Tumbling toy
First Claim
1. A tumbling toy, comprising a hollow housing that includes spaced, opposed end caps and an outer cylindrical sleeve located therebetween, each of said end caps having a hemispherical configuration that includes a rounded end wall, an inner tubular member located within said outer sleeve in coaxial relation thereto and being secured at the ends thereof to said end caps, the opposed ends of said inner tubular member extending inwardly within the opposed end caps for engagement with an interior portion of said end caps, and a weighted ball captured within said inner tubular member and end caps and having rolling movement between said end caps to produce a tumbling end-over-end action for said housing when an exterior force is applied thereto, or when said toy is placed on a downwardly inclined surface.
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Abstract
A tumbling toy having an end-over-end tumbling action and including a hollow housing having spaced end caps, an outer sleeve and an inner tubular member joined to the end caps and receiving a weighted ball for rolling action therein, the weighted ball having rolling movement between the end caps to produce the tumbling end-over-end action of the housing when an exterior force is applied thereto or when the tumbling toy is placed on a downwardly inclined surface.
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13 Claims
- 1. A tumbling toy, comprising a hollow housing that includes spaced, opposed end caps and an outer cylindrical sleeve located therebetween, each of said end caps having a hemispherical configuration that includes a rounded end wall, an inner tubular member located within said outer sleeve in coaxial relation thereto and being secured at the ends thereof to said end caps, the opposed ends of said inner tubular member extending inwardly within the opposed end caps for engagement with an interior portion of said end caps, and a weighted ball captured within said inner tubular member and end caps and having rolling movement between said end caps to produce a tumbling end-over-end action for said housing when an exterior force is applied thereto, or when said toy is placed on a downwardly inclined surface.
- 5. A tumbling toy, comprising a hollow housing that includes spaced, opposed end caps and an outer cylindrical sleeve located therebetween, each of said end caps having a hemispherical configuration that includes a rounded end wall, an inner tubular member located within said outer sleeve in coaxial relation thereto and being secured at the ends thereof to said end caps, and a weighted ball captured within said inner tubular member and end caps and having rolling movement between said end caps to produce a tumbling end-over-end action for said housing when an exterior force is applied thereto, or when said toy is placed on a downwardly inclined surface, said end caps having inner end portions formed thereon of reduced diameter relative to the diametrical dimension of said end caps, said inner end portions defining annular shoulders against which the outermost edges of said outer sleeve are received in engaging relation, the outer diameter of said outer sleeve corresponding substantially to that of the diametrical dimension of said end caps.
- 8. A tumbling toy, comprising a hollow housing that includes spaced, opposed end caps and an outer cylindrical sleeve located therebetween, each of said end caps having a hemispherical configuration that includes a rounded end wall, an inner tubular member located within said outer sleeve in coaxial relation thereto and being secured at the ends thereof to said end caps, and a weighted ball captured within said inner tubular member and end caps and having rolling movement between said end caps to produce a tumbling end-over-end action for said housing when an exterior force is applied thereto, or when said toy is placed on a downwardly inclined surface, an annular shoulder formed interiorly of each end cap, the largest diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of the outer surface of said tubular member that is received in engaging relation on the annular shoulders formed in said end caps.
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13. A tumbling toy, comprising a hollow housing that includes spaced, opposed end caps and an outer cylindrical sleeve located therebetween, each of said end caps having a hemispherical configuration that includes a rounded end wall, an inner tubular member located within said outer sleeve in coaxial relation thereto and being secured at the ends thereof to said end caps, and a weighted ball captured within said inner tubular member and end caps and having rolling movement between said end caps to produce a tumbling end-over-end action for said housing when an exterior force is applied thereto, or when said toy is placed on a downwardly inclined surface, the outer surface of said outer sleeve having a convex configuration that insures that the toy will move from a horizontal position as the weighted ball rolls between the end caps.
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