Patent ID: 6347972
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: A63B,A63H

Abstract:
A hand held shuttle wheel toy having parallel metal rails on which a shuttle wheel can be rolled back and forth, said toy comprising:(a) a first pair of parallel metal rails, each of said rails having a top and bottom side, a fixed end and at least one free end; (b) a handle into which the fixed end of said first pair of parallel rails is inserted; (c) a shuttle wheel having a magnetic core, a conical projection at each end of the magnetic core, a central hub wherein said core is inserted into said central hub with the conical projections extending co-axially out from said central hub and a circular rim having an inner surface and an outer surface; (d) each of said first pair of parallel rails, adjacent said handle, having a bend section displaced laterally and outwardly from the longitudinal axis of each of said first pair of parallel rails to permit said shuttle wheel to roll along either the top or bottom side of each of said first pair of parallel rails and then reverse direction on the other side of each of said first pair of parallel rails and the free end of each of said first pair of parallel rails is bent outwardly from the longitudinal axis of each of said first pair of parallel rails; (e) a second pair of parallel metal rails, each of said rails having a top and bottom side, a first end fixed within said handle, a first section extending upwards from the first end fixed within said handle, said first section connected to an inclined section extending from said first section upwards and rearwardly above said handle and a second end remote from said handle and bent outwardly from the longitudinal axis of said second pair of parallel rails; and (f) each of said second pair of parallel rails, having in said inclined section adjacent said first section, a bend section displaced laterally and outwardly from the longitudinal axis of each of said second pair of parallel rails to permit said shuttle wheel to roll along either the top or bottom side of each of said second pair of parallel rails and then reverse direction on the other side of each of said second pair of parallel rails.