Battling environment with multiple play level surfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11883754-B2
Application number	US-202117150813-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2021
Priority date	Jan 17, 2020
Publication date	Jan 30, 2024
Grant date	Jan 30, 2024

Abstract

A battling stadium game apparatus and methods for toy tops providing multiple play level surfaces which may include platform inserts to actively direct interactions of spinning tops across multiple play level surfaces, a base, concave areas at a first play level surface at the base, concave areas with battling surfaces at the first play level. The battling surface includes a middle area and a periphery area surrounding the middle area, an overdrive surface disposed at a second play level surface at the base, the overdrive surface is at a level elevated from the concave arena. A lid nests within the base and defines an exterior wall around the perimeter of the base, with a third level platform element between the base and the lid for a third play level surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stadium for a battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields, comprising:
a first surface member defining a first field of the stadium for battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields;
a second surface member defining a second field of the stadium for battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields that is at a higher level than the first field; and
a slope connecting the first field to the second field to allow a spinning top to go up from the first field to the second field of the stadium for battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields wherein the first field and the second field are disposed next to each other in a predetermined direction in a plan view, the first surface member structured as a first play level surface and including at least one concave arena within the first field, wherein the slope comprises two slopes that are disposed respectively at opposite ends connecting the first field to the second field, further comprising: a transition section that is disposed at the second surface member between the first field and the second field, the transition section being disposed between the two slopes.

2. The stadium according to claim 1 , wherein
the two slopes are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction of the first and second fields.

3. The stadium according to claim 2 , further comprising: a cliff that is disposed at an edge of the second surface member between the two slopes to allow a spinning top to fall from the second field to the first field, wherein an upper surface of the second surface member has a downward gradient toward the first field.

4. The stadium according to claim 3 , further comprising: a step that is disposed between the first field and the cliff to prevent a body of a spinning top from contacting a wall of the cliff.

5. The stadium according to claim 4 , wherein the slope has such a cant that allows a top to spin with an outer peripheral surface of a shaft of the top on the slope.

6. The stadium according to claim 5 , wherein the cant of the slope gradually increases from the first field to the second field.

7. The stadium according to claim 6 , further comprising: a bottom plate that includes the first surface member and a third surface member defining a third field continuous to the first field, wherein the second surface member is detachably disposed on the bottom plate to cover the third field, and the third field is exposed on the bottom plate when the second surface member is detached from the bottom plate.

8. The stadium according to claim 7 , further comprising: a first fence that has a uniform height and is detachably disposed along an edge of the bottom plate to prevent a spinning top from going out of the bottom plate, and further comprising: a second fence that is detachably disposed on the first fence to surround the bottom plate except for a portion defining the first field so as to prevent a spinning top from going out of the second field, wherein the second surface member is a cantilever that is fixed on the bottom plate at an end facing the first field, and a free end of the second surface member is suspended from the second fence by a suspender.

9. The stadium according to claim 1 , further comprising: a cliff that is disposed at an edge of the second surface member between the two slopes to allow a spinning top to fall from the second field to the first field.

10. The stadium according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the second surface member has a downward gradient toward the first field.

11. The stadium according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface member is structured to include a curved inward concave portion within the second field.

12. The stadium according to claim 11 , further comprising: a bottom plate that includes the first surface member.

13. A stadium for a battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields, comprising:
a first surface member defining a first field of the stadium for battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields;
a second surface member defining a second field of the stadium for battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields that is at a higher level than the first field; and
a slope connecting the first field to the second field to allow a spinning top to go up from the first field to the second field of the stadium for battle between spinning tops on predetermined fields wherein the first field and the second field are disposed next to each other in a predetermined direction in a plan view, the first surface member structured as a first play level surface and including at least one concave arena within the first field, wherein the slope comprises two slopes that are disposed respectively at opposite ends connecting the first field to the second field, further comprising: a bottom plate that includes the first surface member and a third surface member defining a third field continuous to the first field.

14. The stadium according to claim 13 , wherein the second surface member is detachably disposed on the bottom plate to cover the third field, and the third field is exposed on the bottom plate when the second surface member is detached from the bottom plate.

15. The stadium according to claim 13 , further comprising: a first fence that has a uniform height and is detachably disposed along an edge of the bottom plate to prevent a spinning top from going out of the bottom plate.

16. The stadium according to claim 13 , wherein the two slopes are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction of the first and second fields.

17. The stadium according to claim 13 , wherein an upper surface of the second surface member has a downward gradient toward the first field.

18. The stadium according to claim 13 , further comprising: a cliff that is disposed at an edge of the second surface member between the two slopes to allow a spinning top to fall from the second field to the first field.

19. The stadium according to claim 18 , further comprising: a step that is disposed between the first field and the cliff to prevent a body of a spinning top from contacting a wall of the cliff.

20. The stadium according to claim 13 , wherein the second surface member is structured to include a curved inward concave portion within the second field.

Assignees

• Hasbro Inc
• Tomy Co Ltd

Inventors

• Schultheis Douglas Arthur
• Lohan Luke C
• Hama Hiroyuki

Classifications

• A63F9/16 Primary

  Spinning-top games · CPC title

• A63F2007/3637

  Concave · CPC title

• A63F2007/367

  Details of the rim · CPC title

• A63F2007/288

  with more ramps than two on opposite sides of the playing field · CPC title