High utility disk toy

• US 4,212,131 A
• Filed: 12/06/1976
• Issued: 07/15/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alexander D. Ross Jr
• Original Assignee: Alexander D. Ross Jr
• Inventors: Ross, Alexander D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kinsey, Russell R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US05/748,274
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• Field of Search: 46/74 D, 46/75, 273/106 B
• US Class Current: 446/48
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/18 Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys discs used in athletics A63B65/10as part of a game A63F9/02; sling weapons F41B3/00; spring toy guns F41B7/08

Abstract

A high utility disk toy for use in a multitude of indoor and outdoor games, comprising of a disk hull with a concave/convex surface with a central crown and dome and a peripheral horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer that extends outwardly from the base of the disk hull. In one embodiment of the invention the toy is molded or formed so that the three major parts, the disk hull, central crown and dome and the rim wing flight stabilizer are of a single piece construction with the same lightweight material. In an alternative embodiment of the invention the three major parts are made separately of the same or different materials in various shapes, sizes and colors. Said parts are then assembled by the users, to achieve desired results or to study and observe the effect of a part change on the spin or flight characteristics of a given unit. The new high utility disk toy can be placed on the tip of the finger and spun as a spinner or it can be inverted with the dome down and spun like a top on a smooth surface or it can be thrown and caught as a single unit or it can nest into or onto another or more of like design and can be thrown as a plurality of units that will separate in flight and fly the full flight in formation to the target area to be caught by one or a plurality of participants.

Claims

1. A high utility disk toy adapted to be thrown through the air, spun on a finger or spun like a top, that can be stacked (having seventy-five percent or more of its height fitting into or over another) that can be thrown as one, with in flight separation and having a full flight formation factor, comprising:

a. a concave/convex central dome having a smooth sloping surface extending down to;

b. an intermediate crown that radiuses into;

c. a rounded peripheral concave/convex disk hull that extends outwardly and then down on a larger radius to;

d. a flat bottom horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer that extends outwardly at right angles from the base of the disk hull to its outer rounded perimeter.

2. A disk toy according to claim 1 wherein the central dome and crown, disk hull and the horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer are fabricated as one, of one material as a single integral unit.

3. A disk toy according to claim 1 having surface extenders in the form of grooves and steps extending into and around said surface.

4. A disk toy according to claim 3 that extends the surface area and reduces the weight of said part.

5. A disk toy according to claim 3 wherein the grooves are equally spaced.

6. A disk toy according to claim 3 wherein the peaks of said steps can be equally spaced.

7. A disk toy according to claim 1 wherein the rim wing flight stabilizer is substantially thicker than the disk hull and the central crown and dome.

8. A disk toy according to claim 1 wherein the cross-section of the rim wing flight stabilizer is a shape approximating the cross-section of an airplane wing.

9. A disk toy according to claim 1 wherein the rim wing flight stabilizer has a thicker rounded leading edge producing a rounded annular trough extending circumferencially around said toy between the rounded leaping edge and the disk hull.

10. A disk toy in accordance with claim 1 wherein the central dome has a smooth rounded outer surface.

11. A disk toy in accordance with claim 1 wherein the central crown and dome has a smooth inner surface.

12. A disk toy in accordance with claim 11 wherein the smooth inner surface of the central crown and dome has a configuration of a rounded taper having a radius of curvature at the small diameter end of said taper.

13. A disk toy in accordance with claim 12 wherein said radius of curvature is greater than the radius of curvature of a large thumb.

14. A disk toy in accordance with claim 1 wherein said disk toy has a top and bottom surface of opposite magnetic fields.

15. A disk toy in accordance with claim 1 wherein said concave/convex central dome and crown, said concave/convex disk hull and said horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer are separate piece parts that are removable and wherein means is provided for releasably retaining said piece parts whereby when so desired to alter the spin or flight characteristics said piece parts can be removed and replaced by other having a different configuration but having the same releasably retaining means.

16. A disk toy in accordance with claim 15 wherein said concave/convex disk hull piece parts of various configurations and materials have an inner perimeter defining a fixed central circular opening and a circular lower outer perimeter defining a fixed taper.

17. A disk toy in accordance with claim 15 wherein said concave/convex central dome and crown piece parts of various configurations and materials have a fixed outer perimeter with a hand press fit means provided for releasably retaining said dome and crown piece parts in the fixed central circular opening of the disk hull piece parts.

18. A disk toy in accordance with claim 15 wherein said horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer piece parts of various configurations and materials have a standard fixed inner perimeter defining a fixed central circular opening in the form of a fixed taper with a hand press fit means provided for releasably retaining said piece part on the fixed taper circumventing the outer perimeter of the disk hull piece parts.

19. A disk toy in accordance with claim 18 wherein said horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer piece parts of various configurations and materials can be of a solid structure or hollow structure having cavities to receive and lock in place magnetic or non magnetic inserts.

20. A disk toy in accordance with claim 19 wherein said horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer of a hollow structure and a flexible material has pierced angled exhaust ports.

21. A disk toy in accordance with claim 20 wherein water and sodium bicarbonate can be entrapped in the hollow structure and the ensuing pressure escaping from said ports in flight will give a power assist to the lift and rotational momentum producing longer flights.

22. A disk toy in accordance with claim 18 wherein said horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer piece part is made of magnetic material and charged so that its upper and lower surfaces have opposite magnetic fields.

23. A disk toy in accordance with claim 22 wherein the opposing force of like magnetic fields repelling each other is used for quick separation on dual flights and as a supporting force in dual spins.

24. A disk toy in accordance with claim 18 wherein said horizontal rim wing flight stabilizer piece part has an undulating or rippled wing.

25. A disk toy in accordance with claim 16 wherein said concave/convex disk hull piece parts can be of a high, medium or low profile variety made of a lightweight metal or plastic material having a smooth or irregular inner and outer surface.

26. A disk toy in accordance with claim 17 wherein said concave/convex central dome and crown piece parts can be of a high, medium or low profile fabricated with lightweight materials having a smooth inner and outer surface.

27. A disk toy in accordance with claim 17 wherein said concave/convex central dome and crown piece part is molded with a magnetic material a charge to produce a positive or negative top surface.

28. A disk toy in accordance with claim 17 wherein said concave/convex central dome and crown piece parts have magnetic inserts molded or pressed in place wherein when spun on a probe having a magnetic tip with a like magnetic field said disk will be suspended above said probe and spin freely.

29. A disk toy in accordance with claim 28 wherein a rod magnet can be used as a spinning probe.

30. A disk toy in accordance with claim 17 wherein the hand press fit means comprises a snap-on snap-off interference fit.