Toy top

Abstract

A toy top which is played against an opponent toy top on a playing board including an upper layer member for attacking an opponent toy top, an intermediate layer member for determining a height of the toy top, and a lower layer member for determining a manner of moving of the toy top on a playing board, the members being stacked. The upper layer member is formed with an opening through which a screw of a screw-like coupling member is inserted, the intermediate layer member is formed with a screw hole to receive the screw of the coupling member, and the upper layer member and the intermediate member are coupled by the coupling member. The lower layer member is fitted to a lower part of the intermediate layer member.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. Section 119 of Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-2076, filed Apr. 4, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a toy top, and more specifically to a toy top in which members constituting the toy top can be disassembled and assembled easily.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Conventionally, various toy tops which can be altered to have a different rotating characteristic easily by changing constituent members have been proposed and have been put to practical use by the assignee of the present application (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3067318). The toy top includes a base member or a lowermost layer, an intermediate layer member disposed on an upper side of the base member, an upper layer member disposed on an u...

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Benefits of technology

[0014]According to the present invention, a toy top which can achieve a flexible combination of constituent members, where the constituent members can be coupled to one another without causing backlash by coupling the upper layer member and the intermediate member utilizing a screw-like coupling member and simplification of the constituent members can be realized.

[0015]The upper layer member can be formed from metal so that unlike the conventional toy top in which a member for attacking is formed from synthetic resin, necessity for separately preparing a weight member for increasing a weight of the whole toy top is eliminated, and the number of constituent parts can be reduced.

Problems solved by technology

However, since both the height of the base member and the shape of the distal end of the rotating shaft are set in advance, selection from a broad range of rotating characteristics and / or moving characteristics cannot be performed.

Further, since when the upper layer member is fitted to the base member, they are coupled to each other in a state where the intermediate layer member is sandwiched therebetween, a problem arises in that backlash or play between these members occurs.

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