EP3501615A1 - Dispositif de jeu de toupie - Google Patents

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EP3501615A1
EP3501615A1 EP17208535.9A EP17208535A EP3501615A1 EP 3501615 A1 EP3501615 A1 EP 3501615A1 EP 17208535 A EP17208535 A EP 17208535A EP 3501615 A1 EP3501615 A1 EP 3501615A1
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spinning top
sheet
game device
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shaped sheet
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Carlo ELASI
Benito DE SENSI
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CARMATT S.R.L.
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Carmatt Srl
SUK Srl
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00—Other toys
    • A63H33/16—Models made by folding paper
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H1/00—Tops
    • A63H1/08—Tops with arrangements for winding-up by blowing

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  • the present invention relates to a spinning top game device of the type specified in the preamble of the first claim.
  • spinning tops Various gaming devices known as spinning tops are currently known.
  • a spinning top is a toy designed to rotate for a long time on a support surface.
  • the rotation typically occurs on a tip, which creates reduced friction on a support surface. Furthermore, the structure of the spinning top maximizes the rotational inertia of the same so as to maintain said spinning top balanced precisely on its tip during rotation due to the rotational inertia itself. The duration of the rotation is also extended due to the reduced friction of the tip.
  • the spinning top is a classic toy that has substantially been used from time immemorial and is also used as an advertising gadget.
  • the cost of a spinning top is rather high, in particular if provided as an advertising gadget.
  • the structure of the spinning top is indeed complex and involves three-dimensional extensions of the moulds, as well as the presence of metal tips.
  • spinning top games currently on the market are mostly characterized by anonymous and not very customizable shapes that make the devices attractive to users, like children, only from a functional point of view.
  • the technical task underlying the present invention is to devise a spinning top gaming device, which is capable of substantially obviating at least some of the above-mentioned drawbacks.
  • a major object of the invention is to obtain a spinning top gaming device that is simple and inexpensive.
  • the measures, values, shapes and geometric references (such as perpendicularity and parallelism), when associated with terms like “about” or other similar terms such as “almost” or “substantially”, are to be understood as unless measurement errors or inaccuracies due to production and/or manufacturing defects and, especially, unless a slight difference from the value, measure, shape, or geometric reference with which it is associated.
  • these terms if associated with a value, preferably indicate a difference not exceeding 10% of the value itself.
  • the spinning top game device is indicated as a whole by the numeral 1.
  • the said shaped sheet 2 is preferably made of a polymeric or papery material, such as paper or cardboard.
  • the said polymeric material is preferably PVC or alternatively polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene or the like. It has a thickness preferably comprised between 0.1 mm and 1 cm, more preferably between 0.3 mm and 0.7 mm, still more preferably between 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm.
  • the term "shaped sheet" does not necessarily mean a single layer, but also a sheet composed of multiple separable layers but in use substantially acting as a single sheet.
  • the shaped sheet 2 defines an outer edge 2a having a centre of gravity 2b.
  • the said outer edge 2a is preferably approximately circular, with an outer profile which, for example, can be approximately a regular polygon or a star-shaped polygon, and much more.
  • the outer edge 2a defines a plane figure with an average diameter of between 1 cm and 1 dm, preferably between 2 cm and 5 cm.
  • the shaped sheet 2 comprises a first central cutting line 3 defining a tip member 3a and two first ends 3b, which define the outermost points of said central cutting line 3.
  • the first ends 3b lie along the same central straight line 4a, substantially passing through the centre of gravity 2b of said shaped sheet 2.
  • substantially passing through it is meant that the distance between the central straight line 4a and the centre of gravity is less than 20%, and more preferably 10%, of the average diameter of the outer edge 2a.
  • the first ends 3b are preferably symmetrical with respect to the centre of gravity 2b, more preferably each with a distance of between 0.5 mm and 3 mm from the centre of gravity, and the central cutting line 3 is preferably symmetrical with respect to the axis of the segment defined by the first ends 3b on the central straight line 4a. It preferably comprises a rounded tip and is preferably substantially triangular.
