Tossable Toy

Abstract

A tossable toy includes a gliding portion, a gripping portion at the back of the tossable toy, and a flexible portion located between the gliding portion and the gripping portion. The gliding portion is configured to provide lift to the tossable toy during flight between a user having tossed the tossable toy and a target towards which the tossable toy has been tossed by the user and includes an opening at the front of the tossable toy having a front boundary where the opening is configured to receive the target within the opening and behind the front boundary.

1 . A tossable toy having a top, a bottom, a front, a left side, a right side, and a back, comprising:
 a gliding portion configured to provide lift to the tossable toy during flight between a user having tossed the tossable toy and a target towards which the tossable toy has been tossed by the user, said gliding portion having an opening at the front of said tossable toy, said opening having a front boundary, said opening being configured to receive said target within said opening and behind said front boundary;   a gripping portion located at the back of said tossable toy; and   a flexible portion located between said gliding portion and said gripping portion.   
     
     
         2 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the gliding portion from the front of the tossable toy towards the back of the tossable toy resembles an airfoil. 
     
     
         3 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the tossable toy is flat. 
     
     
         4 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein the top of the tossable toy has a curvature. 
     
     
         5 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said target is a stake. 
     
     
         6 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said tossable toy is configured to enable a user to grip said gripping portion with a thumb and index finder of a first hand of said user and hold said gliding portion with a second hand of said user in order to maintain said tossable toy in a substantially straight orientation along a reference axis extending from the front of the tossable toy to the back of the tossable toy and use a pendulum swing motion comprising a backward swing followed by a forward swing that ends with the user releasing said gripping portion of said tossable toy in order to toss said tossable toy towards said target, said reference axis being substantially parallel to a surface upon which the user is standing when tossing said tossable toy, said flexible portion enabling said gliding portion to rotate in a first direction relative to said gripping portion during said backward swing and enabling said gliding portion to rotate in a second direction relative to said gripping portion during said forward swing, said second direction being opposite said first direction. 
     
     
         7 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said gliding portion includes a cavity for receiving a mass. 
     
     
         8 . The tossable toy of  claim 7 , wherein said cavity extends from the left side of the gliding portion through the gliding portion to the right side of the gliding portion at a location towards the front of the gliding portion. 
     
     
         9 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said gliding portion includes a cavity that provides buoyancy to said tossable toy. 
     
     
         10 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said cavity corresponds to an air bladder. 
     
     
         11 . The tossable toy of  claim 10 , a user can pump air into said cavity via a hole. 
     
     
         12 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said gliding portion includes a first cavity for receiving a mass and a second cavity for receiving a mass or providing buoyancy to said tossable toy. 
     
     
         13 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said opening comprises a hook. 
     
     
         14 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said opening comprises a hooked region. 
     
     
         15 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said opening comprises a point. 
     
     
         16 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said opening comprises a guide slope. 
     
     
         17 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said opening comprises a ringer breaker. 
     
     
         18 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein said opening resembles a horseshoe used in horseshoe tossing competitions. 
     
     
         19 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , wherein a cross-section of the gliding portion from the left side to the right side of the tossable has a symmetrical airfoil-like shape resembling a flying disc. 
     
     
         20 . The tossable toy of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a winglet or a tail fin.