Spinning toy
AssigneeFun-Tech Products Company
InventorGerald J. Orlowski
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Abstract
A spinning toy having a hollow housing, a detachable cover, a cargo carrier in the housing, means responsive to attachment of the cover to engage first detent means, means for rotating the toy, means for retaining the cover on the housing as the toy is rotated, means responsive to centrifugal force for transferring the engagement to second detent means, and means responsive to a decrease in centrifugal force for disengaging the second detent means and means for ejecting the cover and cargo upon release of the second detent means; and a launcher that serves as means for retaining the cover on the housing during the transition from first to second detent means, the launcher having means for disengaging the toy and moving it away to spin freely.
Claims6
A spinning toy comprising:
- a. a housing having:
- (1) side walls and a connecting floor defining a cargo chamber with an opening at the top;
- (2) cover means for covering at least a portion of said opening and registering with a portion of the side walls;
- (3) an axis of rotation;
- (4) means defining the upper and lower ends of said axis, said upper end means carried by said cover and said lower end means carried by the floor of said housing;
- (5) releasable detent means carried by said housing sequentially responsive to (a) registering said cover with said side walls for engaging said cover in a first detent position;
- (b) the increase of rate of spin of said housing to cruising speed for engaging said cover in a second detent position;
- and (c) a decrease of rate of spin to less than cruising speed range for releasing said cover from said second detent position;
- (6) means for ejecting said cover and the cargo responsive to the release of said cover;
- b. a launcher having:
- (1) means for rotatably engaging and confining of said means defining the upper and lower ends of said axis of rotation against axial movement to prevent separation of housing and cover;
- (2) means for spinning said housing to attain cruising speed;
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- (3) means for releasing means defining the upper and lower ends of said axis of rotation to permit housing to spin free.
A spinning toy having a hollow housing, a detachable cover, to said housing a cargo carrier in the housing, means in said housing responsive to attachment of the cover thereof to engage first detent means, means for rotating the toy, means in said housing for retaining the cover on the housing as the toy is rotated, means in said housing responsive to centrifugal force for transferring the engagement to second detent means, and means in said housing responsive to a decrease in centrifugal force for disengaging the second detent means whereby said cover is released and means for ejecting the cover and cargo upon release of the second detent means;
- and a launcher that serves as means for retaining the cover on the housing during the transition from first to second detent means, the launcher having means for disengaging the toy and moving it away to spin freely.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.