What is a fidget spinner?

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A fidget Spinner is a toy having a ball bearing in the center of a multi-lobbed flat structure. Usually, it is made of metal or plastic and designed to spin on its axis with very little effort.

What is a fidget spinner?
Fidget Spinner toy is the latest craze among kids, as kids can carry it very easily in their pockets. It is a specially designed toy for those kids who are having the problem of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. It improves the concentration level of kids with these conditions, in addition to this, it helps to bring out the creative genius present deep inside you. Its structure is quite like helicopter or fan. The Fidget Spinner can be easily played with in between the two fingers for about a minute at a time, it provides a pleasing and calming effect to the player.
It is a great help for those who likely to go for the phone in their spare to keep busy their hands and mind. This will help them to have a break with the phone and improve their concentration level. Fidget Spinner tool is also a very good tool for therapist, teachers, and counselors to manage attention regulation. The use of this toy also goes hand-in-hand with treatment methods like medications and psychotherapy to give the best result.
The tool gets very much in demand in 2017. As per the news, it is very controversial but the inventor of Fidget Spinner is ‘Catherine Hettinger’. She filed for the patent of the tool with the name “Spinning Toy” in 1993, and the patent was issued on her name. But later in 2005, her patent for the device gets lapsed as she couldn’t find a commercial partner for its production. Whereas, in 2017, ‘Scott McCoskery’ described in media, how he invented the tool in an IT meeting. Now, he sells the device with the name ‘Torqbar’ Online.