Play hoop

申请号 US41389973 申请日 1973-11-08 公开(公告)号 US3892084A 公开(公告)日 1975-07-01
申请人 HANYSZ STEFAN; 发明人 HANYSZ STEFAN;
摘要 A play hoop having a triple function, namely as a ''''hula hoop, '''' or as a ''''trundle toy,'''' or as a ''''wheel of fortune,'''' the hoop provided with a pair of annular members in a mutually concentric relation defining an outer and an inner annular member and provided with means whereby the annular members may be capable of independent rotary shifting movement relative to each other depending upon which of the above three functions an individual wishes to use the hoop at any particular point of time.
权利要求
1. A play hoop comprising a pair of annular members in a mutually concentric relation, and providing a central opening of a size to accomodate the body of a person playing therewith, said annular members being capable of rotary spinning motion one independently of the other, means for guiding the rotary spinning motion of one of said annular members with relation to the other of said annular members, a plurality of spaced pegs extending throughout the entire circumference of one of said annular members and extending in a lateral direction from said annular member, and a prong mounted upon the other of said annular members, said prong being in a radial relation with both of said annular members and having its free end extending within the plane defined by said pegs whereby a rattling sound may be produced when said free end of said prong rides upon said pegs when one of said annular members is caused to rotatably spin with relation to the other of said annular members.
2. A play hoop as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the adjacent opposed walls of said annular members being in a spaced relation, an opposed wall in one of said annular members being provided with a continuous channel extending in a circumferential relation with one of said annular members, a plurality of spaced lugs extending from the opposed wall of the other of said annular members, and said lugs entering said channel for guiding the rotary spinning motion of one of said annular members with relation to the other when a rotary spinning motion is induced thereto.
3. A play hoop as set forth in claim 1 wherein said annular member comprises an inner annular member and an outer annular member which are in relation and providing a central opening of a size to accomodate the body of a person playing therewith, said outer annular member by its outer rim wall being capable of engaging a supporting surface for supporting thereon the play hoop in a vertical position, a handle engaged with said inner annular member, said handle being capable of imparting a bodily push to the play hoop for thereby inducing a rotary spinning motion to said outer annular member around said inner annular member by virtue of the engagement of the outer rim wall of said outer annular member with the supporting surface, means for guiding said ouTer annular member in its rotary spinning motion around said inner annular member, said plurality of spaced pegs being arranged in a circumferential relation with said inner annular member and laterally extending therefrom, and said prong mounted by one of its ends upon said outer annular member with the free end of said prong normally extending within the plane defined by said pegs, and said prong being of a resilient nature permitting said free end thereof to ride upon said pegs on induction of a rotary spinning motion to said outer annular member around said inner annular member thereby effecting said rattling sound.
4. A play hoop as set forth in claim 3 wherein said plurality of spaced pegs are set upon a circle coextensively with said inner annular member.
5. A play hoop as set forth in claim 4 wherein said pegs are in a mutually spaced relation and arranged in a circle coextensive with the circle defined by said inner annular member.
6. A play hoop as set forth in claim 1 further comprising said plurality of pegs extending from one lateral side of one of said annular members, said pegs being in a mutually spaced relation and arranged in a circle coextensive with the circle defined by said latter annular member, said lateral side of said latter annular member throughout its extent being divided into a plurality of visual sections, value indicating indicia superimposed upon each of said sections, said prong mounted by one of its ends upon the other of said annular members, means for inducing a rotary spinning motion of one of said annular members with respect to the other of said annular members, said free end of said prong normally extending within the plane of the circle defined by said pegs, said prong being of a resilient nature permitting the free end thereof to flex out of the said plane on operation of said means for causing the free end of said prong to ride upon the circle defined by said pegs for thereby effecting a rattling sound during the rotary spinning motion of one of said annular members with respect to the other on operation of said means, and when the rotary spinning motion of one of said annular members with respect to the other has ceased due to the spent inertia the free end of said prong being adapted to re-enter the plane of the circle defined by said pegs and to stop along one of the several of said sections for indicating the value as determined by the value indicating indicia carried by the given section.
7. A play hoop as set forth in claim 1 further comprising one of said annular members being adapted for manual turning for inducing thereto a rotary spinning motion with respect to the other of said annular members, said guiding means guiding said first named annular member in its rotary spinning motion with respect to the other of said annular members, said plurality of pegs extending from one lateral side of one of said annular members with said pegs being in a mutually spaced relation and arranged in a circle coextensive with the circle defined by said annular member, a plurality of visual sections made upon said lateral side of said peg carrying annular member throughout the circle defined thereby, value indicating indicia superimposed upon each of said sections, and said prong defining an indicator rigidly affixed by one of its ends to the other of said annular members, said indicator being of a resilient nature for permitting the opposite free end thereof to normally extend within the plane of the circle defined by said pegs, during the rotary spinning motion of said first named annular member the free end of said indicator being capable of flexing out of said plane and of riding upon the circle defined by said pegs, when the rotary spinning motion of said first named annular member has ceased due to the spent inertia thereof the free end of said indicator being adapted to reenter the said plane and to stop along one of the several of said sections for indicating the value as determined by the value indicia carried by the given secTion.
8. A play hoop as set forth in claim 1 wherein one of said annular members being wider and the other being narrower on a transverse plane, the wider of said annular members defining a side portion extending in a lateral direction from the plane coextensive with one side of the narrower of said annular members, said plurality of spaced pegs extending from one side of the narrower of said annular members throughout the entire circumference of the latter, the side portion of the wider of said annular members being in an overhanging relation with said pegs, and said prong depending from said side portion of the wider of said annular members in a radial relation with said annular members.
9. A play hoop as set forth in claim 1 wherein said pair of annular members comprises an outer annular member and an inner annular member, said outer annular member by its outer rim wall being capable of engaging a supporting surface for supporting thereon the play hoop in a vertical position, one of said annular members being wider and the other being narrower on a transverse plane, the wider of said annular members defining a portion extending in a lateral direction from the plane coextensive with one side of the narrower of said annular members, said plurality of spaced pegs arranged in a circumferential relation with the narrower of said annular members and laterally extending therefrom, said side portion of the wider of said annular members being in an overhanging aligned relation with said pegs, said prong mounted by one of its ends upon said side portion of the wider of said annular members in a radial relation with the latter, said free end of said prong normally extending within the plane defined by said pegs, a handle engaged with the side of said inner annular member opposite from that at which said pegs and said prong are located whereby on application of a push to said handle said outer annular member due to its frictional contact with said supporting surface and being capable of a rotary spinning motion around said inner annular member will effect the free end of said prong to ride upon said pegs to generate a rattling sound.
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