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A flying toy has a handle and a driving mechanism to spin a propeller assembly for launching, the propeller assembly having blades on the top end and a freely rotatable conical sleeve on the bottom end. The handle comprises a plurality of pinch rollers surrounding the driving mechanism such that whe

A flying toy has a handle and a driving mechanism to spin a propeller assembly for launching, the propeller assembly having blades on the top end and a freely rotatable conical sleeve on the bottom end. The handle comprises a plurality of pinch rollers surrounding the driving mechanism such that when the driving mechanism is activated to spin the blades, the pinch rollers are moved inward to engage with the conical sleeve for holding the propeller assembly while the blades are spun, and the pinch rollers are moved away from the conical sleeve for launching the propeller assembly. The flying toy also has a landing platform affixed to the handle, the platform having a funnel-shaped receptacle to receive the bottom end of the propeller assembly. The receptacle wall has soft fins for hampering the spinning of the propeller assembly when receiving a descending propeller assembly.

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What is claimed is: 1. A flying toy comprising: a handle; a propeller assembly; a landing platform disposed on one side of the handle, wherein the landing platform comprises a receptacle for accommodating the propeller assembly, wherein the receptacle has a funnel-shape wall and a plurality of fins

What is claimed is: 1. A flying toy comprising: a handle; a propeller assembly; a landing platform disposed on one side of the handle, wherein the landing platform comprises a receptacle for accommodating the propeller assembly, wherein the receptacle has a funnel-shape wall and a plurality of fins distributed around the wall, and wherein the funnel-shaped wall has a narrower end and an opposing wider end, and each of the fins comprises an elongated body, extending from the narrower end toward the wider end; in a first mode to launch the propeller assembly off the landing platform while the propeller assembly is located in the receptacle, and in a second mode to receive the propeller assembly into the receptacle while the propeller assembly is in flight with a spinning motion, and wherein the fins are made of a shock absorbent material so that when the flying toy is operated in the second mode, the fins hamper a force associated with the spinning motion while the propeller assembly is received into the receptacle. 2. A flying toy comprising: a handle; a landing platform disposed on one side of the handle, wherein the landing platform comprises a receptacle for accommodating a propeller assembly, wherein the receptacle has a funnel-shaped wall and a plurality of fins distributed around the wall, wherein the flying toy is operable in a first mode to launch the propeller assembly off the landing platform while the propeller assembly is located in the receptacle, and in a second mode to receive the propeller assembly into the receptacle while the propeller assembly is in flight with a spinning motion, and wherein the fins are made of a shock absorbent material so that when the flying toy is operated in the second mode, the fins hamper a force associated with the spinning motion while the propeller assembly is received into the receptacle, and, wherein the propeller assembly has a first end, an opposing second end and a shaft connecting the first end to the second end, the shaft defining a spinning axis of the spinning motion, the first end having a plurality of blades to produce a propeller action in air associated with the spinning motion in order to maintain the propeller assembly in the air. 3. The flying toy of claim 2, wherein the second end has an end coupler fixedly attached to the shaft, and a sleeve disposed over the end coupler, the sleeve independently rotatable relative to the shaft, and wherein the handle comprises a driving mechanism adapted to engage with the end coupler of the propeller assembly through the receptacle so that the driving mechanism causes the blades to spin when the flying toy is operated in the first mode. 4. The flying toy of claim 3, wherein the handle has a battery chamber to accommodate one or more batteries for proving electrical power to the driving mechanism for launching the propeller assembly. 5. The flying toy of claim 3, wherein the sleeve of the propeller assembly has a conical shape, and wherein the driving mechanism comprises a driving coupler for providing mechanical coupling between the driving mechanism and the end coupler of the propeller assembly so as to cause the blades to spin when the driving mechanism is activated; and the handle further comprises a plurality of pinch rollers positioned in relationship to the driving coupler, the pinch rollers movable between a first position and a second position, such that when the driving mechanism is activated to cause the blades to spin through the coupling between the end coupler and the driving coupler, the pinch rollers are moved into the first position to engage with the conical sleeve in order to keep the propeller assembly in a stable position while the blades are spinning, and when the propeller assembly is ready to be launched, the pinch rollers are moved to the second position, allowing the propeller assembly to disengage from the driving mechanism and the landing platform. 6. A flying toy for launching a propeller assembly, the propeller assembly having a first end, an opposing second end and a shaft connecting the first end to the second end, the shaft defining a spinning axis, wherein the first end comprises a plurality of blades to produce a propeller action in air associated with a spinning motion along the spinning axis for keeping the propeller assembly in the air, the second end comprises an end coupler fixedly attached to the shaft, the propeller assembly further comprising a conical-shaped sleeve disposed over the end coupler, the sleeve independently rotatable relative to the shaft, said flying toy comprising: a launching handle; a driving mechanism disposed on the launching handle, the driving mechanism having a driving coupler adapted to engage with the end coupler of the propeller assembly for causing the blades to spin when the driving mechanism is activated; a plurality of pinch rollers disposed on the launching handle around the driving coupler, the pinch rollers movable between a first position and a second position such that when the driving mechanism causes the blades to spin through the driving coupler, the pinch rollers are moved into the first position to engage with the conical-shaped sleeve in order to keep the propeller assembly in a stable position while the blades are spinning, and when the propeller assembly is ready to be launched, the pinch rollers are moved to the second position away from the conical-shaped sleeve, allowing the propeller assembly to disengage from the driving mechanism and the launching handle. 7. The flying toy of claim 6, wherein the launching handle further comprises a chamber to accommodate one or more batteries for providing electrical power to the driving mechanism. 8. The flying toy of claim 6, further comprising a platform disposed on the launching handle adjacent to the driving mechanism, the platform having a funnel-shaped receptacle with an aperture to accommodate the pinch rollers and the driving coupler so as to allow the second end of the propeller assembly to locate in the funnel-shaped receptacle when the end coupler of the propeller assembly is coupled to the driving coupler. 9. The flying toy of claim 6, further comprising: a gear box having a first cover and a second cover, each cover having a plurality of linear slots accommodating the plurality of pinch rollers to allow the pinch rollers to move between the first position and the second position. 10. The flying toy of claim 9, further comprising: a cam plate disposed in the gear box between the first cover and the second cover, the cam plate having a plurality of spiral shaped slots interacting with the linear slots, the cam plate having a home position, the plurality of pinch rollers disposed in the linear slots through the spiral shaped slots such that the pinch rollers are located at the second position when the cam plate is at the home position; and a rack movable between a first rack position for activating the driving mechanism and a second rack position for deactivating the driving mechanism, the rack coupled to the cam plate such that when the rack is moved from the second rack position to the first rack position, it causes the cam plate to rotate away from the home position, forcing the pinch rollers to move into the first position, and when the rack is moved from the first rack position back to the second position, it allows the cam plate to return to the home position and moves the pinch rollers to the second position.