet tube 111 forks into two eye tubes 209 for connecting the tears valve 105 to each eye 113 of the doll. The first outlet tube 111 comprises a one-way tube permitting fluid output only. For example, fluid is blocked from traveling through the first outlet tube 111 unless the tears valve 105 is opened.
An overflow tube 118 connects the receptacle 102 with the wetting effect valve 107. The overflow tube 118 preferably allows excess fluid in the receptacle 102 to flow freely out of the receptacle 102 to the wetting effect valve 107, at which point the flow of fluid is stopped until the wetting activator 109 is deployed, thus opening the wetting effect valve 107. The opening of the wetting effect valve 107 causes fluid held in the overflow tube 118 to be emitted through a second outlet tube 119. The second outlet tube 119 is typically placed at an aperture 120 located in a 'diaper area' of the doll 100, to emulate a wetting effect simulating urination when fluid is emitted from the tube 119.
According to one embodiment, a self-activating potty 205 may be provided configured to allow the doll 100 to be seated therein. The potty 205 may include a protrusion 207 situated within an internal surface thereof so as to align with and press on the wetting activator 109 when the doll is placed on the potty 205. Thus, when the doll 100 is seated on the potty 205, the protrusion 207 presses on the wetting activator 109 and fluid is automatically emitted from the second outlet tube 119.
According to one embodiment, the receptacle 102 comprises a rigid housing member 301 having a hollow interior 305 and a rigid housing cover 303 which preferably comprises a flat sheet-like member and includes a plurality of apertures 307, 309, 311. The housing member 301 and cover 303 are preferably comprised of a hard, non-elastic and moldable material such as plastic, plastic composites, etc.
The plurality of apertures may preferably comprise at least three apertures, e.g., with two apertures being used to permit an outwards flow of fluid and one aperture permitting intake of fluid into the receptacle 102. For example, outlet apertures may include apertures 307 and 311 and an inlet aperture may comprise aperture 309, though any orientation and configuration of the apertures may be contemplated.
A resilient membrane 211 is provided for placement between the housing member 301 and cover 303. The resilient membrane 211 preferably comprises a thin, flat sheet of a pliant, flexible material, such as rubber, latex, etc. and is secured and compressed ('sandwiched') between the housing member 301 and cover 303 at its outer edges, when the housing member 301 and cover 303 are assembled.
When fluid is caused to enter the receptacle 102, it is input between the membrane 211 and cover 303. As the fluid is forcibly input into this area, the membrane 211 is caused to expand into the hollow area 305 of the housing cover 301. The resilient nature of the membrane 211 causes the fluid stored between it and the cover 303 to be stored under pressure, with the membrane 211 applying a force to its fluid contents as it seeks to contract to its original form. It is noted that the greater the amount of fluid that enters the receptacle, the more the membrane 211 expands and the greater the amount of pressure that is exerted on the fluid. A receptacle 102 'filled to capacity' would mean that fluid has stretched out the membrane 211 to or near its maximum stretch capacity (within the member 301 and cover 303) and that fluid fills both the inlet 115 and overflow tube 118 up to the point of valves 117 and 107.
A filled receptacle 102 causes fluid to seek expulsion through one of the outlet apertures (e.g., 307, 311). As discussed above, one of the outlet apertures may allow the fluid to pass through freely, depending on how much fluid is contained in the receptacle. The other outlet aperture may include a valve such as a tears valve 105 to enable manual control of fluid out of the receptacle 102.
For example, when receptacle 102 is filled (preferably to at least a sufficient capacity such that the fluid contained within is stored under some amount of pressure due to the membrane 211) the tears valve 105 may be opened, therefore allowing fluid from the receptacle 102 to flow through the first outlet tube 111. Fluid may be enabled to flow upwards, against the force of gravity, due to the pressure exerted on the stored fluid from the membrane 211. Thus, fluid may be caused to flow outwards from the receptacle 102 to the extent to which the pressure is sufficiently relieved.
