Amusement devices: toys – Domino effect
Patent
1995-10-16
1996-07-09
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Domino effect
273391, A63H 3300
Patent
active
055339190
ABSTRACT:
A toppling toy having a housing on which a plurality of toppling members are sequentially arranged, having a reset mechanism which resets the toppling members simultaneously. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a continuous side wall, defining a cavity between the walls. Each toppling unit is a toppling member and a ballast member fixedly attached to and suspended from the toppling member by a flexible member attached to the toppling member. The reset mechanism is characterized by a disc-shaped push-button protruding through an opening in the top wall. The push-button is permanently affixed to a flange housed within the cavity. The flange is supported and biased by a resilient member, such as a foam annulus, resting on the bottom wall. The flange also defines pairs of holes which are brought into registry with pairs of apertures defined by the top wall, through which holes and apertures the resilient member has been passed so that, during the ready state of the toy, the ballast member hangs freely in the cavity. After toppling the toppling members, the toppling members are reset by depressing the push-button causing the flange to move vertically downward and compress the resilient member. As the flange moves downward, it forces the ballast member downward causing the flexible member to become taut, which tilts the toppling member into an upright position, whereupon the push-button may be released.
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Litman Richard C.
Yu Mickey
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