  • the shaped sheet 2 also comprises two folding lines 4 formed by two segments lying along the central straight line 4a, the folding lines 4 extending between the first ends 3b and two second ends 4b.
  • the second ends 4b are also preferably symmetrical with respect to the centre of gravity 2b and have a distance from the same preferably of between 4 mm and 2 cm.
  • the shaped sheet 2 further comprises a second central cutting line 5 defining, on the opposite side of the first central cutting line 3 with respect to the central straight line 4a, an uninterrupted path with ends coinciding with the second ends 4b.
  • the second central cutting line 5 can have any shape, for example the shape of an animal or of other game elements for children.
  • the central cutting line 5 defines an enlarged portion 5a, adapted to allow a better grip of the device 1, as explained in detail below.
  • the first and second central cutting lines 3, 5 are thus adapted to be folded along the folding lines 4 so as to be perpendicular with respect to the remaining part of the shaped sheet 2, defining a tip and a handle, respectively, for the spinning top game device 1.
  • the shaped sheet 2 may also be a simple sheet or a composite sheet. In the latter case, it preferably comprises a first sheet 12 and a second, superimposed sheet 10.
  • the shaped sheet 2 is composed of a single sheet, it is preferably made of the above described materials, i.e. it is preferably made of a polymeric or papery material, such as paper or cardboard.
  • the said polymeric material is preferably PVC or alternatively polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene or the like. It has a thickness preferably comprised between 0.1 mm and 1 cm, more preferably between 0.3 mm and 0.7 mm, still more preferably between 0.4 mm and 0.6 mm.
  • the first sheet 12 is composed of the above materials and has the shapes previously mentioned in connection with the shaped sheet 2.
  • the second sheet 10 is preferably made of a papery material such as paper or cardboard, or of a polymeric material. More preferably, the second sheet 10 is made of plasticised cardboard, more preferably, the cardboard, plasticised or not, has a basis weight ranging between 80 g and 500 g and more preferably between 300 g and 400 g.
  • the second outer edge 10a defines a second centre of gravity 10b.
  • the second outer edge 10a defines a plane figure with an average diameter of between 3 cm and 2 dm, preferably between 4 cm and 1 dm.
  • the second sheet 10 comprises a straight cutting segment 11, substantially passing through the second centre of gravity 10b and adapted to allow the insertion and fitting of the second sheet 10 in one of said tip and said handle of the first sheet 12.
  • a first or second sheet 12, 10 comprises a plurality of helical cutting lines 20, each associated with a folding straight line 21.
  • the helical cutting lines 20 and the folding straight lines 21 together define closed perimeters that are adapted to be folded so as to protrude from the sheet 2 or 10, preferably towards said handle, and to define a propeller adapted to rotate said device when stressed by a blowing action.
  • the helical cutting lines 20 and the folding straight lines 21 define rectangular portions.
  • the folding straight lines 21 are preferably arranged at the same inclination angle, comprised between 5° and 30°, with respect to the circumferential direction, and are symmetrical with respect to the centre of gravity 2a or 10a.
  • the user preferably initially finds the shaped sheet 2 and preferably also the second sheet 10 disassembled and flat.
  • the user may also simply insert the second sheet 10, next to the cutting segment 11, along the tip or the handle, until it reaches the remaining part of the first sheet 12.
  • the spinning top game device 1 according to the invention achieves important advantages.
  • the spinning top game device 1 is simple, inexpensive and can be conveniently packed and transported.
  • the flat surfaces of the sheets also allow simple funny graphic effects and also allow the creation of customisable or otherwise various devices 1 that respond to market demands.

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Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR453627A (fr) * 1913-01-17 1913-06-12 Robert Weber Toupie à roue turbine
WO2002036227A1 (fr) 2000-10-31 2002-05-10 Serigraph, Inc. Jouet rotatif volant promotionnel plat
US6604979B1 (en) * 2002-07-24 2003-08-12 Liu Kuo-Ching Built-up spinning top
EP1374960A1 (fr) 2002-06-24 2004-01-02 Kuo-Ching Liu Toupie sécurisée
EP1400268A1 (fr) 2002-08-14 2004-03-24 Kuo-Ching Liu Toupie volante

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR453627A (fr) * 1913-01-17 1913-06-12 Robert Weber Toupie à roue turbine
WO2002036227A1 (fr) 2000-10-31 2002-05-10 Serigraph, Inc. Jouet rotatif volant promotionnel plat
EP1374960A1 (fr) 2002-06-24 2004-01-02 Kuo-Ching Liu Toupie sécurisée
US6604979B1 (en) * 2002-07-24 2003-08-12 Liu Kuo-Ching Built-up spinning top
EP1400268A1 (fr) 2002-08-14 2004-03-24 Kuo-Ching Liu Toupie volante

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