Whirling toy and whirling toy game
OwnerMyron Greenspaninventor
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Abstract
A whirling toy includes a weighted object such as a small bag filled with sand attached to one end of a string. Advantageously, streamers or other means are used to stabilize the toy while it is whirled prior to release into an upward trajectory. A target pattern or tape measure is used to determine the distance of the toy, after it has fallen to the ground, from the point of release. The toy may optionally be provided with means for producing an audible sound when the whirling toy velocity reaches a preselected threshold value. Such audible sound assures, if the toy is played competitively between two or more players, that all players have the same advantage since they all release the toy when it produces the audible sound and, therefore, reaches the preselected threshold velocity.
Claims14
A whirling toy game comprising means defining a player location;
- a weighted object;
- an elongate member having a predetermined length and attached at one end thereof to said weighted object, whereby holding said elongate member at the other end thereof permits whirling of said weighted object in a generally vertical plane about a radius approximately equal to said predetermined length and permits release of said weighted object in a generally upward direction;
- and omnidirectional indication means for determining the distance of said weighted object after its return to the ground anywhere in a 360.degree. circle with respect to said player location defining means.
A whirling toy comprising a weighted object;
- an elongate member having a predetermined length and attached at one end thereof to said weighted object, whereby holding said elongate member at the other end thereof permits whirling of said weighted object about a radius approximately equal to said predetermined length;
- sound producing means associated with said weighted object responsive to the flow of air proximate to said weighted object while the same is being whirled in the air;
- and velocity threshold detection means for normally disabling said sound producing means and for enabling said sound producing means only when said weighted object moves at a velocity at least equal to a predetermined value, whereby said weighted object produces an audible sound only when whirled at or above said velocity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.