Spinning top

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2000-02-09

2000-11-14

Rimell, Sam

Amusement devices: toys

Rotating or having visible rotating portion

Top

446247, 446259, A63H 108

Patent

active

061462330

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein are spinning tops having an improved pull-string attachment system. The pull-string has a toothed catch at one end that engages with a cylindrical hub of the top. The hub is at the center of a deep radial groove transverse to the top's axis of rotation in which the pull-string is wound. When the top is thrown and the pull-string is pulled, the catch smoothly disengages so that the pull-string releases cleanly from the top. Replaceable tips are also provided.

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5 pages of excerpts from a web site entitled "Woodturned Spinning Tops", 7/2/399.

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