Battling environment with multiple play level surfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021220724-A1
Application number	US-202117150813-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 15, 2021
Priority date	Jan 17, 2020
Publication date	Jul 22, 2021
Grant date	—

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; a second surface member defining a second field 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.

2 . The stadium according to claim 1 , wherein the first field and the second field are disposed next to each other in a predetermined direction in a plan view, and
wherein the slope comprises two slopes that are disposed respectively at opposite ends 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, wherein the second field has a concave at a center part of an upper face.

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, in which the outer peripheral surface has an inverted cone shape with an increasing diameter toward a body of the top.

6 . The stadium according to claim 5 , wherein the cant of the slope gradually increases from the first field to the second field with an end at the second field of the slope has such a cant that allows a spinning top on the slope to be released toward a center of the second field, and further comprising a groove that is disposed at an outer periphery of the first field and/or the second field to catch a struck top.

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 . A battling stadium game apparatus with three play level surfaces for toy tops, comprising:
a base; at least one concave arena at a first play level surface at the base, the at least one concave; arena having a battling surface at the first play level, the battling surface having a middle area and a periphery area surrounding the middle area; an overdrive surface at a second play level surface at the base, the overdrive surface is disposed at a level elevated from the concave arena; a lid nesting within the base defining an exterior wall around a perimeter of the base; and a third level platform element is disposed between the base and the lid at a third play level surface for directing flow patterns of toy tops about three play level surfaces contained within the perimeter exterior wall of the battling stadium.

10 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the third level platform element is removable for alternate game play.

11 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the third level platform element includes a drop zone portion angled toward the concave arena for introducing toy tops to the first play level at the battling surface from the third play level surface.

12 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the drop zone portion is divided into a first and second drop zone portion separated by a barrier wall for introducing two toy tops separate from one another at the third play level surface dropping into the first play level at the battling surface for combat.

13 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the overdrive surface includes a generally flat platform area surrounding the concave arena and disposed between the concave arena and the exterior wall having a surface upon which spinning toy tops ride when spinning out of the concave arena.

14 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the overdrive surface includes an overdrive rail having a riding surface upon which spinning toy tops travel from the second play level surface to the third play level surface.

15 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the third level platform element includes a redirection area and a platform rail outside a periphery of the redirection area, the platform rail seamlessly merging with the overdrive rail and the platform rail having a riding surface for toy tops riding smoothly from the overdrive rail riding surface to the platform rail riding surface.

16 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 15 , further including a ramped ledge at an end of the platform element opposite the platform rail for nesting with the concave arena.

17 . The battling stadium game apparatus according to claim 16 , in combination with one or more spinning toy tops having an elongated tip with a partially flat riding tip surface and an outer tip surface for engaging the overdrive rail and the platform rail creating directional play and flow patterns to actively direct interactions of spinning tops hopping and traveling between multiple play level surfaces.

18 . A method of play for toy tops about three play surface levels, comprising the steps of:
providing a first level play surface having a lower arena bowl with a battling surface flowing into an upper arena bowl with a battling surface inclining away from the lower arena bowl, combining lower and upper arena bowls creating one large irregular shaped area bowl; providing a second level play surface having an overdrive surface elevating from the first level play surface and including an overdrive rail having a rail riding surface; providing one or more spinning toy tops; launching spinning toy tops onto the first level play surface for random energy driven traveling of the spinning tops along the large irregular shaped area bowl; and providing a removable third level platform element creating a third level play surface nesting with the base at the first and second level play surfaces, the third level platform element having a ramp edge for nesting with the lower arena bowl at the first level play surface and an outer perimeter wall defining an outer edge of the third level platform element nesting with the overdrive rail at the second level play surface, for directing flow patterns of toy tops about three play level surfaces.

19 . The method of play for

Assignees

• Hasbro Inc

Inventors

• Schultheis Douglas Arthur
• Lohan Luke C
• Hama Hiroyuki

Classifications

• A63F9/16 Primary

  Spinning-top games · CPC title

• A63F2007/367

  Details of the rim · CPC title

• A63F2007/3637

  Concave · CPC title

• A63F2007/288

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