Joseph L Washington

US Patent:

41387988, Feb 13, 1979

Filed:

Mar 17, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/778562

Inventors:

Joseph Washington - Chicago IL

International Classification:

A63H 132

US Classification:

46 59

Abstract:

A rotating toy including a rotor fixed to a shaft. A ball is mounted on each end of the shaft and a handle slidable back and forth on the shaft is mounted on the shaft between the rotor and each ball. A string is connected between each handle and each ball on opposite sides of the shaft. The handles are used to twist the strings and are held while the strings untwist and retwist causing the balls, shaft and rotor to rotate in opposite directions as the handles are moved axially of the shaft toward and away from each other.