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US 10,471,364 B2Granted
Bendable and raisable toy track
OwnerDavid Deutschinventor
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Abstract
A train track of embodiments of the disclosed technology is bendable in a vertical and/or horizontal plane. This is accomplished by having connectors on either side of two rails which can change in length. The rail, between the connectors, is bendable. Further, a hinged top of a block is used to attach the track to the block when the angle of the lower side changes in combination with an elevation change.
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A track movable in the horizontal and/or vertical axis, comprising:
- two bendable and resilient rails substantially parallel to each other;
- two non-bendable ties transverse to, and fixed to, each of said two rails wherein said ties maintain said resilient rails substantially parallel to each other when said rails are curved;
- a first sliding member slidably connected to a first of two said rails, said first sliding member having a most elongated length substantially in parallel with a most elongated length of said first rail;
- a second sliding member slidable connected to a second of two said rails, said second sliding member having a most elongated length substantially in parallel with a most elongated length of said second rail,
- wherein said two bendable and resilient rails, when bent in a horizontal or vertical direction and are connected to additional extreme ends of said two bendable and resilient rails are adapted to connect to additional such rails in a manner wsaid first and said second sliding members are maintained at a same distance from each other while said two bendable rails are curved laterally and/or elevationally by way of one or both of increasing and decreasing overlap of a said male connector with a respective said female connector.
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A track comprising:
- two rails in parallel to each other forming a track for a vehicle, said two rails being bendable, resilient, and remain equi-spaced from each other substantially throughout their length;
- at least one end of each rail having a movable connector section which allows a length of each respective rail of said two rails to change;
- a tie connecting each rail of said two rails together at either end thereof;
- a connection mechanism on a bottom side of each tie wherein a longest length of each rail changes in according with a bend in said track while said two rails of said track remain in parallel to each other along their said longest length.
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A track having:
- two identical length bendable rails each having a male end and female end, at least one of which is extendable in length;
- a tie at each end of said track fixedly spacing apart each respective male end and female end at a set distance from each other;
- wherein bending said two identical length bendable rails causes a first of said rails to decrease in length and/or a second of said rails to increase in length while said rails remain in parallel to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.