Patent ID: 6530817
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy top system comprising:at least two toy tops, each of said tops comprising a body having rotational symmetry about a longitudinal axis, each of said bodies having a tapered lower portion leading to a tip being situated of said longitudinal axis and being designed to support said body during a spinning movement of each of said tops; each of said tops having an external surface; at least one of said tops having an external surface with at least one external cavity and at least one extendable protrusion, said protrusion being situated with said cavity during a static position of said top and said protrusion being in an extended position from said cavity during a spinning movement of said top; a second top having a protrusion situated on an external surface; each of said tops being set in a spinning movement toward one another to allow said protrusion of each of said tops to contact one another; and a means for launching said tops into a spinning movement; wherein said second top comprises top, middle and bottom portions; said top portion being designed to mate with said bottom portion and sandwich said middle portion; said middle portion having at least one extended portion whereby, said extended portion protrudes from an external side surface of said tops.