FR2487688A1 - TOYS REBONDISSANT - Google Patents

Abstract

BOUNCING TOY INTENDED TO BE THROWN AGAINST A HARD SURFACE WHICH RICKS IT. THIS TOY CONSISTS OF TWO VERY ELASTIC 20, 22 BALLS SUBJECT TO ONE OF THE TWO ENDS OF A TUBULAR SUPPORT 12. ITS REBOUND DEPENDS ON THE WAY IT IS THROWN AGAINST A WALL OR ON THE GROUND. APPLICATION TO GAMES OF SKILL.

Description

The present invention generally relates to bouncy toys and

  especially those that are destined to be caught after

  have been thrown against a hard surface that makes them ricochet.

  The present invention is an improvement of the most popular toy

  the type considered, that is to say, a rubber ball elastic or any polymer. The balls in question can bounce more

  or less well. Some are made of highly compatible silicone rubber

  award-winning, which makes them very elastic and makes them bounce very high. These are commonly marketed toys, and they are also used to shape the soul of golf balls and give them greater reach. Their manufacturing process as well as the various materials which are suitable for the realization of the balls considered which

  bounce very high are well known in the art considered.

  A ball may normally be expected to bounce off a flat or smooth surface so that its trajectory after rebound makes an angle with the surface of that surface before its trajectory.

  rebound, the way a ray of light is reflected in a mirror.

  It is possible, but to a very small extent, to determine the characteristics of its rebound by giving it effect. That is why

  ball games have become very popular, especially those

  bounce a ball on a pediment (such as the

  pelota) or on the ground (for example, tennis or hockey).

  However, in the latter case we can not change much the trajec-

  Predictable area of the ball after rebound. This is a characteristic

  important feature of the games in which the ball is struck with a racket or a batting and those which consist in bouncing the ball on a wall, but this is a disadvantage when playing

  is to bounce the ball on the ground. These last games can

  This may consist of either bouncing the ball on the ground and catching it in flight or throwing it so that its trajectory is at a certain angle to the ground and bouncing off towards another player. That demax of little address and the games in question quickly become boring

except for very young children.

  The present invention relates to a bouncing toy that can be thrown up and down against a hard surface so as to bounce it in a variety of ways depending on the manner in which it was launched and the orientation it has at the moment. it hits the surface in question. It is possible either to throw it up and down on the ground to catch it after its rebound, or to throw it with more or less skill by varying a lot the way it bounces and behaves after this rebound. If the game therefore has several players, it is possible to throw the toy in question on the ground or on any other hard surface by bouncing it in the air so that it turns more or less quickly following various trajectories . The use of the original toy according to the invention therefore does not have the same limitations as the conventional balls

  Rubber, as the following description will show.

  In short, the present invention therefore relates to a toy bouncing

  constituted by two elastic objects each subject to one of the extremes

  with a medial tubular support. The objects in question may for example be very elastic rubber bullets having fastening elements complementary to those that comprise the tube and

  cooperating with them to make them supportive of the latter.

  The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings by way of non-limitative examples and in which:

  Figure 1 shows in elevation a bouncing toy according to the invention.

  vention; Figure 2 is a nerspective partly in section and partly exploded of the toy of Figure 1; Figure 3 is an elevational view showing a variant of the toy according to the invention, the variant of which the ball fasteners on their support are different from those of the first embodiment; and FIG. 4 is a perspective partly in section and partly exploded

of the nrécitée variant.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bouncing toy 10 according to the invention is in the entirety constituted by a median tube 12 with

  two ends of which are subject two objects 14 and 16 capable of re-

to jump when a shock compresses them.

  As shown in Figure 2, the tube 12 preferably has the shape 2487z88 of a thin-walled cylinder 18 to make it lighter. The bouncing objects 14, 16 are identical and preferably spheres 20, 22 to each of which is incorporated a protruding lug 24 or 26. They are preferably made by molding under high pressure a material such as that used to bullets able to bounce

very good and very high.

  To securely fasten these bouncing members 14 and 16 to

  12, their lug 24 or 26 has a peripheral groove 28 or 30.

