Novelty item

Abstract

A noisemaking device having a body ( 11 ), a top aperture ( 21 ); a bottom aperture ( 19 ); an internal noise module ( 18 ) comprising a reed ( 20 ). Noise module ( 18 ) has a cylindrical external wall ( 22 ) which is secured by the body ( 11 ) within an air passage ( 17 ). The noise module ( 18 ) is positioned along and gripped by a narrow region ( 14 ) of body ( 11 ) in a region proximate the bottom end ( 16 ) of body ( 11 ). There is an air-tight seal ( 25 ) between the external wall ( 22 ) of the noise module ( 18 ) and wall ( 15 ) of the body ( 11 ). An internal sound chamber ( 26 ) between the noise module ( 18 ) and the top aperture ( 21 ) amplifies the noise emitted by the noise module ( 18 ).

I claim:  
     
         1 . A novelty item for creating an amplified noise upon blowing into the item, comprising: 
 (a) a body having an entrance aperture, an exit aperture, and an internal air passage extending between the entrance aperture and the exit aperture; and    (b) an internal noise module positioned inside the internal air passage, wherein the noise module causes the novelty item to emit a noise upon blowing air into the internal air passage through the entrance aperture;    wherein the body of the novelty item has the shape of a piece of conventional athletic gear.    
     
     
         2 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the noise module has at least one reed that vibrates upon blowing air into the internal air passage through the entrance aperture thus causing the novelty item to emit a noise.  
     
     
         3 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the internal noise module is positioned midway between the entrance aperture and the exit aperture.  
     
     
         4 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the internal noise module is positioned closer to the entrance aperture than to the exit aperture.  
     
     
         5 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the internal air passage comprises a sound chamber positioned between the noise module and the exit aperture.  
     
     
         6 . The novelty item of  claim 5 , wherein the sound chamber comprises a region of the internal air passage having an enlarged girth for amplifying a noise emitted from the noise module.  
     
     
         7 . The novelty item of  claim 4 , wherein the internal air passage comprises a sound chamber positioned between the noise module and the exit aperture.  
     
     
         8 . The novelty item of  claim 7 , wherein the sound chamber consists of a region of the internal air passage having an enlarged girth for amplifying a noise emitted from the noise module.  
     
     
         9 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the body of the novelty item has the shape of a baseball bat.  
     
     
         10 . The novelty item of  claim 9 , wherein the baseball bat has a handle region, and the noise module is positioned inside the air passage proximate the handle region.  
     
     
         11 . The novelty item of  claim 10 , wherein the baseball bat has a region having an enlarged girth proximate its upper end, said region of enlarged girth providing an internal sound chamber for amplifying a noise emitted by the noise module.  
     
     
         12 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the body of the novelty item has a spherical shape.  
     
     
         13 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the body of the novelty item has the shape of a football.  
     
     
         14 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the body has an outer wall and an inner wall, and the internal noise module is connected to the inner wall.  
     
     
         15 . The novelty item of  claim 14 , wherein the outer and inner wall form an enclosed region therebetween, the enclosed region having rattling elements therein.  
     
     
         16 . The novelty item of  claim 1 , wherein the body has a pocket having rattling elements therein.  
     
     
         17 . The novelty item of  claim 1  having a cantilever arm within the internal air passage, the cantilever arm having a protruding noise element at its free end.