Abstract A toy device, equally useful as a game device, capable of rolling, having a geometric shape, preferably a sphere, dissected into two or more complementary parts in such manner that the parts can be separated and reassembled, the device affording amusement and challenge to the solo player, and affording, as well, a means for a contest in which any number of players may take part, as for example: in a rolling activity the object being to induce disintegration of the device when it reaches a target, and in a tossing activity the object being to prevent the device from disintegrating in flight. Also disclosed is a sphere having a cone or cylinder as a minor part thereof. When the sphere is given a swift spin, the minor part will rise and be ejected.
Inventors
👤 A Ames
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-03 14:41
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B43/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A toy device having an outer surface which enables rolling movement along a supporting surface and made up of separable parts, each of the parts forming part of the outer surface of the device, at least one of the parts projecting into another part in a manner which enables the two parts to separate from each other by gravity when any of the parts is positioned in a predetermined position, and the mating characteristics of such parts being such that said parts are freely separable when the device is independently rolling on said supporting surface in a predetermined manner, and not freely separable when the device is independently rolling on said supporting surface in a different predetermined manner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A toy device having an outer surface which enables rolling movement along a supporting surface and made up of separable parts, each of the parts forming part of the outer surface of the device, at least one of the parts projecting into another part in a manner which enables the two parts to separate from each other by gravity when any of the parts is positioned in a predetermined position, and the mating characteristics of such parts being such that said parts are freely separable when the device is independently rolling on said supporting surface in a predetermined manner, and not freely separable when the device is independently rolling on said supporting surface in a different predetermined manner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A toy device as defined in claim 1 and wherein on rolling movement in said different predetermined manner, the parts separate as the device stops rolling.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A toy device as defined in claim 2 and consisting of two parts, one of the parts being smaller than the other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A toy device as defined in claim 1 and consisting of two parts, one of the parts being smaller than the other and having a shape similar to a horseshoe, said horseshoe part extending more than halfway around the device.