Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090253343 | Toy top playing apparatus - A toy top playing apparatus for one person to play a toy top spinning game. A main body of the apparatus is provided with a display portion for displaying a game point, a play stage for spinning a toy top thereon, a dummy toy top simulating a toy top and arranged on the play stage, a sensor for detecting contact between the toy top and the dummy toy top, and a control section for processing the game point displayed on the display portion when the sensor detects the contact. The dummy toy top rotates on its axis, and a rotational direction thereof is controlled. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253344 | Toy top - A toy top which is played against an opponent toy top on a playing board including an upper layer member for attacking an opponent toy top, an intermediate layer member for determining a height of the toy top, and a lower layer member for determining a manner of moving of the toy top on a playing board, the members being stacked. The upper layer member is formed with an opening through which a screw of a screw-like coupling member is inserted, the intermediate layer member is formed with a screw hole to receive the screw of the coupling member, and the upper layer member and the intermediate member are coupled by the coupling member. The lower layer member is fitted to a lower part of the intermediate layer member. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253345 | Spinner for toy top - A spinner for a toy top where a toy top can be spun by merely loading the toy top on the spinner and pulling a string. The spinner includes a spinner main body with a first gear having a string can be wound thereon, a second gear meshing with the first gear, and a toy top holder rotated according to rotation of the second gear. The first gear is linked with a member biasing the first gear in a winding direction of the string, one end of the string being attached to the first gear, and the other end thereof protruding from the spinner main body such that it can be pulled. The toy top holder includes a lower part protruded downwardly from a bottom face of the spinner main body and holding sections provided on a bottom face thereof for holding the toy top. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253504 | Point managing device - A point managing device for increasing/decreasing the point possessed by a player based on the result of a competition in which toys actually compete against each other, and for encouraging games using the competing toys, is provided. A main body of the device is provided with a setting unit for setting a win/lose result, a memory unit for storing a cumulative total of points, a point information input/output unit for sending and receiving information on the points to and from a managing device of an opponent, and a control unit for determining a point(s) to be transferred based on the win/lose result. The control unit is configured so as to determine the transfer point based on the difference between the cumulative total of points of the opponent obtained via the point information input/output unit and that of one's own stored in the memory unit and the win/lose result set by the setting unit and update the cumulative total of points based on the determined transfer point. | 10-08-2009 |
20110006479 | Jumping toy top - A toy top that can repeatedly jump on a curved playing surface to attack an opponent toy top from above. The jumping toy top includes a toy main body, a spinning shaft body having a spinning shaft, and a shaft body supporting portion disposed on the toy main body to support the spinning shaft body. A distal end of the spinning shaft has one side projecting downward more than another diametrically opposite side to configure a portion to contact a playing surface of a playing board. When the jumping toy top spins on a central axis of the toy main body, the contact portion revolves around the central axis of the toy main body in a circular orbit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110171876 | Toy top - A novel toy top capable of changing the operation mode in the course of spinning without replacing a component member constituting the toy top and having a simple structure and a low cost is provided. A toy top to be spun on a playing board with a playing surface curved in a concave mirror shape includes a shaft portion adapted to contact the playing surface, wherein the shaft portion has a circumferential surface provided with a friction portion that exhibits a coefficient of friction larger than the shaft portion at the time of contacting the playing surface, and the shaft portion has a tip protruding lower than the friction portion. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177750 | Spinner for toy top - A spinner capable of imparting clockwise and counterclockwise rotation to a toy top by pulling a string. The spinner includes a spinner body, a first gear with string wound therearound, a second gear meshing with the first gear, and first and second toy top holders that rotate interlockingly with the second gear. The string has one end attached to the first gear and the other end can be pulled from the outside. The holders each include a portion for holding the toy top. The holding portions protrude from upper and lower surfaces of the spinner body, respectively. The holders are adapted to rotate the toy top clockwise and counterclockwise according to rotation of the second gear by pulling the string. | 07-21-2011 |
20110256795 | TOY TOP - A toy top capable of continuing to spin without its spinning being abruptly stopped by contacting a playing surface when the toy top wobbles with a reduction in rotational speed so as to spin longer than an opponent toy top. A toy top includes a shaft portion having a circular shape in cross-section and adapted to come into contact with a playing surface of the playing board for serving as a center of rotation when the toy top spins; a rotating plate having an insertion hole of an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the shaft portion, the rotating plate being attached to the shaft portion so as to freely rotate around the shaft portion while the shaft portion is inserted through the insertion hole; and an engagement for permitting the rotating plate to freely rotate and preventing the rotating plate from detaching from the shaft portion when the rotating plate is attached to the shaft portion. | 10-20-2011 |
20110256796 | TOY TOP - A low cost toy top having a simple structure and capable of changing its operating characteristics upon collision with an opponent toy top. The toy top which is spun on a playing board to play a match with an opponent toy top by being collided with the latter includes a main body including collisional portions adapted to come into contact with the opponent toy top, wherein at least some of the collisional portions are provided with a friction member for converting a rotational force of the opponent toy top into a rotational force of the toy top at the time of collision. | 10-20-2011 |