Top Patents (Class 446/256)
  • Patent number: 4695262
    Abstract: A toy rotating gear accessory which may be used in conjunction with a gyroscopic top. The accessory has a supporting body with a number of apertures passing through it. One or more circular gears may be removably attached to the supporting body by segmented flexible members located on the top surfaces of the gears. The flexible members may be inserted into or slid out of the apertures in the supporting body by simply bending the members. After the gears are attached to the supporting body, they are free to rotate with respect to the body. Protuberances located on the top surface of each gear help to reduce friction between the gears and the supporting body. Supports located on the bottom surfaces of the gears support the accessory on a horizontal surface. During play, a child may insert the rotating portion of a gyroscopic top into a cylindrical bore located on the upper surface of one of the gears. This causes the gear to rotate and the entire accessory to rotate about the center of the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Crosby, Art J. Foss
  • Patent number: 4695263
    Abstract: A top with a preferably tapered support foot (1), which has an opening (7) to receive the axle of the top (6) and is firmly connected with a spring ring (5) to the axle of the top (6), whereby the spring ring (5) has a hat-shaped cover (9). A protection against withdrawal in any direction is provided by the fact that the spring ring (5) is cast or injection-moulded as part of the support foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Lorenz Bolz GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Peter Balleis
  • Patent number: 4575346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magnetic top running toy wherein a spinning top is run along a running path. The magnetic top running toy includes a top having a magnetic shaft and a running path having a magnetic attraction wall adapted to contact with the magnetic shaft of the top when the top runs along the running path. The running path is constructed as a reciprocative running path permitting the top to turn at both ends thereof. A starting station and a jumping station are attached to the running path. The starting station has a guide surface for guiding the top onto the running path. The jumping station is adapted to allow the top guided from the running path to fly therefrom while keeping the top to spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Iwakichi Ogawa