US 6,802,758 B2Granted

Orbital spinning dancing light toy with connectors for mounting light emitting elements

OwnerAndrew Michael Somersinventor

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Abstract

A toy with a plurality of lights that a user can suspend from his hands and spin, twirl, whirl, and otherwise manipulate to create amusing patterns of light. The toy consists of a hub (30), power supply (56), a plurality of light emitting elements (72) which are mounted on the hub using connectors (70), and an additional plurality of light emitting elements (92) which are mounted remotely on wires (170) using connectors (90) and attached to the hub (30) using connectors (52, 172) or (162). A tether (40) to suspend the toy from the users hands (48L, 48R), such as string which is passed though holes (42) in the hub (39). The user can then rotate, twist, wind up, spin, swing and otherwise manipulate the toy causing the light emitting elements (72, 92) to move in various circular and random patterns causing amusing displays of light.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A toy, for use by a user having a pair of hands, for creating displays of light, comprising:

A) a hub, in a shape of a disk, having a first side and a second side, a circumference, and an axis centrally located within the circumference and extending perpendicularly between the first and second sides;
B) a tether extending laterally from the first and second sides substantially parallel to the axis for allowing a user to support the hub while allowing the hub to spin substantially about the axis;
and
C) at least one light emitting element within the hub, visible from outside the hub, for providing a visual display when the hub is spun;
and
D) at least one satellite assembly comprising a cord connected to the hub on one end, and having a free end opposite therefrom, the satellite assembly further comprising a satellite light emitting element at said free end so that when the hub is spun the cord will extend radially from the hub and the satellite light emitting element will orbit substantially around the axis.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/386,328Filed 11 Mar 2003 · us provisional application
Priority: 12 Mar 2002
Published: US 2003/0176145 A118 Sep 2003
Granted: 12 Oct 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A63H 1/10
Tops: able to be spun by whirling the axis with both hands
A63H 1/22
Tops: colour tops
A63H 1/24
Tops: with illuminating arrangements
A63H 1/32
Tops: whirling or spinning discs driven by twisted cords

Family

Application60/363,611Us provisional application · filed 12 Mar 2002
US 2003/0176145 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Sep 2003
US 6,802,758 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.