Patent ID: 7704118

Claim:
A device for collecting and/or playing with circular and spherical objects, comprising: a base comprising an open top portion and a closed bottom portion; an open top main body comprising a rim portion, and a circular portion extending downwardly and inwardly from the rim portion to an aperture concentric with the rim portion and coupling with the open top portion of the base, wherein the open top main body is supported on the base along a common vertical central axis; a flange extending horizontally and outwardly about the rim portion; and at least one launching ramp mounted on the flange, the launching ramp extending upwardly, such that the at least one ramp is configured outside the outer circumference of the circular portion, the launching ramp comprising a curved guiding track extending downwardly along a curve of decreasing slope towards the rim portion, such that circular and spherical objects placed on the launching ramp roll down the curved guiding track and exit tangentially onto an inner surface of the circular portion along the rim portion and further through a downwardly and inwardly spiral path of decreasing radius on the inner surface of the circular portion into the aperture and down into the base.