US 11,938,412 B2
Spinner toy and method of rotating same
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Guidrevitch, Grodno (BY)
Appl. No. 17/437,398
Filed by Aleksandr Nikolaevich Guidrevitch, Grodno (BY)
PCT Filed Mar. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/BY2020/000003
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/181352, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201900215 (EA), filed on Mar. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0168657 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A63H 1/06 (2006.01); A63H 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 1/06 (2013.01) [A63H 33/002 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spinner toy comprising:
a rotating element, having a top surface and a central hole,
a means of rotation which is mounted in the central hole of the rotating element, wherein an outer surface of a body of the means of rotation is attached to the rotating element,
a top button cover,
a lower button cover which is connected to the top button cover through the means of rotation, and the top button cover and the lower button cover may be held between a user's fingers,
wherein the rotating element is equipped with a plurality of symmetrically placed weight elements, and the rotating element and the means of rotation are capable of rotation about a central vertical axis that runs perpendicular to the top surface of the rotating element, and the rotating element is made centrally balanced with respect to the central vertical axis,
wherein the means of rotation comprises a ball bearing and screw converter that converts reciprocating motion into unidirectional rotational motion of the rotating element,
wherein a housing of the ball bearing and screw converter comprises a hollow sleeve, having an inner surface and an outer surface,
the inner surface of the housing comprises a helical groove of a selected profile,
wherein a rotation bearing is mounted at a lower end of the hollow sleeve, with the lower button cover being attached to the lower end of the hollow sleeve,
wherein an inner ring of the rotation bearing is mounted on a guide rod, with an upper end of the guide rod having a cavity and being movably connected to a pusher, which is located on an upper end of the hollow sleeve and is designed to slide along the guide rod, wherein the pusher is in a form of a hollow cylinder, the pusher having an upper end and a lower end, with a pusher bearing installed in the lower end of the pusher,
wherein the top button cover is mounted at the upper end of the pusher, with a spring positioned under the top button cover, which is removable,
wherein a lower end of the spring is recessed into the cavity of the guide rod, and a top end of the spring rests against the top button cover, the spring is capable of returning the pusher from a lower position to an initial upper position after the user has removed pressure from the top button cover when the rotating element rotates.