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.

Abstract: A toy for rotating or twirling a doll to simulate break-dancing. A main housing mounts a rotatable shaft having an upper portion that projects outwardly of the housing. A coupling element is secured to the projecting portion of the shaft, which coupling portion mates with a coupling element provided on a portion of an articulated doll. The shaft is rotatable by a disc, or fly-wheel, concentrically mounted about the shaft in the housing. A slot in a side edge surface of the housing allows for the insertion of a thumb or finger into the interior of the housing to thereby spin or rotate the disc, and therefore the doll.

Abstract: A domed spinning top is disclosed in which a vertically movable housing member having a transparent dome is mounted above a stationary base. A rotatable turntable is mounted on the housing member under the dome. An actuating mechanism acts upon a drive mechanism to engage the turntable and rotate it during vertical movement of the housing member toward the base. Upon cessation of vertical movement of the housing member toward the base, the actuating mechanism disengages the drive mechanism from the turntable to permit the turntable to rotate freely. A peek-a-boo enclosure comprising a plurality of shroud segments is mounted on the turntable in which the segments separate to expose a central figure during rapid rotation of the turntable, and return together to substantially encase the central figure when rotation of the turntable is diminished.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling rotary motion wherein a bellows is fixed at one end to a support having a restricted vent opening and carries a crank at its opposite end linked to a stallable type motor, the motor moving the crank in a circular path controlled by the bellows between alternate fast and slow motion according to the change in length of the bellows.

Abstract: A rotary drive mechanism for toys, kinetic sculptures, and the like, employs a pawl and ratchet mechanism to transmit driving torque between a driving wheel and a driven inertia wheel. The driving wheel may itself be driven by means of a drive string that may frictionally engage a circular drive surface to permit the driving wheel to be rotated independently with limited slippage between the string and the drive surface. A fixed and uniform amount of energy can be imparted to the driving wheel and the driven wheel through a spring that is connected to the drive string and preloaded by a predetermined amount. A second inertia wheel can be mounted coaxially of the one inertia wheel and both wheels may operate with random motion through an interference coupling. The pawl and ratchet mechanism in one embodiment forms an escapement to provide intermittent drive to the wheels. The inertia wheel is rotationally unbalanced with a weight offset from the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A playing animal toy wherein a rotary vessel is mounted rotatably on a floor engaging member having a bottom surface. The rotary vessel has a projecting edge for touching the floor which is larger in diameter than the bottom surface and disposed above it. A toy is disposed movably back and forth within the rotary vessel and formed in imitation of a desired animal. The rotary vessel is moved by a swinging device to swing back and forth with the swinging motion of the toy so that one portion of the projected edge of the rotary vessel is brought in touch with floor.

Abstract: An animated figure toy (10) includes an upper torso (14) provided with a pair of arms (22) articulately mounted for relative movement thereto upward toward the plane of the shoulders by centrifugal force, as the upper torso is rotated relative to a lower torso (16) upon which it is mounted, by means of a thumbwheel (64) coacting with a drive means (44) connected between the torsos. The individual arms are also rotatable for 360.degree. about an axis through the shoulders.

Abstract: A pair of rotatable wings are slidably and rotatably received and secured on the axle of a bracket carried by a water fowl decoy to extend laterally outward from the decoy body. The wings have a series of circumferentially spaced blades which are shaped to cause rotation of the wings when subjected to a slight breeze and produce an alternating visual signal upon rotation. The bracket may be releasably attached to the decoy or molded into the decoy body during manufacture.

Abstract: An amusement toy includes a first member which is cylindrical in shape and is located within a housing. This first member is capable of rotating on the housing. A second elongated member is located within the center of the cylindrical shaped first member and moves up and down within the first member. A first gear located on the first member engages a connecting gear which in turn engages a gear located on the second member so as to transfer linear motion of the second member into rotational motion of the first member. Rotation of the first member transferred to at least one output member whereby the output member is rotated ultimately in response to linear motion of the second member.

Abstract: A ring type stunt toy device including a ring structure, two fixing blocks, a base and a wheeled toy wherein the ring structure has two metal rings which can be attracted by magnet at its inner circumference, two supports at its external circumference with column projections to insert into the recessions of the column member ends of the fixing blocks respectively so that the ring structure can rotate between the supports and the wheeled toy has a wheel like covers with a wheelbase slightly wider than the width of the ring structure so that it can be placed across the ring structure and while the right and left conductive wheels are contacting the metal rings, the motor in the wheeled toy rotate and drive the wheeled toy for forward movement and due to the weight of the wheeled toy, the ring structure rotate simultaneously.

Abstract: A toy assembly which is battery operated to provide a moving design pattern which is visually enhanced by a transparent cover of varying density, the assembly including a unique actuating and interrupting switch arrangement and a unique coupling arrangement for several of the parts.

Abstract: The device comprises a hoop with a hollow passage having a weight located within the hollow passage, such that the weight circulates in the hollow passage as the hoop is rhythmically rotated. The device also includes a counter capable of counting and displaying the weight's revolutions around the hoop and a sensor for determining and displaying the speed of the weight.