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Spinning balance toy

US4040205A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 27, 1976
Grant dateAug 9, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 27, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F9/26
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Game-of-skill toy having a main frame adapted to be rotated repeatedly in a 360.degree. arc by the user which includes one or more laterally projecting support points upon which normally removable small objects, e.g., discs, are balanced and maintained in place, initially by gravity, and, during rotation of the frame, by centrifugal force.

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