A whirl around toy including a general spherical member that has a hollow body with an upper end. The upper end has an opening defining a recessed portion projecting inward from the upper end. The recessed portion have a front wall, a back wall and a floor. The back wall has a ledge capable of receiving a child in a seated position. Also, included is a ring. The ring has an inner circular edge with at least four protrusions. The ring is positioned around the spherical member with each of the fou...

A hemispherically-shaped rolling toy for the amusement and exercise of children is disclosed. The invention is comprised of a hemispherically-shaped body made of a rigid material. The hemispherically-shaped body has a hollow interior which faces up to allow receipt of a child therein. The body has a rim which extends a predetermined distance outwardly, and upwardly at a predetermined angle relative to the vertical axis of the hemispherical body, forming a lip which is a deterrent to the possibil...

A variable motion device displaying interactive rocking and rotating motion and having a geometrically eccentric center of mass, The device is supported upon a teetering surface bearing against a corresponding counterteetering surface, At least one of these surfaces is curved, so that the device wobbles. These features, which are concealed from an observer, cause compound or unpredictable precession in response to the device being rocked or similarly moved by a rider. Further ride altering effec...

The present invention relates to a multi-functional balance rotary disk includes a circular disk body having a center provided with a circular base. The circular base is recessed to form a plurality of successive tracks, so that a ball can roll in the tracks. The disk body has a bottom formed with an arc-shaped face for allowing rotation of the disk body. A plurality of holding handles are secured on comers of the disk body, for allowing hold of a user. The child may stand on the disk body for t...

An inflatable rocking recreational device includes an inflatable main body having a generally arc-shaped bottom surface for resting in water or on a surface such as the ground or a floor, and on which the device can be rocked. The device can include a plurality of connected bodies such as a main body with stabilizing bodies secured thereto or two or more main bodies secured side-by-side or at angles to one another to stabilize the body. Handles are provided to allow the users to grip and hold on...

A riding capsule device includes a capsule member, a base, and control mechanism. The capsule member has a bottom configuration in the form of a convex spherical segment. The base has a lower portion with a top configuration in the form of a concave spherical segment engaged by said bottom configuration of the capsule member and having a radius of curvature which is larger than the radius of curvature of the bottom configuration of the capsule member. The base further has an upper portion with a...

A hemispherical rocking toy for children is disclosed. The hemispherical shell is fabricated of a rigid plastic material and includes an interior surface and an exterior surface with an open top for the receipt of children therein. The shell comprises a greater thickness in its lower extent than its upper extent to provide an annular seating surface in a horizontal plane. A pair of planar sheets is fabricated of a plastic material, each having an upper linear edge and a lower semi-circular edge ...

The protective circuit is used in a switching arrangement for protecting an electric motor against thermal overload, and of the type including a heating resistor in the motor supply circuit, a temperature sensing resistor, having a highly temperature-dependent resistance characteristic, in heat transfer contact with the heating resistor and a motor cut-off control means connected to the temperature sensitive resistor to provide a signal voltage for disconnecting the motor from its source of pote...

Apparatus and method for simultaneous display of alphanumeric characters of variable character density on a raster scan CRT monitor is disclosed. Circuitry is provided to supply multiple sources of timing for terminal operations, to switch among timing sources without display degradation, and to vary the number of dots per raster line that constitute a character field. The density of displayed characters may be changed, under user control, for each character row.

The present invention relates to an enclosure which has a plurality of utilities such as a portable ice skating rink, a wading pool, a volleyball area, and a garden enclosure. The enclosure has a pair of opposed sidewalls and a pair of opposed end walls. Each of the sidewalls is defined by at least one elongated sidewall member and each of the end walls is defined by at least one elongated end wall member. A plurality of corner members define an enclosed area with the end walls and the sidewalls...