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US 4,393,620 AGranted
Rocket train toy assembly
AssigneeTakara Co., Ltd.
InventorKazuya Murakami
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a reconfigurable toy which is capable of simulating a locomotive train in one position and through a timed release being reconfigured into a rocket plane configuration in a second position.
Claims12
A reconfigurable toy comprising:
- a first housing member having a longitudinal axis configured to simulate a portion of a surface vehicle in an initial position;
- a second housing member configured to simulate the front portion of a surface vehicle and relatively movable along the longitudinal axis from the first housing member, a portion of the second housing member is pivotally movable to reconfigure the front portion of the surface vehicle configuration into the nose portion of an aeronautical vehicle when placed in a second position;
- first and second outer wall members are pivotally mounted to the first housing member and are simulated to complement a surface vehicle configuration in an initial position and to extend away from the first housing member to a second position to provide a set of wings for an aeronautical vehicle configuration;
- means for biasing the outer wall members and the portion of the second housing member to an aeronautical vehicle configuration when placed into an initial position of a surface vehicle, and
- means for activating the reconfiguration by releasing the outer wall members and portion of the second housing member to be moved by the biasing means.
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A reconfigurable toy comprising:
- a first housing member having a longitudinal axis configured to simulate a portion of a locomotive train in an initial position;
- a second housing member configured to simulate the front portion of a locomotive train and relatively movable along the longitudinal axis from the first housing member, a portion of the second housing member is pivotally movable to reconfigure the front portion of the locomotive configuration into the nose portion of a rocket plane when placed in a second position;
- first and second outer wall members are pivotally mounted to the first housing member and are simulated to complement a locomotive train configuration in an initial position and to extend away from the first housing member to a second position to provide a set of wings for a rocket plane configuration;
- means for biasing the outer wall members and the portion of the second housing member to a rocket plane configuration when placed into an initial position of a locomotive train, and
- means for activating the reconfiguration by releasing the outer wall members and portion of the second housing member to be moved by the biasing means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.