Guiding element for toy vehicles
OwnerArtur Fischerinventor
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Abstract
A guiding element for a toy vehicle has an elongated body portion with at least one longitudinal groove, a retaining member received in the groove of the body portion and bendable together with the latter so that it is fixed in each of a plurality of different positions and retains the body portion so that the latter can assume one of a plurality of curved shapes, and a plurality of slots extending from at least one side of the body portion and opening into the longitudinal groove so as to render the body portion bendable in one plane.
Claims14
A guiding element for a toy vehicle, comprising an elongated body portion which has at least one longitudinal groove extending in direction of elongation of said body portion and two sides spaced from one another in a first transverse direction which is transverse to the direction of elongation, said elongated body portion including a plurality of slots spaced from one another in the direction of elongation thereof so that because of said slots said elongated body portion can bend in one plane to assume a plurality of different curved shapes;
- and means for retaining said body portion when it assumes one of said curved shapes, said retaining means including at least one elongated retaining member which is received in said groove of said body portion and bendable to assume a plurality of different positions but is fixed in each of said positions, so that when said body portion is bent and assumes one of said curved shapes, said retaining member is also bent to and fixed in a respective one of said positions and thereby retains said one shape of said body portion, said retaining member having an angular cross-section and including two legs which extend in direction of elongation of said retaining member and are normal to one another.
A guiding element for a toy vehicle, comprising an elongated body portion which has two longitudinal grooves extending in direction of elongation of said body portion and spaced from one another in a first transverse direction which is transverse to the direction of elongation, and two sides also spaced from one another in the first transverse direction, said elongated body portion including two pluralities of slots formed in said body portion and spaced from one another in the direction of elongation thereof so that because of said slots said elongated body portion can bend in one plane to assume a plurality of different curved shapes, the slots of each of said pluralities extending from a respective one of said sides of said body portion and being open into a respective one of said longitudinal grooves;
- and means for retaining said body portion when it assumes one of said curved shapes, said retaining means including two elongated retaining members each received in a respective one of said grooves of said body portion and bendable to assume a plurality of different positions but fixed in each of said positions, so that when said body portion is bent and assumes one of said curved shapes, said retaining members are also bent to and fixed in a respective one of said positions and thereby retains said one shape of said body portion, each of said retaining members having an angular cross section and two legs which extend in the direction of elongation of said retaining members and are normal to one another, said two legs of each of said retaining members including a first leg which also extends in a respective one of said grooves in said first transverse direction and is provided with a plurality of slots which are in alignment with said slots of said first-mentioned plurality of slots and said second plurality of slots, respectively.
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