The present disclosure relates to a toy top, and more particularly, to a detachable combined toy top.
An existing toy top is usually consisted of a single top that comprises an axle sleeve structure, a top cap, a top piece, and a top tip, the top cap of which can be connected to a top ejector in order to eject and spin the top. In order to enhance or modify their functionality and beat a rival top in a game, the prior tops are mostly designed to be upgradable, assembled in a way that is easy for disassembling and reassembling; the axle sleeve structure is also designed to be extendable so that the top can be quickly dissembled to replace or add parts. However, no matter how strengthened they are, the prior toy tops are still spinning as just one single top and it is hard to further increase their winning chances in a spin-and-duel game. Meanwhile, the characteristic of tops of being upgradable by disassembling and reassembling has become common and insipid, and therefore hard to remain favorable for the players in the long term.
The objective of the present invention is to solve the problem in the prior art above by providing a detachable combined toy top that can be divided in two during a game, increasing the chances to win and the fun of the gameplay.
To achieve the above-mentioned objective, according to an embodiment of the invention, the disclosure herein provides a technical solution: a detachable combined toy top, including a main top and a subsidiary top, wherein the main top includes a top cap, a main top piece, a top axle sleeve, and a top tip, and the subsidiary top includes a subsidiary top piece, an axle sleeve structure, and a top tip. An elastic structure is provided on the upper portion of the subsidiary top, the main top is actively connected to the upper portion of the subsidiary top, and by means of the elastic structure, the main top can be detached from the subsidiary top and ejected out when being obstructed during rotation, such that the two tops can spin on themselves separately.
Preferably, the elastic structure above is a spring base provided on the axle sleeve structure of the subsidiary top, wherein the axle sleeve structure has a cavity to contain the spring base, and the upper end of the spring base protrudes from the axle sleeve structure so that the spring base is compressed when the main top is connected to the subsidiary top.
To allow the removable connection to unlock when clashed, preferably, the removable connection between the main top and the subsidiary top is realized by linking the main top piece and the subsidiary top piece. The main top piece and the subsidiary top piece are provided respectively with adapting pieces that can be actively connected to each other, by which the main top and the subsidiary top can be combined into one by pushing the main top onto the subsidiary top and compressing the spring base until the adapting pieces of the main top piece and subsidiary top piece are fitted and connected together. Furthermore, the subsidiary top piece is designed to be a torus, wherein the adapting pieces of the subsidiary top piece are upper holders provided at the upper edge of the inner ring of the subsidiary top, and the adapting piece of the main top piece are designed correspondingly to be lower holders fitting the upper holders. The main top piece and subsidiary top piece can be combined into one top, which can later be separated by turning, by stacking the main top piece onto the subsidiary top, staggering the lower holders and the upper holders while pressing, and then turning the main top piece so that the lower holders are snapped onto the upper holders.
Preferably, to achieve the connection between the main top and the subsidiary top secure enough yet not too tight to unlock, hemispherical bumps are provided on the lower surface of the upper holders, while correspondent hemispherical pits are provided on the upper surface of the lower holders, wherein the hemispherical pits and the hemispherical bumps form socket locks when the lower holders turn and snap onto the upper holders.
Preferably, to ensure that the main top will not separate from the subsidiary top immediately upon a clash, there are two hemispherical pits on the lower holder to fit one hemispherical bump successively before the detachment of the main top from the subsidiary top occurs.
The disclosure provides herein a top combined of a main top and a subsidiary top, wherein the subsidiary top has an elastic structure on its top and the main top is actively connected to the top of the subsidiary top and pressing against the elastic structure. When clashed during spinning, the main top can be detached from the subsidiary top by unsnapping the moveable connection and ejected out, the two tops spinning on themselves separately therefrom. As a result, the top may divides into two in a game, which substantially promoted its attack capability and the chances to win. In addition, the gameplay is novel and highly interesting, which may gain the favor of more players. The moveable connection structure of the main and subsidiary tops are provided on the main and subsidiary top pieces, so that the clash between the top pieces of two rival tops pushes the top pieces to turn, unlocking the link joint; meanwhile, there are multiple hemispherical pits on the adapting pieces of the main top for one hemispherical bump on the adapting pieces of the subsidiary top, so that the hemispherical bump will fit in multiple hemispherical pits before the final detachment of the main top from the subsidiary top. Therefore, the combined toy top will not detach upon one clash, but save the winning trick to the critical moment, which increases the randomness of the top duels and further increase the fun of the gameplay. Overall, the detachable combined toy top is an ingenuous design that combines two tops in one, which can be detached by a clash of the rival, giving the player higher chances to win in a game; meanwhile, it can also help develop the manual dexterity and competitive capacity of the children.
The disclosure will be explained in more details below with drawings and embodiments.
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The top disclosed herein can be applied to top duel games. Many kinds of main top piece 2 can be derived from this design with different attacking capacities. The players can assemble the main top according to their choices, assemble the subsidiary top, and decide whether the top should spin clockwise or counter-clockwise. Afterwards, the main top can be fastened onto the subsidiary top by the movable connection between the main top piece 2 and the subsidiary top piece 5. At the start of the game, the dueling players can eject their tops onto the playground, where the two tops clash against each other; during the clashing, the main top of the combined top will turn in an opposite direction relative to the subsidiary top, until the hemispherical pits 22 on the main top piece 2 and the hemispherical bumps 52 on the subsidiary top piece 5 completely disengage. Then, the main top will jump up as ejected by the spring 72 of the spring base 7 on the subsidiary top, deviate from the subsidiary top as affected by the rotational inertia force, and land on the ground on its tip 4 to continue spinning; meanwhile, the subsidiary top also continues spinning after ejecting out the main top. As a result, the combined top divides into two independent tops that spin separately, which creates a two-against-one situation, substantially enhancing the chances to win. Meanwhile, it promotes the fun of top duel games and also helps develop the manual dexterity and competitive capacity of the children.
Although the disclosure has described herein in terms of specific embodiments, such description should not mean any limitation to our disclosure. Based on the description of this disclosure, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention-creation can be practiced in other variations within the spirit and scope of the claims.
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