Toy gear assembly
AssigneePlayskool, Inc.
InventorJohn T. Sahler
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Abstract
A toy gear assembly includes a base, a ring gear assembly, a drive gear, a tripod-like support frame assembly and a plurality of secondary gears. The ring gear assembly includes a rotatable gear ring portion and the ring gear assembly and the drive gear are securable on the base so that the drive gear is received in the interior of the ring gear assembly for rotating the gear ring portion thereof. The support frame assembly is also releasably securable on the base and the secondary gears are receivable on the base and on the support frame assembly for forming various different gear train combinations thereon.
Claims14
A toy gear assembly comprising a base adapted to be received on supporting surface and having a plurality of upwardly opening receiving sockets therein, and a ring gear assembly releasably receivable on said base, said ring gear assembly including a mounting ring having a plurality of downwardly extending plugs thereon which are releasably receivable in a portion of said sockets for releasably securing said mounting ring on said base and a gear ring of ring-like configuration received and secured in coaxial relation on said mounting ring so that said gear ring is axially rotatable relative to said mounting ring, said gear ring having inwardly and outwardly facing annular gear ring surfaces thereon, at least one of said annular gear ring surfaces having a plurality of gear teeth thereon.
A toy gear assembly comprising a base adapted to be received on a supporting surface, a ring gear assembly including a mounting ring and a gear ring of ring-like configuration received and secured in coaxial relation on said mounting ring so that said gear ring is axially rotatable relative to said mounting ring, said gear ring having inwardly and outwardly facing annular gear ring surfaces thereon, at least one of said annular gear ring surfaces having a plurality of gear teeth thereon, and means for releasably mounting said mounting ring on said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.