Helical tube with lamps or electric bells and sliding ball

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with the principles of the invention, a hollow flexible length of tubing, typically formed of plastic and translucent or transparent, is formed into a helix which can be wrapped detachably about an arm or leg of a child or an adult, or if suitably sized, can be wrapped around the body.
A corresponding one of two identical battery powered light producing means is secured detachably to a corresponding one of the two opposite open ends of the helix.
Each means has a pair of normally open flexible contacts disposed in the tube.
The corresponding means is deenergized and dark when its contacts are open and is energized and emits light when its contacts are closed.
A member is slidable in the helix.
This member is sufficiently heavy to close either pair of contacts when moved into engagement therewith and thus cause light to be produced.
In use, the user's bodily gyrations cause movement of the weight in the helix and thus, causes the weight to move into and out of engagement with the contacts, whereby flashes of light are produced.
In addition to their obvious entertainment value, the flashes produced can be used to count the number of bodily gyrations and thus provide a method of monitoring the number and extent of such gyrations which can be performed as exercise.
As an alternative to flashing lights, electric bells can be substituted for the lamps whereby rings are produced instead of flashes.
More particularly, the gyrating motion can cause a bell to sound or a light to be lit, and the sound of the bell or the lit light provides a signal to the user or operator informing the user or operator to gyrate with an opposite motion in order to have the member move to the opposite end of the tubing to sound the bell or light the light thereat.