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Sky ball yo-yo

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-09
MAUI TOYS
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Benefits of technology

The invention is a new type of yo-yo that introduces a new level of skill into play with the traditional yo-yo. The yo-yo has two additional features, two hollow balls or wheels, which help to increase the bounce and make the yo-yo easier to control. The balls or wheels need to strike the surface with equal force in order to maintain control. The pull-tab mechanisms and other materials used in traditional yo-yos are incorporated, and the external shape of the yo-yo is designed to resemble a traditional yo-yo. The invention provides a more challenging and interesting way to play with a yo-yo.

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If the balls do not hit with equal force, the yo-yo becomes more difficult to control, and this leads to the requirement for still an additional skill level.

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[0012]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the yo-yo embodiment 10 in accordance with the present invention including two inflated balls 12 side-by-side with a yo-yo mechanism 14 therebetween, all anchored together to provide a composite structure. The yo-yo mechanism 14 includes a yo-yo string 16 by which the player is capable of drawing or moving the yo-yo up and down, and also provide various yo-yo tricks.

[0013]The balls themselves can be of various types, but the preferred types are the balls of the “SKY BALL®” construction of Kessler U.S. Pat. No. 8,123,638, incorporated herein by reference, which balls are inflated high bounce balls having a shell or skin formed of polyurethane. The balls are also preferably transparent, although they may be tinted and may comprise patterns on the surface thereof, or they may be opaque.

[0014]As best shown in FIG. 3, the yo-yo side walls 18 of the two balls 12 which form the side walls of the yo-yo mechanism 14 are preferably molded integral and uni...

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Abstract

A yo-yo construction includes balls, wheels or the like as exterior elements, which balls, wheels or the like have a high bounce ability, and are preferably inflated.

Description

[0001]This is a CIP of PCT / US2013 / 030379. The present invention relates to a new toy construction including a ball or wheel modified yo-yo, and the present application incorporates by reference Kessler application 61 / 610,265, on which this application is based.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION[0002]The invention comprises a centrally disposed yo-yo which may have a typical yo-yo construction of the various types presently known. The central yo-yo part of the present device need not differ from the usual yo-yo construction, e.g. see www.yoyonation.com; Duncan U.S. Pat. No. 3,805,443; Levy U.S. Pat. No. 6,142,850; Kuhn U.S. Pat. No. 4,207,701; Elzen U.S. Pat. No. 5,813,897; O'Sullivan U.S. Pat. No. 5,984,759; the contents of which are incorporated by reference. Only the outside shape and characteristics of the yo-yo body halves need to differ from the conventional constructions in the preferred embodiments, and these have the added features explained below, including two preferably hollo...

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IPC IPC(8): A63H1/30
CPCA63H1/30
Inventor KESSLER, BRIAN
Owner MAUI TOYS