Rolling toy

• US 5,676,582 A
• Filed: 06/11/1996
• Issued: 10/14/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kuo Jung Lin
• Original Assignee: Kuo Jung Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Kuo Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US08/661,752
• Time in Patent Office: 490 Days
• Field of Search: 446/130, 446/135, 446/136, 446/397, 446/297, 446/458, 446/303, 446/269, 446/270, 446/279, 446/288
• US Class Current: 446/130
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/005 Motorised rolling toys
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/26 Magnetic or electric toys electric drives A63H29/22 ; indoor games played with small balls using magnetic power A63F7/0088, A63F7/068

Abstract

A rolling toy includes a sphere body composed of two parts between which a axle is connected, a frame disposed in the sphere body and having a motor disposed thereto which is mechanically connected to a gear assembly, an end gear of the gear assembly fixedly mounted to the axle, a magnetic switch disposed to the frame and including a switch element and a first magnetic element, a weight disposed to the frame and located opposite to the first magnetic element, a second magnetic element magnetically adhered to an outer surface of the sphere body and magnetically lifting the first magnetic element so as to actuate the magnetic switch to let the gear assembly be operated such that when the sphere is rolled, the second magnetic element will always be magnetically adhered to an upper position of the rolling sphere body.

Claims

1. A rolling toy comprising:

a rolling body composed of two parts, an axle connected between a pair of respective inner surfaces of said two parts;

a frame rotationally supported on the axle between said two parts and having a motor disposed thereto, said motor mechanically connected to a gear assembly which has an end gear fixedly mounted to said axle of said rolling body, a magnetic switch disposed to said frame and including a switch element and a first magnetic element, said first magnetic element supported by said frame and having a rod extending therefrom which removably extends through said frame and said switch element having at least one actuating plate extending therefrom toward said first magnetic element;

a weight provided on said frame and located at a position opposite to that of said first magnetic element for maintaining the first magnetic element at an upper position during rolling of the body, and

a second magnetic element disposed on an outer surface of said rolling element for magnetically lifting said first magnetic element to contact said actuating plate and engage said switch element for actuating said motor.

2. The rolling toy as claimed in claim 1 wherein said frame further includes a voice producing element disposed thereon, the voice producing element being actuated by said magnetic switch.

3. The rolling toy as claimed in claim 1 wherein said motor further includes an output shaft and a worm rack, and said gear assembly is a reduction gear assembly which is engaged with said worm rack.

4. The rolling toy as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rod of said first magnetic element includes two disks extending radially therefrom and said switch element includes two actuating plates which extend between said two disks such that when said rod and said first magnetic element are magnetically lifted by said second magnetic element, said two actuating plates contact with each other to engage said switch element.

5. The rolling toy as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rolling body includes a recess formed in said outer surface for receiving said second magnetic element.