Combined toy/bottlecap system

Abstract

Disclosed is a bottlecap ( 200 ) for a soft drink or other bottle ( 100 ), which provides one half of a yoyo body. When combined with a second bottlecap ( 300 ), a yoyo is formed. The bottlecaps ( 200, 300 ) can also include a removable display piece on which advertising or other information may be displayed. These display pieces may be interchangeable with each other to allow the yoyo to be customized.

1 . A bottlecap for engaging a bottle, the bottlecap including: 
 a bottle engaging portion for engaging the bottle;    a body portion; and    a bottlecap engaging portion for engaging a second bottlecap, the second bottlecap also having a bottle engaging portion, a body portion and a bottlecap engaging portion; wherein    upon combination with the second bottlecap, a yoyo body is formed.    
   
   
       2 . A bottlecap according to  claim 1  wherein the bottlecap engaging portion engages the second bottlecap via a connector piece.  
   
   
       3 . A bottlecap according to  claim 1  wherein the bottle engaging portion is a screw-thread for engaging a reciprocal screw-thread of the bottle.  
   
   
       4 . A bottlecap according to  claim 1  wherein an outer surface of the body portion is adapted to display information.  
   
   
       5 . A bottlecap according to  claim 4  wherein the outer surface of the body portion is provided by a bottlecap display piece that is removably connected to the body portion and is interchangeable with other bottlecap disks.  
   
   
       6 . A bottlecap according to  claim 4  wherein a string for connection to the yoyo body is provided in association with the bottlecap.  
   
   
       7 . A bottlecap according to  claim 6  wherein the string is provided within the body portion.  
   
   
       8 . A system of bottlecaps, including a first bottlecap and a second bottlecap, for engaging respective bottles, each bottlecap including; 
 a bottle engaging portion for engaging respective bottles;    a body portion;    a bottlecap engaging portion for engaging the second bottlecap in the case of the first bottlecap, and for engaging the first bottlecap in the case of the second bottlecap, wherein, upon engagement of the first bottlecap with the second bottlecap, a yoyo body is formed.    
   
   
       9 . A system according to  claim 8  wherein the first and second bottlecap engaging portions engage each other via a connector piece.  
   
   
       10 . A system according to  claim 8  wherein the bottlecap engaging portion of the first bottlecap is a male connector piece, and the bottlecap engaging portion of the second bottlecap is a female connector piece for receiving the male connector piece of the first bottlecap, to thereby form the yoyo body.  
   
   
       11 . A system according to  claim 9  wherein the bottlecap engaging portions of the first and second bottlecaps are both female connectors with a separately-connectable peg being provided to connect the first and second bottlecaps.  
   
   
       12 . A system according to  claim 8  wherein each bottle engaging portion is a screw-thread for engaging a screw-thread of respective bottles.  
   
   
       13 . A system according to  claim 8  wherein an outer surface of at least one body portion is adapted to display information.  
   
   
       14 . A system according to  claim 13  wherein an outer surface of both body portions are adapted to display information.  
   
   
       15 . A system according to  claim 14  wherein the outer surfaces of the respective body portions are provided by respective bottlecap display pieces that are removably connected to respective body portions, and are interchangeable with other bottlecap display pieces.  
   
   
       16 . A system according to  claim 8  wherein a string for connection to the yoyo body is provided in association with at least one of the bottlecaps.  
   
   
       17 . A system according to  claim 16  wherein the string is provided within the body portion of at least one of the bottlecaps.  
   
   
       18 . A method of advertising, the method including placing advertising on a bottlecap according to  claim 1 .  
   
   
       19 . A method of advertising, the method including placing advertising on at least one of the bottlecaps of the system according to  claim 8 .  
   
   
       20 . A yoyo having two halves connected together, at least one half including a display portion for displaying information, wherein at least one of the display portions includes a display piece which is removably attached to a respective half.  
   
   
       21 . A yoyo according to  claim 20  wherein the display piece is able to be interchanged with removable display pieces of other yoyo halves.  
   
   
       22 . A bottlecap according to  claim 1  wherein the bottlecap is able to be spun on a surface to provide a spinning top.  
   
   
       23 . A bottlecap according to  claim 22  wherein the spinning top includes a display portion for displaying information.  
   
   
       24 . A bottlecap according to  claim 23  wherein the display portion includes a display piece which is removably attachable to the bottlecap.  
   
   
       25 . A bottlecap according to  claim 24  wherein the display piece is interchangeable with display pieces of other bottlecaps.  
   
   
       26 . A bottlecap according to  claim 1  wherein the bottle engaging portion engages in use, the bottle indirectly via a standard bottlecap already located on the bottle.  
   
   
       27 . A system according to  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the bottle engaging portions engages, in use, the respective bottle indirectly via a standard bottlecap already located on the bottle.  
   
   
       28 . A yoyo formed by connecting together the two bottlecaps of the system of  claim 8 .  
   
   
       29 . A bottlecap according to  claim 5 , wherein an inner surface of the display piece is adapted to display information.  
   
   
       30 . A system according to  claim 15 , wherein respective inner surfaces of the display piece are adapted to display information.  
   
   
       31 . A yoyo according to  claim 20  wherein an inner surface of the display piece is adapted to display information.