Toy combination of toy article and toy attachments
AssigneeLionel Trains, Inc.
InventorsVictor G. Reiling, Jr., Brian L. Dean, D. Michael Ledyard, Daniel J. Cooney, John W. Brady
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Abstract
The toy combination includes a toy vehicle having one or more pairs of spaced apart shoulders on exterior sides of the vehicle body and one or more toy attachments releasably secured on the pairs of shoulders by snap-fitting a respective pair of rails on the toy attachment against a respective pair of shoulders. The toy attachment includes resilient extensions on which the rails are carried. The extensions are flexed to snap-fit the rails on the shoulders. The toy attachment can include first and second pairs of extensions adjacent opposite ends with a receptacle intermediate the extensions for releasably receiving a toy figure.
Claims27
A toy combination comprising:
- (a) a toy article having a pair of spaced apart shoulders on an external surface thereof,
- (b) a first toy attachment having a pair of spaced apart extensions and a rail on each extension with each rail releasably engaging onto a respective one of the shoulders to releasably secure the toy attachment on the toy article, said toy attachment having a receptacle disposed between said extensions, and
- (c) a second toy attachment having a portion releasably received in said receptacle.
A toy combination comprising:
- (a) a self-propelled article having a pair of spaced apart shoulders on an external surface thereof,
- (b) a toy attachment having a receptacle and first and second pairs of spaced apart extensions extending in opposite directions and having respective first and second pairs of rails thereon with the first or second pair of rails releasably engaging onto the pair of said shoulders, said receptacle being intermediate said first and second pairs of spaced apart extensions, and
- (c) a toy figure having a body releasably received in the receptacle.
A toy combination including a toy attachment comprising a body having a first pair of resilient extensions extending from an end of said body, each extension having a rail extending transversely therefrom to provide a pair of spaced apart, transversely extending rails spaced from said end of the body, said extensions having a receptacle between the extensions adjacent said body, and a toy figure having a waist portion releasably received in said receptacle between said extensions and having a pair of arms, each with a hand, extending toward said rails such that each hand engages a respective rail.
A toy combination comprising:
- (a) a toy vehicle having a body with wheels, a bottom side, a top exterior side having a first pair of spaced apart substantially parallel shoulders extending between the front and rear of said top side, and another exterior side transverse to the top side, said another exterior side having a second pair of spaced apart, substantially parallel shoulders extending between the top and the bottom of said another exterior side transverse to said first pair of shoulders,
- (b) a first toy attachment releasably received on the first pair of shoulders, and
- (c) a second toy attachment having a pair of spaced apart extensions and a rail on each extension with each rail releasably received on the second pair of shoulders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.