Gyrating toy

• US 7,140,945 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2003
• Issued: 11/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jay B. Dinhofer
• Original Assignee: Jay B. Dinhofer
• Inventors: Dinhofer, Jay B.
• Primary Examiner(s): MILLER, BENA B
• Application Number:
  US10/690,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20050087547A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 446/311, 446/486, 446308-312, 446378-380, 446/97
• US Class Current: 446/378
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/16 Boxes from which figures jump

Abstract

An action toy consisting of a vertically mounted compression spring with a weighted top, and a means for preventing the base of the spring from bouncing away from the surface on which it is standing when the spring is compressed and released. The invention includes weighted projections extending horizontally and attached just below the top of the spring and clamps or weights on the base. It also includes a spring adjustment means on the base, a means of imbedding the ends of the springs, a means of indexing the top weight and the base weight with reference to each other and finger grips on the base. A piping of light weight non-attenuating material can be snaked around the coiled spring. A closure is added to the base and a filament is attached between the top of the spring and the base.

Claims

1. A bouncing, gyrating toy doll consisting of a conical shaped compression spring including a spring wire with a circular cross-section having a small diameter top end and a large diameter bottom end, a weighted doll head having a neck, a weighted base having feet and horizontal extended arms having hands, said spring further includes a plurality of light weight coils, said weighted doll head is connected to the small diameter top end of the conical spring, the large diameter bottom end of the conical spring is connected to the weighted base and the arms is connected horizontally to an upper part of the spring wherein the conical shaped spring stands freely upright.

2. The bouncing gyrating toy doll of claim 1, wherein the small diameter circular cross-section of the spring wire allows the spring to be compressed completely downward with a minimum pressure to a top portion of the doll head and when released the wire imparts a slow cycle and long traverse to the spring when oscillating.

3. The bouncing gyrating toy doll of claim 1 further includes a weight attached to the base wherein the weight keeps the spring leveled and upright when not in motion and when the spring is released, the base prevents the spring from bouncing from a surface on which the toy stands.

4. The bouncing gyrating toy doll of claim 1 further includes a clamping means hinged to the base of the toy wherein the clamping means enables the toy to maintain an upright operating position when clamped to a vertical surface.

5. The bouncing gyrating toy doll of claim 1 further includes a filament connected between the doll head and the base to prevent the spring from stretching beyond a tensile limit.