Lighted rotating flying body

• US 3,948,523 A
• Filed: 08/05/1974
• Issued: 04/06/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Henry G. Michael
• Original Assignee: Henry G. Michael
• Inventors: Michael, Henry G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shapiro, Paul E.
• Application Number:
  US05/494,926
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 273/106 B, 46/74 D, 46/228
• US Class Current: 473/588
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/12 Helicopters A63H27/04 takes precedence; Flying tops

Abstract

A rotating flying body having three dish-like body members connected together to form a hollow cavity between two of the body members, the third body member extending radially outwardly from the periphery of the two members forming the cavity. Two dry cell batteries and a light bulb in electrical connection therewith are located in the cavity along with an electric switch which is actuated by rotating one of the body members with respect to the other to close the electric circuit and light the bulb.

Claims

1. A rotating free flight flying body comprising a top body member and a bottom body member being dish like and concavely facing each other to form a chamber therebetween,

a lifting body member disposed between and extending radially outwardly from the periphery of said top and bottom body members;

means fastening said plurality of body members together,

lighting means disposed in said chamber, and

switch means for selectively actuating said lighting means, said switch means comprising said top body member and said bottom body member being mounted to be rotatable relative to each other, and means actuating said lighting means upon relative rotation of said top and bottom member from a first position to a second position.

2. The flying body as defined in claim 1 and in which said lighting means comprises a power source and a light source energized by said power source.

3. A flying body as defined in claim 2, wherein:

said power source is at least two dry cell batteries; and

said light source is a light bulb.

4. A flying body as defined in claim 3, further comprising:

a pair of retaining pockets for retaining said batteries in a predetermined location in said cavity on opposite sides of the geometric center of said flying body;

a first electrical conducting strip traversing said pair of retaining pockets at adjacent ends of said batteries;

a second electrical conducting strip traversing said pair of retaining pockets in spaced parallel relationship to said first electrical conducting member at the other adjacent ends of said batteries;

each of said batteries being in contact with said first electrical conducting element and said second electrical conducting element;

said switching means comprising a resilient movable electrical contact connected to said first electrical conducting member; and

a fixed electric contact member operatively connected to said second electrical conductive member;

said resilient movable electric contact being movable into contact with said fixed electric contact to complete the electric circuit upon relative rotation of said top and bottom body members.

5. A flying body as defined in claim 1, wherein

said bottom body member and said top body member cooperate to form a groove therebetween open to the periphery thereof, and

said lifting body member has a central aperture therethrough concentric with the periphery of said lifting body,

the portion of said lifting body defining the periphery of said aperture is received in said groove.

6. A flying body as defined in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ridges formed in the convex surface of said lifting body member concentric to each other and to said lifting body member.

7. A flying body as defined in claim 1, wherein

said top body member is fabricated of a light transmitting plastic material;

said two body members forming said closed chamber are fabricated of a light transmitting plastic material; and

other of said body members is fabricated of a flexible plastic material capable of withstanding impact loads without breaking.