Toy top
AssigneeTomy Company, Ltd.
InventorKenta HASHIBA
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Abstract
A toy top includes a shaft part having, as a shaft center, an axis that coincides with a center of rotation. A lower end portion of the shaft part includes a shaft tip part and an annular member. The shaft tip part includes a contact member. The annular member is movably disposed around the shaft tip part in an extending direction of the axis. In a normal state in which the axis is perpendicular to a contact surface, the contact member protrudes from the annular member downward, and only the contact member contacts the contact surface. When the axis of the shaft part inclines with respect to the contact surface, the contact member and the annular member contact the contact surface.
Claims24
A toy top comprising:
- a shaft part having, as a shaft center, an axis that coincides with a center of rotation of the toy top, wherein
- a lower end portion of the shaft part includes:
- a shaft tip part including a contact member;
- and an annular member disposed around the shaft tip part movably in an extending direction of the axis,
- in a normal state in which the axis is perpendicular to a contact surface, the contact member protrudes from the annular member downward, and only the contact member contacts the contact surface, and
- when the axis of the shaft part inclines with respect to the contact surface, the contact member and the annular member contact the contact surface.
A toy top for spinning on a surface, comprising:
- a shaft part having an axis that coincides with a center of rotation of the toy top,
- wherein the shaft part has a first end and a second end,
- a shaft tip at the first end,
- a body at the second end, and
- an annular member is positioned between the shaft tip and the second end to move along the axis between a first position contacting the shaft tip and a second position spaced from the shaft tip.
A toy top for spinning on a surface and having a first end and a second end and an axis of rotation, comprising:
- a body at the first end,
- a projection extending from the body toward the second end,
- a top tip connected to the projection at the second end,
- an annular member positioned between the top tip and the body in sliding relation on the projection to move along the axis between a first position away from the body and toward the top tip and a second position closer to the body than the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.