Patent ID: 8932101
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A roller toy apparatus, comprising: a substantially rigid handle including a grasping portion, an elongate portion and a ball coupling portion, the ball coupling portion including a pair of left and right extensions, each of the left and right extensions including a respective mount extending inwardly into an interior region of the ball coupling portion;, wherein each mount includes a groove within which a corresponding loop structure is seated and rotatably coupled, and a stopper portion on an outer side of the groove that has a larger diameter than the groove and a resiliently deformable ball rotatably coupled to the ball coupling portion, wherein the ball is formed of a mesh having a plurality of loop structures, each loop structure surrounding a void, and where a pair of loop structures in the plurality of loop structures is rotatably coupled to the mounts of the ball coupling portion, to thereby rotatably couple the ball to the handle, and wherein the ball freely rotates around only a single axis of rotation perpendicular to the handle, the single axis being defined by the mounts; wherein a portion of each of the mounts extends into the void; wherein the ball is configured such that it can be attached or released from the handle via deformation to engage or disengage the pair of loop structures to or from the grooves in the mounts.