US3643373A - Tethered aerial top - Google Patents

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US3643373A
US3643373A US8588A US3643373DA US3643373A US 3643373 A US3643373 A US 3643373A US 8588 A US8588 A US 8588A US 3643373D A US3643373D A US 3643373DA US 3643373 A US3643373 A US 3643373A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H1/00—Tops
    • A63H1/30—Climbing tops, e.g. Yo-Yo

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  • the present invention relates a toy using the gyroscope principle and commonly known as a yo-yo.
  • toys of the kind referred to consist of two symmetrical rotatable bodies joined by a shaft to which a string is fitted.
  • the particular form given the two rotatable symmetrical bodies in the present invention enables specially appealing effects to be obtained, both when the toy is in the inoperative position and when it is spinning.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in perspective of the toy according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is an exploded view in perspective of the integral parts of the toy as shown in FIG. 11.
  • FIG. 3 is a view in perspective of a variation of the toy as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of the toy.
  • the toy of the present invention consists of several principal elements, namely the two symmetrical rotatable bodies l and 2.
  • these rotatable bodies 1 and 2 are of identical shape only rotatable body 1 as shown in FIG. 2 will be described, although use will also be made of the other rotatable body 2 to refer to certain portions which cannot be seen on rotatable body l as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • This rotatable body is made up primarily of a wheel 3 and a cover 4.
  • the wheel 3 has a flat wall 5 from whose central portion a plurality of radial ribs 6 project, the central portion containing a hole having small protuberances 7.
  • the flat wall 5 is integral with an annular rim 8 which with the flat wall 5 forms a chamber or recess.
  • This chamber contains a projecting cylindrical part 9 which defines the previously described hole llll containing the small protuberances.
  • This chamber containing the projecting cylindrical portion 9 has a flat bottom 11 to which the said projecting cylindrical portion is made solid.
  • the projecting cylindrical or 9 is made solid with four spokes 12 of reduced thickness in the portion adjoining the projecting cylindrical part 9 but which outwardly expand in triangular shape to form a type of blade 26 whose thickness gradually diminishes toward the periphery, that is toward the rim 8, forming a border or edge 25 at a distance from the rim 8 to thus provide an exterior channel 13.
  • the unit of four diametrically opposed spokes l2 and blades 26 form a type of Maltese cross which can be all of the same color or of different colors, thus permitting very decorative effects to be obtained.
  • the cylindrical part 9 terminates in a base M which is recessed with respect to the base surface 9' and through which the aforementioned hole 10 passes.
  • the cover 4 which can be completely transparent to obtain special decorative effects and which even can have recessed or built-up portions in order to provide certain additional decorations and even writing, has an arched shape and a flange 15 which fits into the exterior channel 13.
  • An axle 16 preferably provided with a central groove 117 is fitted into the hole 10, and over said axle 16 preferably provided with a central groove 17 a string 18 is fitted.
  • the axle l6 contains a hole 119 of a diameter slightly larger than that of hole It] so that a rivet 20 can be fitted whose head 21 rests upon the base 114 while on the opposite side the face of base 9' provides support for a washer 22 containing a hole 23 through which passes the corresponding end of the driven rivet.
  • the cover t IS preferably completely transparent, although it can also be only partially transparent.
  • a toy of the character described comprising a pair of circular disks each having a substantially flat face spaced from and facing the flat face of the other disk and an annular rim projecting from peripheral portion of each disk in a direction away from said flat face thereof to form with said disk a chamber having an open end facing away from said flat face; a central hub for each disk integral at one end with the respective disk and projecting into the respective chamber and having opposite said one end an end face, each hub and disk being formed with a central stepped bore therethrough having a larger-diameter portion extending outwardly from said flat face and a smaller-diameter portion extending inwardly from the end face so as to form a shoulder at the junction of said bore portions; a plurality of circumferentially spaced protuberances projecting from the inner surface of said larger-diameter bore portion into the latter; a tubular shaft of a diameter substantially equal to that of the larger bore portions inserted into the larger bore portions of the pair disks and abutting with opposite ends against the shoulders
  • a toy as defined in claim l and including a plurality of spokes projecting radially from said hub in each chamber towards the annular rim of the respective disk.
  • each of said covers is at least in part transparent.
  • a toy as defined in claim I and including a plurality of ribs on said flat face of each disk and extending radially outwardly from the bore therethrough.

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US3953936A (en) * 1974-11-13 1976-05-04 Ennis Thomas H Yo-yo
US4332102A (en) * 1980-10-27 1982-06-01 Caffrey Michael S Superior performance yo-yo
WO2001008773A1 (en) * 1999-07-30 2001-02-08 Caleb Chung Gyroscopic toy
US6213838B1 (en) 1998-06-15 2001-04-10 Leonard R. Amaral Metal yo-yo and method for manufacture
US6406349B1 (en) * 1999-07-30 2002-06-18 Toyinnovation, Inc. Gyroscopic toy
US6579142B1 (en) * 2002-09-10 2003-06-17 Rehco, Llc Modular yo-yo
US6887122B1 (en) * 2004-07-29 2005-05-03 Hans W. Van Dan Elzen Yo-yo having visual indication of response setting
USD641802S1 (en) * 2010-09-16 2011-07-19 Van Dan Elzen Hans W Yo-yo
US20120244780A1 (en) * 2011-03-27 2012-09-27 Van Dan Elzen Hans W Yo-yo having a changeable shape
EP4596068A1 (en) * 2024-01-31 2025-08-06 Bandai Co., Ltd. Yo-yo

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US3256635A (en) * 1962-11-02 1966-06-21 Joseph T Radovan Tethered aerial top
US3263361A (en) * 1964-01-13 1966-08-02 James C Bowden Noisemaking toy
US3444644A (en) * 1966-07-26 1969-05-20 Lawrence Joseph Sayegh Tethered aerial top

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US3256635A (en) * 1962-11-02 1966-06-21 Joseph T Radovan Tethered aerial top
US3263361A (en) * 1964-01-13 1966-08-02 James C Bowden Noisemaking toy
US3444644A (en) * 1966-07-26 1969-05-20 Lawrence Joseph Sayegh Tethered aerial top

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3953936A (en) * 1974-11-13 1976-05-04 Ennis Thomas H Yo-yo
US4332102A (en) * 1980-10-27 1982-06-01 Caffrey Michael S Superior performance yo-yo
US6213838B1 (en) 1998-06-15 2001-04-10 Leonard R. Amaral Metal yo-yo and method for manufacture
WO2001008773A1 (en) * 1999-07-30 2001-02-08 Caleb Chung Gyroscopic toy
US6406349B1 (en) * 1999-07-30 2002-06-18 Toyinnovation, Inc. Gyroscopic toy
US6607420B2 (en) 1999-07-30 2003-08-19 Toyinnovation, Inc. Gyroscopic toy
US6579142B1 (en) * 2002-09-10 2003-06-17 Rehco, Llc Modular yo-yo
US6887122B1 (en) * 2004-07-29 2005-05-03 Hans W. Van Dan Elzen Yo-yo having visual indication of response setting
USD641802S1 (en) * 2010-09-16 2011-07-19 Van Dan Elzen Hans W Yo-yo
US20120244780A1 (en) * 2011-03-27 2012-09-27 Van Dan Elzen Hans W Yo-yo having a changeable shape
EP4596068A1 (en) * 2024-01-31 2025-08-06 Bandai Co., Ltd. Yo-yo

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