Patent ID: 6273779
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A rolling toy comprising:a) a cylindrical tube having a first sealed end and a second sealed and;b) a weighted ball enclosed within said cylindrical shaped tube and having a circumference smaller than a circumference of said cylindrical tube allowing said weighted ball to roll along a length of said cylindrical tube;c) a flexible body portion secured to said first sealed end of said cylindrical tube; andd) a spring coupled between said body portion and said weighted ball said body portion able to maintain said rolling toy in an upright position with said cylindrical tube positioned atop said body portion, wherein tilting of said cylindrical tube causes said weighted ball to roll along the length of said cylindrical tube from said first end to said second end, said cylindrical tube to move towards the surface, said body portion to bend as said cylindrical tube moves towards a surface on which said rolling toy is positioned and the spring to uncoil, and upon said cylindrical tube contacting the surface said weighted ball contact said second end and said spring begins to recoil causing said body portion to flip over said head portion whereby momentum of the body portion rotates said head portion and said body portion to return to an upright position.