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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1988
Lamont C Morris, Chicago, IL (US);
Wayne A Kuna, River Forest, IL (US);
Rouben T Terzian, Chicago, IL (US);
Marvin Glass & Associates, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A cylindrical ring and a character having a number of extending parts that are circumscribed by a circle having a diameter equal to the inside diameter of the ring are readily combinable by a child to make a rotating toy. Insertion and removal of the character from the inside of the ring are facilitated by making the ring of a deformable material. The combined ring and character are placed in a vehicle in contact with the vehicle wheels so that as the vehicle is moved along a playing surface, the wheels rotate the combined ring and character. Part of the vehicle body is hinged for closing an opening through which the combined ring and character are inserted. Above the ring is a transparent dome in which a ball is positioned in contact with the ring so that as the combined ring and character rotate, the ball rotates within the dome. Other accessories provide rotatable surfaces which engage the outer curved surface of the cylindrical ring to rotate the combined ring and character. Yet another accessory provides surfaces on which the combined ring and character roll, under the force of gravity, and produce a bell ringing action.