  Near each of its ends, the wall of the tube 12 forms towards the inside.

  interior of the latter an annular projection 32 or 34, made by embossing

  ge or otherwise depending on the constituent material of the tube 12 and its method of manufacture. As shown in Figure 2, once the organ

  bouncing 16 placed in the end of the tube 12, the projection

  annular 34 of the latter engages in the annular groove 30 of

the lug 26 of the element 16.

  The tube 12 must be lighter than the bouncing members that it supports, and it is preferably made of injection-molded and / or blown polyethylene, although it is also possible to use a

  light metal or other materials.

  The toy thus produced is intended to be thrown or thrown against a surface so that one of its bouncing extreme organs comes

  hit the latter, which makes him ricochet by spinning in the air.

  The angle the tube makes with the above-mentioned surface at the moment of the particular shock

  undermines the rebound direction of the toy as well as the speed at which it whirls after the rebound. If the angle above is acute, the toy bounces backwards, that is to say in the direction from which it comes. If however

  the above-mentioned angle is obtuse, the toy bounces forward in a plane

  keeping its initial trajectory but spinning in the opposite direction of the

  spinning which would be his if he returned in the opposite direction of his

  initial jectory. If the tube is perpendicular to the surface hit by the toy, the toy bounces more or less vertically. Its rebound depends in fact on the way it was launched, its speed, the direction in which it turns and other factors such as

the nature of the aforementioned surface.

  Figures 3 and 4 show a variant of the toy according to the invention.

  tion variant whose elements identical to those of the first embodiment have the same references. The only difference between this variant and the first embodiment concerns the fasteners on the tube of the bouncing end balls. This variant therefore also comprises a median tube 112 at the ends of which

  are subject to two rebounding members 114 and 116.

  The latter 114 and 116 are subject to the tube 112 by means of extreme peripheral flanges of the latter, flanges that fit together

  in larger internal cavities of the bouncing organs

  114 and 116. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, each end of the tube 112 has a peripheral flange 130 or 132.

  bouncing members 114, 116 are preferably spherical and

  of 120 and 122 bullets in each of which is

  a hole 150 or 152 whose bottom communicates with a circumferential groove

  154 or 156. The ends of the tube 112 can be snap-fitted into the bales 120, 122 by forcibly pressing each of these ends with its peripheral flange into the hole 150 or 152 of

  the corresponding ball so as to penetrate his bridle

  As shown in the first embodiment, the tube 112 is preferably a thin-walled light-weight cylinder 18. The bales 120 and 122 are elastomeric and capable of bouncing very high. Their diameter is preferably about 3.8 cm, and they are subject to a tube whose length is about 17.8 cm and the diameter of about 1.27 cm. These dimensions can obviously be different, but it turns out to use that larger balls

  make the toy a little easier to master.

  It goes without saying that many changes can be made

  bouncing toy described and represented without departing from the scope of the

vention.

Claims (6)

  1. Bouncing toy intended to be thrown against a hard surface that makes it ricochet, characterized in that it comprises the oblong support (12) of two almost spherical bouncing objects (20, 22) each of which is subject to one of both ends. 2. A toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the support (12) and the objects (20, 22), which are both highly elastic balls, comprise complementary fastening members (28 or 156; securing said objects (20, 22) at the ends of said support (12).   Toy according to claim 2, characterized in that the support   (12) is a tube whose inside diameter is predetermined and the ex-   tremities are released, and the fasteners are lugs (24, 26) which, each of a ball, have a calculated diameter so as to fit each into one end of the tube, each of these lugs having a circumferential groove (28 or 30) into which an internal circular projection (32 or 34) of   the corresponding end of the tube.   4. Toy according to claim 2, characterized in that the fastening members are extreme radiating flanges (130, 132) of the support   (12), flanges which each fit into an inter-   ne (154, 156) of the corresponding ball, groove which constitutes the bottom   wider of a hole (150, 152) dug in this ball.   5. Toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the support (12) of the two bouncing objects (20, 22) is a fairly rigid tube and   lighter than each of these last two.   6. Toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the two spherical objects (20, 22) are made of a highly elastic material that allows them to bounce very high, and their oblong support (12) is   a cylinder quite rigid and lighter than themselves.