Patent ID: 7101249

Claim:
A flying toy comprising: a head pardon that is fixedly coupled to a spiral-shaped tail, wherein the spiral-shaped tail comprises a material having sufficient resiliency to maintain a spiral shape of the tail during flight when the toy is thrown into the air by a user; wherein the material further has sufficient resiliency to maintain the shape of the spiral-shaped tail substantially the same when the head portion is moved along a resting horizontal surface as compared to the shape of the tail when the toy is not in motion; wherein the spiral-shaped tail is configured to have a longitudinal axis and a shape other than a screw; wherein the spiral-shaped tail is configured to curve around the longitudinal axis to a degree effective to impart rotation of the rail about the longitudinal axis during flight; and wherein the flying toy has a weight ratio of head portion to tail that is between 10:1 to 20:1.