Patent ID: 7481691

Claim:
A flying toy comprising: a handle; a propeller assembly; a landing platform disposed on one side of the handle, wherein the landing platform comprises a receptacle for accommodating the propeller assembly, wherein the receptacle has a funnel-shape wall and a plurality of fins distributed around the wall, and wherein the funnel-shaped wall has a narrower end and an opposing wider end, and each of the fins comprises an elongated body, extending from the narrower end toward the wider end; in a first mode to launch the propeller assembly off the landing platform while the propeller assembly is located in the receptacle, and in a second mode to receive the propeller assembly into the receptacle while the propeller assembly is in flight with a spinning motion, and wherein the fins are made of a shock absorbent material so that when the flying toy is operated in the second mode, the fins hamper a force associated with the spinning motion while the propeller assembly is received into the receptacle.