Magnetic top toy
OwnerMichael Perryinventor
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Abstract
A wheel-shaped top with magnetic spindles projecting from the body. A circular disc with a beaded rim is mounted on each end of a shaft; the rims of the discs forming a two-rail track encircling the shaft. A handle has two legs attached to opposite ends of the shaft. The spindles are magnetically attached to the two-rail track. The top orbits around the track in response to hand-manipulation of the handle; it is launched from the track when the orbital speed is sufficient to centrifugally separate the spindles from the track to spin on a surface, and can be magnetically retrieved, while spinning, by engagement of the spindles with the shaft, or with one or both of the discs.
Claims10
A top toy comprising:
- a track component for supporting magnetic spindles of a wheel-shaped top;
- said track component comprising:
- a shaft;
- a pair of disks mounted on opposite ends of said shaft;
- each disk having a rim disposed in spaced, complementary relationship with the rim of the other disk to form a two-rail track enclosing said shaft.
A top toy comprising:
- a track component having a shaft;
- a pair of spaced disks mounted on opposite ends of said shaft;
- each disk having a rim enclosing said shaft to form, with the rim of other disk, a two-rail track enclosing said shaft;
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- a top having a wheel-shaped body;
- an axle mounted in the center of said wheel-shaped body;
- said axle having a pair of magnetic spindles projecting from the opposite ends thereof to magnetically engage said two-rail track and orbit said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.