Toy assembly for retaining and launching miniature boomerangs
OwnerMatthew Gulick, Sean Babbinventors
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Abstract
A toy assembly for retaining and launching a miniature boomerang from an upper limb of the body which limb includes a wrist, hand and fingers, the assembly consisting of the combination of the boomerang, a support member attachable to the upper limb, and a platform mounted on top of the support member to retain the boomerang in a first storage position and further to provide for the shifting of the boomerang to a second launching position wherein launching is accomplished by flicking a wing of the boomerang with a finger of the opposite upper limb on which the support member is positioned.
Claims10
A toy assembly arranged for retaining and launching a miniature boomerang from the upper side of an upper limb of a human body, said limb including a wrist, a hand, and fingers, said assembly comprising in combination:
- A. a miniature boomerang consisting of a central hub and a plurality of spaced apart wing members attached to and extending outwardly from said hub;
- B. a platform for retaining said boomerang in a first storage position and for launching said boomerang from a second launching position, spaced apart from said first storage position, by flicking one of said wing members with a finger from the opposite upper limb on which said toy assembly is positioned;
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- C. a platform support member attachable to the top of said limb, wherein said platform is attached to and positioned on the upper side of said support member.
A method of using a toy assembly arranged for retaining and launching a miniature boomerang from the upper side of an upper limb of a human body, said limb including a wrist, a hand, and fingers, said method comprising in combination
- A. providing a toy assembly comprising
- i. a miniature boomerang consisting of a central hub and a plurality of spaced apart wing members attached to and extending outwardly from said hub;
- ii. a platform for retaining said boomerang in a first storage position and for launching said boomerang from a second launching position spaced apart from said first storage position;
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- iii. a platform support member attachable to the top of said limb, wherein said platform is attached to and positioned on the upper side of said support member and wherein said platform comprises
- a. a first planer member attached to said support member upper side;
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- b. a second planer member flexibly mounted above and in spaced apart relationship to said first planer member, the distance between said first and second planer members arranged to be less than that of the maximum thickness of said boomerang;
- B. inserting said boomerang into said launching position of said platform between said first and second planer members wherein at least one of said wing members and said hub extend beyond the periphery of said planer members;
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- C. launching said boomerang by flicking one of said wing members with a finger from the opposite upper limb on which said toy assembly is positioned.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.