Fishing toy
AssigneeKabushikikaisha Anoa
InventorTakeshi Shimizu
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Abstract
A fishing toy or game has a square base which contains a rotating circular turntable representing a water tank or pond, and on which a number of magnetically attractive small toy fishes are placed as if swimming in a pond. A button-operated toy animal is swivelably fitted to each corner of the base and operates such that depression of the button brings a portion of the toy animal into momentary close proximity with the revolving turntable. Internally disposed springs quickly return the toy animal to a semi-upright position, even if the button remains depressed. A magnet is carried in the portion of the toy animal which comes into proximity with the turntable, and if depression of the button is accurately coordinated with the movement of the fishes on the turntable, the toy animal will magnetically pick up one of the fishes from the turntable.
Claims3
A fishing toy comprising:
- a base having a generally horizonal top surface;
- a turntable rotatably centrally mounted flush with and on an axis normal to said horizontal top surface of said base;
- a means for rotating said turntable;
- a plurality of flat, magnetically attractive objects randomly disposed on said turntable;
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- a plurality of manually operated spring-loaded, normally upright retrieval mechanisms each having an upper portion carrying a magnet, and having a lower portion swivelably connected to said base above said turntable and a linkage pivotally connected to respective upper and lower portions of a mechanism, said retrieval mechanisms having a spring-loading release means for momentarily causing cooperative simultaneous forward and downward movement of said upper and lower portions and said linkage to position said magnet adjacent said turntable;
- such that one of said objects disposed on said turntable may by attracted by said magnet and lifted from said turntable by each said retrieval mechanism upon return to an upright position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.