Namely, a plug 315 is inserted atop a spring 313, which is itself inserted within aperture 307. A bottom bracket 317 is secured atop the plug 315, allowing the plug 315 to be insertably received within. The spring 313 biases the plug 315 in a 'closed' position, forming a seal between the plug 315 and the bottom bracket 317, and thus preventing fluid flow there through.
A pin 318 is inserted within an aperture of the bottom bracket 317, and a button 319 is placed atop the pin 318 and positioned so as to depress the pin 318 when pressed. The pin 318, when pressed, ultimately presses on plug 315. A top bracket 321 having an aperture 323 is fitted and secured atop the bottom bracket 317 with button 319 and pin 318 disposed there between. A tearing activator 103 having a protrusion 325 is fitted atop the top bracket 321, such that the protrusion 325 is received within aperture 323.
Upon activation of/pressing down upon the tearing activator 103, the protrusion 325 accordingly depresses the button 319, which causes pin 318 to push the plug 315 downwards, thus opening the seal and allowing fluid to pass from the receptacle 102 to the bottom bracket 317, where the fluid ultimately escapes through the tears outlet 111.
A depressor 515 may be provided having a protrusion 517 which is insertable through an aperture 519 on the top bracket 513. A wetting activator 109 (here, in the form of a cover plate) sits atop the depressor 515. The wetting activator 109 when pressed, causes the protrusion 517 to press downwards on button 511, which in turn presses on the plug 505, thus opening the valve 107 and allowing fluid to pass through.
In step 703, the fluid receptacle of the doll is accordingly filled with fluid, the fluid flowing down the inlet tube 115 and expanding the resilient membrane 211 and causing the fluid to be stored under pressure. Some fluid is allowed to flow out of the receptacle 102 to the wetting effect valve (step 705). As described above, a receptacle 102 filled to capacity would mean that fluid has stretched out the membrane 211 to or near its maximum stretch capacity (within the member 301 and cover 303) and that fluid fills both the inlet 115 and overflow tube 118 up to the point of valves 117 and 107.
In decision step 707 it is ascertained whether a tearing or wetting effect is desired. If a wetting effect is desired, the method proceeds to decision step 709 where it is determined whether an automated wetting effect is desired. If yes, the doll is placed on a potty (step 715), which automatically activates a wetting effect button on the doll (step 717). This opens a wetting effect valve, thus causing fluid to be expelled from a bottom of the doll, simulating urination (step 713).
If after step 709 it is determined that an automatic wetting effect is not desired, the method proceeds to step 711 in which a user may manually press a wetting effect button on the doll, which accordingly opens the wetting effect valve (step 713).
If a tearing effect is desired, a user may manually press a tearing effect button (step 719) which opens a tears valve in the doll, thus releasing the pressurized fluid and enabling it to flow through an outlet tube 111 to tearing ducts in the doll's eyes to simulate a tearing/crying effect (step 721).
After either of steps 713 or 721, it is determined in step 723 whether the doll is out of fluid (i.e., whether the receptacle 102 is empty). If no, the method may proceed back to decision step 707. If the doll no longer holds any fluid, the method proceeds back to step 701 in which more fluid is administered to the doll to refill the receptacle 102.
Having described preferred embodiments for tearing and/or wetting effect systems (which are intended to be illustrative and not limiting), it is noted that modifications and variations can be made by persons skilled in the art in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that changes may be made in the particular embodiments of the invention disclosed which are within the scope and spirit of the invention as outlined by the appended claims. Having thus described the invention with the details and particularity required by the patent laws, what is claimed and desired protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.
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|European Classification
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Kmart on the hunt for Invercargill premises
Police looking for an Invercargill man who cut electronic bracelet off
Free fuel takeaway for Dunedin doctor's Toyota Hilux
One dead, three injured car crash near Balclutha
Highlanders set to resume Super Rugby defence in South Africa
Man with stab wound arrives at Mosgiel Police Station
Former Wanaka Lakes Health Centre manager Richard Beven stole $730k