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US 10,695,685 B2Granted
Toy segmented tube track kit
AssigneeMindscope Products
InventorGeorge Balanchi
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Abstract
A toy is disclosed for a segmented tube track kit. The toy comprises a tube, comprised of reversibly attachable tubes. In one embodiment, the tube segments are held together frictionally. In another embodiment, tube segments are held together by locking mechanisms consisting of projections and cutouts. The toy vehicle in the kit has a drive wheel which is forced up away from the body of the car and against the inner walls of the tube by resilient members. In another embodiment, the vehicle has a tumbler wheel at the front of the car.
Claims9
A toy segmented tube track kit, said kit comprising
- a) a segmented tube track comprising a plurality of identical hollow tube segments comprised of a resilient plastic material having an elastic memory, each said identical hollow tube segment comprising:
- i) a first end, said first end comprising:
- A) a receiving base comprising a plurality of cutouts;
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- B) a locking top comprising a plurality of locking projections extending outward from the tube segment, said locking top positioned on top of and integrally molded with said receiving base;
- ii) a second end identical to said first end, wherein said plurality of locking projections of said first end of a first hollow tube segment has the ability to lock into the plurality of cutouts to a second end of a second hollow tube segment in a repeating pattern to form the segmented tube track;
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- b) a toy vehicle having the ability to traverse though an inside of the segmented tube track.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.