Parallel spaced hoops forming a ball runway connected by resilient clips

Claim 1

A TOY COMPRISING A PAIR OF CIRCULAR HOOPS OF THE SAME SIZE AND SHAPE, SAID HOOPS EACH BEING CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION, A PLURALITY OF CLIPS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND ENGAGING THE HOOPS TO MAINTAIN THEM IN PARALLEL SPACED RELATION, SAID CLIPS EACH COMPRISING A RESILIENT STRIP OF STEEL HAVING A BODY PORTION AND AN ARCUATE SEGMENT AT EACH END THEREOF, SAID SEGMENTS HAVING A DIAMETER IN THEIR RELAXED CONDITION LESS THAN THE CROSS SECTION DIAMETER OF THE HOOPS AND A CIRCUMFERENCE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN ONE HALF THE CROSS SECTION CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE HOOPS WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF EACH SEGMENT BEING SPACED APART CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF THE HOOP CROSS SECTION TO ALLOW THE SEGMENTS TO BE SNAPPED OVER THE HOOPS, SAID SEGMENTS, WHEN SNAPPED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HOOPS, EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE RADIALLY AXIALLY OUTER SURFACE PORTIONS OF THE TWO HOOPS SO AS TO LEAVE THE RADIALLY INNER SURFACE PORTION OF THE TWO HOOPS FREE OF OBSTRUCTION TO THEREBY FORM A PAIR OF SMOOTH UNINTERRUPTED CIRCULAR TRACKS ENABLING A BALL HAVING A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE SPACING BETWEEN THE HOOPS TO ROLL AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE SPACED HOOPS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CLIPS HAVING A HANDLE MEMBER AFFIXED THERETO AT THE CENTER OF THE BODY PORTION AND EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE HOOPS, THE BODY PORTION BEING SUFFICIENTLY RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE IN THE PLANE THEREOF TO IMPART A WHIPPING ACTION TO THE HOOPS WHEN THE HANDLE IS ANGULARLY OSCILLATED MANUALLY IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE PLANES OF THE TWO HOOPS, WHEREBY A BALL CAN BE CAUSED TO WHIRL AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE TWO HOOPS BY A SLIGHT ANGULAR OSCILLATION OF THE HANDLE.