Rotatable bobbin and tethered spinning object

Claim 2

In a flight-controlled toy, a rotatably mounted bobbin comprising opposed flanges of which one flange has a central opening therein and a radial slot therein communicating with said central opening and extending through the periphery thereof, a cord attached at its one end to said bobbin and windable thereon, said cord being adapted to be slipped through said radial slot into said central opening of said one flange, and an object secureD to the other end of said cord.

Claim 3

In a flight-controlled toy as set forth in claim 1, and a shaft connecting said opposed flanges, said shaft having a straight passage therein communicating at its one end with said central opening of said one flange and extending at its other end through the periphery of said shaft; said straight passage serving to pass said flexible cord, and a knot on said cord to limit the feeding of said cord through said passage and to retain the same on the other of said flanges.

Claim 4

In a flight-controlled toy including a flexible cord and an object fastened thereto, a rotatably mounted bobbin comprising opposed connected flanges of which one flange has a central opening therein and a radial slot therein communicating with said central opening and extending through the periphery thereof, and means for effecting rotation of said bobbin to cause the winding and unwinding of said flexible cord onto and from said bobbin to move said object into variable orbital paths and to cause said flexible cord to enter said radial slot and remain in said central opening of said one flange to change the flight of said object to a sleep attitude and vice versa.

Claim 5

In a flight-controlled toy including a flexible cord and an object fastened thereto, a rotatably mounted bobbin comprising opposed connected flanges of which one flange has a central opening therein and a radial slot therein communicating with said central opening and extending through the periphery thereof, and means for effecting rotation of said bobbin to cause the winding and unwinding of said flexible cord onto and from said bobbin to move said object into variable orbital paths and to cause said flexible cord to enter said radial slot and remain in said central opening of said one flange to change the flight of said object to a sleep attitude and vice versa.

Claim 6

In a flight-controlled toy as set forth in claim 3, and a hub on said outer flange arranged in a space between the inner flat surfaces of said opposed flanges, and means for causing said flexible cord to wind itself upon said hub in a stack of convolutions to effect smooth winding and unwinding of said flexible cord under controlled flight attitudes of said object.

Claim 7

In a flight-controlled toy as defined in claim 2, and means on said object to effect spinning thereof on a surface during sleep attitudes thereof and the spinning of said flexible cord.

Claim 8

In a flight-controlled toy as set forth in claim 2 wherein one of said opposed connected flanges is an outer flange having a periphery of predetermined dimensions, and wherein said object comprises a hollow cylindrical boss having an annular recess on the inside of the wall thereof for receiving said periphery of said outer flange of said bobbin for ready portability and packaging of the toy.

Claim 9

In a flight-controlled toy as defined in claim 2, and wherein said object comprises a hollow cylindrical boss, a coupler having a central passage therethrough removably mounted within said boss, and a sleeve fitted into the central passage of said coupler for passing said flexible cord; said sleeve effecting rotation of said boss by frictional engagement with said coupler upon rotation of said flexible cord.