Whirling hoop toy

Claim 2

A whirling hoop toy comprising in combination, a plurality of hoops of decreasingly smaller diameters rollably mounted within each other, said hoops being disposed on a rod extended through the innermost one of said hoops, and said rod being provided with a handle on one end thereof and hoop guard means on the other end thereof operatively engaged with said hoops, whereby, when the rod is whirled, each of the hoops is rolled along the inner periphery of the next larger diameter hoop.

Claim 3

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 1, wherein: a. each of said hoops is provided with decorative designs.

Claim 4

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 1, wherein: a. each of said hoops is smooth faced on the inner and outer peripheries thereof; and b. said hoop guard means comprises a pair of spaced apart guard flanges.

Claim 5

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 3, wherein: a. the pair of guard flanges includes an outer circular flange of a size large enough to extend alongside the hoops when they are being rolled and twirled, and an inner circular flange of a diameter smaller than the diameter of said outer flange.

Claim 6

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 1, wherein: a. said hoop guard means comprises a pair of spaced apart guard flanges; b. said rod is provided with gear teeth therearound on the portion thereof between said guard flanges; c. the largest diameter hoop of said plurality of hoops comprises the outer hoop and the other hoops comprise the inner hoops; d. all of said inner hoops are provided with gear teeth on the inner and outer peripheries thereof; and, e. said outer hoops is provided with gear teeth on the inner periphery, whereby when said hoops are whirled by said rod the gear teeth on the inner periphery of the innermost hoop will mesh with the gear teeth on said rod and the gear teeth on the adjacent peripheries of the other hoops will mesh with each other.

Claim 7

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 1, wherein: a. said hoop guard means comprises a pair of spaced apart circular guard flanges of equal size diameters and the space therebetween forms a groove; and, b. the largest diameter hoop of said plurality of hoops comprises the outer hoop and the other hoops comprise the inner hoops.

Claim 8

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 6, wherein: a. the innermost one of said inner hoops is rollably disposed between said circular guard flanges; and, b. each of the other inner hoops and the outer hoops is provided with an inwardly extended recess around the inner periphery thereof, whereby when said hoops are whirled by said rod the outer periphery of each of the inner hoops is rollably engaged in the recess in the inner periphery of the next larger diameter hoop.

Claim 9

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 6, wherein: a. each of said hoops is provided with a radially inward extended tongue on its inner periphery, and with the tongue on the innermost one of said inner hoops rollably disposed in the groove between said circular guard flanges; and, b. each of said inner hoops is provided with a groove around its outer periphery, whereby when said hoops are whirled by said rod the tongue on each of the hoops is rollably engaged in an adjacent groove.

Claim 10

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 1, wherein: a. said hoop guard means comprises an annular groove formed in the outer periphery of said rod; b. the largest diameter hoop of said plurality of hoops comprises the outer hoop and the other hoops comprise the inner hoops; c. each of said hoops is provided with a radially inward extended tongue on its inner periphery, and with the tongue on the innermost one of said hoops rollably disposed in said annular groove formed in the outer periphery of said rod; and, d. each of said inner hoops is provided with a groove around its outer periphery, whereby when said hoops are whirled by said rod the tongue on each of the hoops is rollably engaged in an adjacent groove.

Claim 11

A whirling hoop toy as defined in claim 1, wherein: a. said hoop guard means comprises a single circular guard flange forming a tongue around said rod; b. each of said hoops is provided with an inwardly extended groove around the inner periphery thereof with the tongue on said rod being rollably disposed in the groove on said innermost one of said inner hoops; and, c. each of said inner hoops is provided with a radially outward extended tongue on its outer periphery, whereby when said hoops are whirled by said rod the tongues on each of the hoops is rollably engaged in an adjacent groove.