US 12,246,263 B2
Top toy
Yohei Bando, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Horikoshi, Tokyo (JP); Makoto Muraki, Tokyo (JP); and Takeaki Maeda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to TOMY COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/019,204
Filed by TOMY COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/039611
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/075309, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 11, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-161502 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0252936 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A63H 1/00 (2019.01); A63H 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 1/04 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A top toy for rotating in a first direction, comprising
a top part including an upper trunk part; and
a bottom part including a lower trunk part and first and second rod-shaped shafts,
the lower trunk part having an insertion through hole formed at a center thereof, the lower trunk is attached to the upper trunk; and
the first and second rod-shaped shafts being interchangeable to each other
when the first rod-shaped shaft is employed, the first rod-shaped shaft being inserted in the insertion through hole and being attached to the lower trunk,
when the second rod-shaped shaft is employed, the second rod-shaped shaft being inserted in the insertion through hole and being attached to the lower trunk,
when the upper trunk part is rotated relative to the lower trunk part in a second direction opposite to the first direction by an external force and when reaches a joint release position, the upper trunk part and the lower trunk part being detached,
the bottom part including
a first engagement part, and
a second engagement part being engaged with the first engagement part at a part that rotates integrally with the upper trunk part,
the first rod-shaped shaft having a first shape to create a first engagement state between the first and second engagement parts,
the second rod-shaped shaft having a second shape being different from the first shape to create a second engagement state between the first and second engagement parts,
the first engagement state being different from the second engagement state.