Spinning top pinball-type game
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsLarry A. Sims, Gerald L. Lambert, Raymond J. Gross, Harold B. Collins
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Abstract
A top and spinning mechanism, the top having an enlarged body portion and a stub base portion with an irregular configuration for coacting with a sleeve member of a top spinning mechanism, the sleeve member being configured for releasably receiving therein the stub base portion, rotation of the sleeve member rotating the top with a release lever on the top spinning mechanism manually operable for axially sliding the sleeve out of engagement with the base portion with the release lever having an arm member contacting the body of the top for directing the top onto a playing surface.
Claims7
In a toy, the combination comprising:
- a top having an enlarged body portion, and a stub base portion with an irregular configuration about the periphery thereof;
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- top spinning means including a supporting structure, a shaft mounted within said supporting structure and having axially movable thereon a sleeve member having an aperture keyed for receiving the irregular base portion of said top, means for rotating said sleeve, and release lever means manually operable for sliding said sleeve out of engagement with the base portion of said top, said release lever means having an arm member configured for contacting the body of said top upon movement of said sleeve member for directing the top onto a playing surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.