公开(公告)号：EP1494772A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-12

申请号：EP03744242.3

申请日：2003-03-11

申请人： Somers, Andrew M.

发明人： Somers, Andrew M.

IPC分类号： A63H1/06

CPC分类号： A63H1/24 ,  A63H1/10 ,  A63H1/22 ,  A63H1/32

摘要： A toy with a plurality of lights that a user can suspend from his hands and spin, twirl, whirl, and otherwise manipulate to create amusing patterns of light. The toy consists of a hub (30), power supply (56), a plurality of light emitting elements (72) which are mounted on the hub using connectors (70), and an additional plurality of light emitting elements (92) which are mounted remotely on wires (170) using connectors (90) and attached to the hub (30) using connectors (52, 172) or (162). A tether (40) to suspend the toy from the users hands (48L, 48R), such as string which is passed though holes (42) in the hub (39). The user can then rotate, twist, wind up, spin, swing and otherwise manipulate the toy causing the light emitting elements (72, 92) to move in various circular and random patterns causing amusing displays of light.