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US 2002/0177384 A1Published application
Magnetically coupled toy
OwnerLarry R. Mankowskiinventor
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Abstract
A toy vehicle, including a pair of body portions, each body portion including at least one magnet. At least one magnet is carried by each body portion with a magnetic pole orientation contra to the magnetic pole orientation of the at least one magnet carried by another body portion to thereby couple the body portions together.
Claims10
A toy vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of body portions, each said body portion including at least one magnet, at least one said magnet carried by one said body portion having a magnetic pole orientation contra to the magnetic pole orientation of at least one said magnet carried by another said body portion to thereby couple said body portions together, each said magnet having a magnetic intensity of at least 20,000 dynes when said magnets are in contact with each other.
A method of displaying a toy vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pair of body portions, each said body portion including at least one magnet, at least one said magnet carried by one said body portion having a magnetic pole orientation contra to the magnetic pole orientation of at least one said magnet carried by an other said body portion to thereby couple said body portions together;
- placing each of said body portions onto opposite sides of an intervening object having a thickness of up to approximately 6 mm;
- and
- magnetically coupling each said magnet in each said body portion on opposite sides of said intervening object.
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A toy vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of body portions, said pair of body portions being a result of a substantially planar cut of the toy vehicle;
- and
- at least two magnets, at least one magnet carried by each said body portion having a magnetic pole orientation contra to the magnetic pole orientation of at least one said magnet carried by another said body portion, said body portions configured to magnetically couple on opposite sides of a piece of glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.