Noise-Making Device

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for assembling a noise making device includes providing a hand-held tube structure with a first end including screw-on bottle threads about an opening. A first rod member is provided, having a first mass attached to a first end of the rod member. A support member is pivotally attached to a second end of the rod member, sized for attachment along the bottle threads with a bottle cap screwed thereon. The first rod member end and the mass are positioned within the tube structure. With the first end of the rod member and the mass positioned within the tube, the support structure is extended out of the tube to cross over the threads and be captured between the cap and the neck region as the cap is threaded about the opening.

1 . A method for assembling a noise making device, comprising:
 providing a hand-held tube structure, of the type used to contain and dispense liquid, with a wall having a length extending a first distance along a first axis, between first and second opposing ends, and a variable width along a second axis transverse to the first axis, the length being elongate with respect to a maximum tube width, and when the tube structure occupies an erect orientation: the first end is directly over the second end, and a first portion of the wall defines a relatively narrow, low volume neck region positioned above a second portion of the wall defining a relatively wide, higher volume container region, the neck region including an opening for dispensing liquid from the container region, the first end including screw-on bottle threads along an exterior surface of the neck region and the first end, positioned near the opening to receive mating threads formed along an inner wall of a cap so the cap may be screwed on to the first end;   providing at least a first rod member having first and second opposing ends with a first mass attached to the first end of the rod member;   providing a support member pivotally attached to the second end of the rod member, sized for attachment along the tube opening and the bottle threads with the cap screwed on;   positioning the first rod member end and the mass within the container region of the tube structure;   with the first end of the rod member and the mass positioned within the tube, extending the support structure out of the tube, along the exterior surface of the tube wall to cross over the screw-on threads;   capturing the support structure between the cap and the neck region as the cap is threaded on to or about the opening so that, with the support member positioned about the opening, the rod member and the mass are attached and supported by the support member to undergo pivotal movement about the support member to swing the mass from the support member within the container region to strike opposing parts of the wall.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  including forming the rod member of sufficient thickness that, when the first mass swings from the rod, the rod stiffness prevents the first mass from travelling from the container region into the neck region. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein, when placed in the tube structure, the rod member extends a second distance along a first axis, the method further including extending a second rod member a third distance along the first axis, wherein the third distance is less than the second distance so that the first rod member extends closer to the second end than does the second rod member. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  where the support member comprises a string coupled to the first end of the rod member such that when the rod member second end and the mass are positioned within the tube the string can be extended from along an inner side of the tube wall or along an outer side of the tube wall adjacent the opening for securement or capture of the string against the tube wall when the cap is threaded on to or about the bottle opening. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4  including providing in the rod member an aperture along the first end and extending the string through the aperture to couple the string to the first end of the rod member. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4  including providing a ring attached to the first end of the rod member and attaching the string to the ring to effect pivotal attachment of the string to the rod member. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  including forming a media member in a shape which provides at least one surface having lettering or a symbol formed thereon and attaching the media member between the ring and the first end of the rod member. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further including forming a media member attached to the rod member, the media member formed in a shape which provides at least one surface having lettering or a symbol formed thereon. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  including locating a pivot point between the support member and the rod member or at an interface between the support member and the rod member, so that when the first rod member end and the mass are positioned within the tube, the mass can be swung about the pivot point from the support member, causing the mass to collide with the wall of the tube structure. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  where the support member comprises a disk coupled to the second end of the rod member such that, when the rod member first end and the mass are positioned within the tube, the disk can be positioned in or about the tube opening for capture between the tube wall and a cap threaded on to or about the opening. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the support member comprises an extended disk coupled to the second end of the rod member such that, when the rod member first end and the mass are positioned within the tube, the extended disk can be attached in or about the tube opening for capture between the outside tube wall and the cap when the cap is screwed on to the first end and placed about the opening, the extended disk comprising a relatively thick central portion coupled to the first end of the rod member, and a relatively thin portion extending outward from the central portion which can extend over the tube opening and which can be captured between the outside tube wall and the cap. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the support member comprises a hanger further comprising a slotted plate and a bracket, the hanger receiving and supporting a hanger ball coupled to the second end of the rod member such that, when the rod member first end and the mass are positioned within the tube, the slotted plate of the hanger can be positioned or attached in or about the tube opening for capture between the tube wall and the cap threaded on to or about the opening.