Toy helicopter having guards for preventing contact of the vertical lift rotors

A toy helicopter assembly, comprising:

• a fuselage having an upright position;
• lift rotors that spin in a circular path through a plane of rotation, wherein said circular path is elevated above said fuselage when said fuselage is in said upright position;
• an oblique guard loop supported by said fuselage, said oblique guard loop being offset from said plane of rotation by an angle of between thirty degrees and sixty degrees, wherein said circular path of said lift rotors partially extends through said oblique guard loop, and
• a horizontal guard loop supported in a plane parallel to said plane of rotation by said oblique guard loop, therein creating a guarded area within said oblique guard loop and said horizontal guard loop, wherein at least part of said circular path traversed by said lift rotors extends through said guarded area wherein said oblique guard loop causes said fuselage to roll into said upright position when said oblique guard loop contacts a ground surface.

A method of protecting the vertical lift rotors of a toy helicopter from incidental contact, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a toy helicopter having a helicopter body, a tail section extending laterally from said helicopter body and lift rotors positioned above said helicopter body that rotate in a circular path through a plane of rotation;
• extending an oblique guard loop from said helicopter body, wherein said oblique guard loop is offset from said plane of rotation by an acute angle, and wherein said circular path of said lift rotors partially extends through said oblique guard loop;
• and
• providing a horizontal guard loop supported in a plane parallel to said plane of rotation by said oblique guard loop, therein creating a guarded area within said oblique guard loop and said horizontal guard loop, wherein at least part of said circular path traversed by said lift rotors extends through said guarded area.