Toy
US8517791B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63H13/16
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
In order to provide a toy that increases the commercial value of the toy, imparts fresh wonderment and intellectual excitement to the user, and employs a simple structure with a suppressed number of parts, thus making it possible to reduce manufacturing costs and the number of manufacturing processes, the toy (1) comprises: an external component (2), provided with a hole (10) on the lower portion thereof, that maintains a substantially spherical shape and is provided with a housing space formed on the interior thereof; a lower component (3) disposed such that it can move between the inside and the outside of the housing space through the hole (10), and is disposed such that, when inside the housing space, the lower surface thereof aligns with the surface of the external component (2) and the toy (1) forms a substantially spherical shape; a locking means; a magnetic body disposed inside the lower component (3); and an elastic component. When no magnetic force acts between an external magnetic component and the magnetic body, the elastic force of the elastic component is resisted and the lower component (3) is retained inside the housing space by means of the locking means, by means …
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