Patent ID: 7014272
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: A63H,B60B,B60Y

Abstract:
1. A toy wheel, comprising: a rim assembly; and a hub assembly rotatably joined to said rim assembly; wherein: said rim assembly is comprised of two annular rings, each a mirror image of the other, each said ring having a substantial central opening, an outer perimeter, an inner perimeter defining the central opening, a flat interior side facing the other ring, and an outer side, each said ring outer side having a curved flange extending out from the inner perimeter and extending a predetermined distance toward a ring central axis, each said ring interior side being joined to the interior side of the other ring; said hub assembly is comprised of: two generally flat, round disks, each a mirror image of the other, each said disk having an outer perimeter having a plurality of equidistantly positioned indentations formed therein, a flat interior side facing the other disk, and an outer side, each said disk having an off-center opening adjacent the disk outer perimeter, said off-center opening being matched and aligned with the other disk, each said disk interior side being joined to the interior side of the other disk, wherein the outer perimeter indentations of one disk are aligned with the outer perimeter indentations of the other disk forming a plurality of hub assembly indentations; at least one weighted element adapted to being inserted into the off-center opening; a plurality of ball bearings, each ball bearing being placed into a hub assembly indentation; wherein the hub assembly is positioned within the rim assembly central opening, said rim assembly central opening curved flanges adapted to hold the hub assembly within the rim assembly central opening and trap the ball bearings, said ball bearings rotating within the hub assembly indentations and against the inner perimeter of the rim assembly rings.