Patent ID: 8814629
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy, comprising: a housing having a first exterior wall shaped as a first portion of a sphere sectioned by a plane passing through said sphere to form a first planar face, said housing including a cavity within said first portion of said sphere; a sphere-completing structure moveably coupled to said housing and disposed within said cavity, said sphere-completing structure including a second exterior wall including a part shaped as a second portion of said sphere sectioned by said plane passing through said sphere to form a second planar face wherein said first and second portions together are configurable to complete said sphere and wherein said sphere-completing structure is moveable within said cavity between a first position in which said planar faces are substantially parallel with said sphere-completing structure substantially disposed within said cavity and a second position in which said planar faces are substantially parallel with said sphere-completing structure substantially disposed outside said cavity; a biasing system coupled to said housing and to said sphere-completing structure, said biasing system capable of applying a biasing force sufficient to transform said sphere-completing structure from said first position to said second position; and a latching system coupled to said housing and to said sphere-completing structure, said latching system including a first latching mode maintaining said first position against said biasing force and maintaining said second position when said sphere-completing structure is transformed to said second position by said biasing force; wherein said latching system includes an externally-actuable trigger for releasing said first latching mode.