Top toy
OwnerJeffrey T. Abelinventor
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Abstract
A top toy comprises a hand-held paddle with a contact portion and a handle portion, designed to manipulate, catch and throw a spinning top. The toy has two or more sides configured with substantially flat contact surfaces meeting at a periphery juncture to define an acute angle, such that the spinning top may be scooped or lifted from another surface onto the contact portion. The contact portion includes a perimeter ridge having a gap adjacent the handle, to enable a user to direct the spinning top onto the handle portion, to thereby manipulate, catch, or throw the spinning top from either the contact portion or the handle. The top and/or paddle may be constructed from or covered with glowing or glow-in-the-dark materials or substances to cause the top and/or paddle to glow in the dark, or provide enhanced visibility in daylight.
Claims20
A hand-held top toy apparatus, comprising:
- a top, configured for spinning;
- a paddle, configured for manipulating, catching, and throwing the spinning top, comprising:
- a handle portion;
- a contact portion connected to the handle portion, the contact portion having:
- (i) a plurality of sides, the juncture of two sides defining a periphery;
- and
- (ii) a ridge, disposed along at least a length of the periphery of at least one side, the ridge having terminal ends defining a gap adjacent the connection of the handle and the contact portion, whereby the spinning top may travel from the contact portion, through the gap, and onto the handle portion.
A hand-held toy used to manipulate, catch and throw a spinning top, the toy apparatus comprising:
- a handle portion;
- and
- a contact portion, connected to the handle portion, the contact portion including:
- (i) a plurality of sides, each side defining a periphery, and
- (ii) a ridge, disposed along at least a length of the periphery of at least one side, the ridge having terminal ends defining a gap adjacent the connection of the handle and the contact portion, whereby a spinning top may travel from the contact portion through the gap and onto the handle portion.
A hand-held top toy apparatus, comprising:
- a top, constructed of material which is capable of glowing;
- and
- a paddle configured for manipulating, catching, and throw the spinning top, the paddle including:
- a handle portion;
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- a contact portion, connected to the handle portion, having a top side, a bottom side, a perimeter, and a ridge, disposed along at least a length of the perimeter of the top side, the ridge having terminal ends defining a gap adjacent the connection of the handle and the contact portion, whereby the spinning top may travel from the contact portion onto the handle portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.