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US 4,144,669 AGranted
Multiple function water-going toy
AssigneeTakara Co., Ltd.
InventorIwakichi Ogawa
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Abstract
A toy aqua-plane includes a number of reconfigurable parts. One of the parts is a removable tank member which provides a second interesting puzzle toy. The puzzle toy may interact with a magnet included in another of the toy parts. The toy also includes an attachable watertight electric motor for propelling it through water.
Claims15
A toy plane including a plurality of detachable parts, said parts comprising:
- a frame member;
- stabilizer means attachable to said frame member for configuring said frame member as a toy plane;
- a cowling member mountable on a front section of said frame member;
- a tank member mountable to said frame member and to said cowling member, and
- puzzle means in said tank member for utilizing said tank member as a separate puzzle toy, said puzzle means comprising a ball, a plurality of apertures and at least one slot, the ball being guidable through the apertures into the slot.
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A toy aquaplane comprising:
- a frame member, and
- means removably attachable to said frame member for adapting said frame member to perform a first toy function as a toy aquaplane, said means including a wheel assembly and buoyant means whereby the toy aquaplane is adapted for travel on a ground surface as well as on water, said means further including at least one element providing a second puzzle toy function.
A toy comprising:
- a plurality of parts configurable as a toy plane including a tank member and a bifurcated frame having stabilizing elements attached thereto, said tank member including a puzzle means having a portable member and obstructions and being removable from said frame so that said puzzle means may be separately utilized to move the portable member through the obstruction to score goals.
A toy assembly configured to simulate an aquavehicle comprising;
- a body member having a transparent side with a plurality of spaced obstructions and a plurality of slots;
- a magnetizable member movably mounted in the body member and dimensioned to be capable of one of interfacing with the obstructions and translating between them to enter a slot;
- at least a second member configured to complement the body member as a component of an aquavehicle and removable therefrom;
- means for providing a magnetic field operatively connected to the second member;
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- motor means for propelling the assembled body member and second member through water, the second member further removable from the body member to exert a magnetic force field on the magnetizable member whereby an operator can attempt to manipulate the magnetizable member through the obstructions to position the magnetizable member in a slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.