Toy

Abstract

A toy actuator which includes a handle, wherein one end of the handle is hollow, and an elongate resilient member formed into a loop so that opposite ends of the member are adjacent one another and opposite a vertex of the loop. The opposite ends are mounted into the hollow end of the handle so as to dispose the handle substantially opposite the vertex. An adornment is mounted substantially to the vertex. The elongate resilient member may be a sufficiently rigid spring so that when the handle is held horizontal so as to cantilever the member from the handle, the member remains substantially horizontal also until deformed by a user oscillating or otherwise translating the handle vertically, side-to-side, forward-and-back, or circularly.

1 . A toy comprising:
 a toy actuator including a handle, wherein one end of said handle is hollow, an elongate resilient member formed into a loop so that opposite ends of said member are adjacent one another and opposite a vertex of said loop, wherein said opposite ends are mounted into said hollow end of said handle so as to dispose said handle substantially opposite said vertex, and an adornment mounted substantially to said vertex.   
   
   
       2 . The toy of  claim 1  wherein said elongate resilient member is sufficiently rigid so that when said handle is held horizontal so as to cantilever said member from said handle, said member remains substantially horizontal also until deformed by a user oscillating or otherwise translating said handle vertically, side-to-side, forward-and-back, or circularly. 
   
   
       3 . The toy of  claim 2  wherein said elongate resilient member is a spring. 
   
   
       4 . The toy of  claim 3  wherein said opposite ends of said spring are interleaved so as to mesh coils of a first end of said opposite ends between coils of a second end of said opposite ends opposite to said first end, wherein said interleaved opposite ends of said member form a single end of said loop, said single end of said loop having a diameter substantially same as the diameter of either said first or second end of said member, and wherein said hollow end of said handle has a cavity formed to receive snugly therein said single end of said loop, and wherein said handle is a single rigid elongate member. 
   
   
       5 . The toy of  claim 4  wherein said adornment is chosen from the group comprising:
 a replica of a human-like form, a replica of an animal-like form, and a replica of an insect-like form.   
   
   
       6 . The toy of  claim 5  wherein said adornment is mounted to said vertex by said vertex being journalled through at least one aperture formed in said adornment. 
   
   
       7 . The toy of  claim 6  wherein said adornment is a plush toy. 
   
   
       8 . The toy of  claim 7  wherein said adornment is mounted to said vertex, said vertex being journalled through substantially a mid portion of said adornment. 
   
   
       9 . The toy of  claim 1  wherein said adornment is mounted to said vertex by means of a flexible tether.