Throwing toy with retractable tail

Details Throwing toy with retractable tail Throwing toy with retractable tail

1998-06-11

2000-03-28

Wong, Steven

Games using tangible projectile

Projectile, per se; part thereof or accessory therefor

Having fluid-dynamic means other than stitched seam or...

A63B 4300

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ABSTRACT:
A throwing toy is provided that is configured to be held in a user's hand and thrown by the user with the user's hand imparting to the toy during release a spin about the toy's axis. The toy has a head portion and a tail portion adjacent the rear end of the head portion. The tail is configured to be selectively changeable by the user between an extended position wherein at least a part of the tail extends rearward of the head portion along the axis for a tail length and a retracted position wherein the tail length is reduced. The toy has a coupling connected to the head portion which includes a tail control mechanism supporting the tail portion. The control mechanism is configured to allow the user to change the tail between the extended and the retracted positions. The tail control mechanism includes a cylinder installed in the head portion and a piston movable in the cylinder. The tail portion is coupled to the piston and a biasing means urges the tail portion toward one of the extended or retracted positions. A latching mechanism is selectively operable by the user to fix the tail in one of the positions and operable by a user to unlatch the tail from the fixed position. The latching mechanism includes a latch coupled to the tail portion and a clasp coupled to the head portion, wherein the clasp is selectively operable by the user to hold the latch. The latching mechanism further includes a switch disposed within the head portion below an outer surface of the head portion, and the switch is operable by the user by depressing the outer surface of the head portion to release the clasp's hold on the latch.

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