General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC WHISTLE WITH METAL LANYARD RING/ CARDBOARD & PLASTIC PACKAGE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.6 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

2.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Acoustics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

FOX 40

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Hamilton

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - GENERALLY 1990S +

Canada

CANADIAN INVENTED, DESIGNED &MFD. PRODUCT. RON FOXCROFT WAS NCAA & FIBA REFEREE WHO ENVISIONED WHISTLE WITH WITHOUT PROBLEMS OF TRADITIONAL STYLE WITH RESONATING PEA (CORK). AFTER MORE THAN 3 YEARS OF RESEARCH IT WAS READY FOR PRODUCTION IN 1987 & FOXCROFT FOUNDED HIS COMPANY FOX 40. WHISTLES ARE ALSO SOLD AS SAFETY EQ. FOR BOATING, HIKING, ETC. & ARE INCORPORATED INTO (AMONG OTHERS) CANADIAN COAST GUARD LIFE JACKETS.

Function

DEVICE WHICH PRODUCES CLEAR, SHRILL SOUNDS WHEN BLOWN INTO BY USER, IN THIS CASE REFEREE OF SPORTING EVENT, IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ATTENTION OF PLAYERS OR PARTICIPANTS.

Technical

WITH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER CHUCK SHEPHARD, FOXCROFT DEVELOPED PEALESS WHISTLE WHICH WAS BOTH LOUD & DID NOT FAIL WHEN MOISTURE CAUSED PEA OF STANDARD WHISTLES TO SEIZE OR DIMINISH SOUND. HIS WHISTLE HAS RESONANT CHAMBERS THAT PRODUCE SOUNDS OF SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES, GENERATING MORE EASILY HEARD "TRILLING" SOUND.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON FRONT OF WHISTLE READS "FOX 40/ CLASSIC"/ LETTERING ON PACKAGE FRONT READS IN PART "CLASSIC/ FOX 40/ OFFICIAL/ REFEREE WHISTLE/ PATENTED 3-CHAMBER DESIGN/ THE PEALESS WHISTLE WITH THE POTENT SOUND"; PRINTED ON BACK ARE PATENT NOS., MFG. NAME & ADDRESS, PRODUCT DESCRIPTION IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN & SPANISH

Missing

COMPLETE From CA of 12/03/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

BLACK WHISTLE WITH PLATED RING/ BLACK, GOLD & WHITE CARDBOARD WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVERING

Decoration

GOLD & WHITE DEPICTION OF FOX HEAD & BLACK & WHITE STRIPES ON PACKAGE