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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1977
James F Kubiatowicz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Custom Concepts, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A popper toy comprising a dish shaped wall of thin flexible resilient polymeric material. The popper wall has a plurality of concentric portions including outer portions providing a generally rigid support structure, and central portions providing a domed structure adapted to be deflected under moderate thumb pressure. When the domed structure is deflected a portion of its outer surface will temporarily change from convex to concave. The central domed structure will then suddenly recover its original shape a short time after the pressure is released, thereby suddenly returning the portion of its outer surface to convex so that the popper will leap into the air if its outer surface is positioned against a firm surface as the domed structure recovers.