Fidget spinner toy holding adapter
View Patent ↗A toy holding adapter for removably attaching a fidget spinner to an article. The article may include an airplane; a helicopter, or a cycle, such as a motorcycle or a bicycle. The fidget spinner is mounted to the article to provide the article with a visual appearance of a rotating body associated with the article to which it is applied. The holding adapter has a stem extending from a back face that is operatively coupled to a receiver in the article. A central cavity in the front face receives a cylindrical adapter cup that is dimensioned to receive a holding disk of the fidget spinner.
1. A holding adapter for operatively coupling a fidget spinner to an article, comprising:
a cylindrical disk shaped mount having a central cavity defined in a front surface and a stem extending from a back surface, the stem configured to be removably coupled to a receiver defined in the article;
a cylindrical adapter cup has an interior cavity that is dimensioned for a stationary interference fit with a holding disk of the fidget spinner; and an outer diameter that is dimensioned for a stationary interference fit within the central cavity of the cylindrical disk shaped mount.
2. The holding adapter of claim 1 , wherein the article comprises an airplane shaped body and the receiver is oriented at a propeller point of the airplane shaped body.
3. The holding adapter of claim 2 , wherein the stem is coupled to the receiver.
4. The holding adapter of claim 3 , wherein a fidget spinner is coupled to the cylindrical adapter cup.
5. The holding adapter of claim 1 , wherein the article comprises one of a helicopter shaped body and the receiver is oriented at a rotor point of the helicopter body.
6. The holding adapter of claim 5 , wherein the stem is coupled to the receiver.
7. The holding adapter of claim 6 , wherein a fidget spinner is coupled to the cylindrical adapter cup.
8. The holding adapter of claim 1 , wherein the article comprises one of a cycle shaped body and the receiver is oriented on a fork of the cycle body.
9. The holding adapter of claim 8 , wherein the stem is coupled to the receiver.
10. The holding adapter of claim 9 , wherein a fidget spinner is coupled to the cylindrical adapter cup.
11. An accessory to carry a fidget spinner, comprising:
a receiver defined at an axis of rotation of a rotational body associated with a model;
a disk shaped mount having a central cavity defined in a front surface and a stem extending from a back surface, the stem configured to be removably coupled to the receiver defined in the model;
an adapter sleeve having an interior diameter that is dimensioned for a non-rotating interference fit with a holding disk of the fidget spinner, the holding disk carried by an inner bearing race of the fidget spinner; and the adapter sleeve having an outer diameter that is dimensioned for a non-rotating interference fit within the central cavity of the disk shaped mount.
12. The accessory of claim 11 , wherein the model comprises one of a helicopter body, a motorcycle body, and an airplane body.
13. The accessory of claim 11 , wherein the rotational body associated with the model is one of a rotor, a wheel, and a propeller.
14. The holding adapter of claim 11 , wherein the fidget spinner is coupled to the disk shaped mount.