Flexible track for a toy vehicle
AssigneeBattat Incorporated
InventorChoi Man Wa
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Abstract
A track for a toy vehicle is provided. The inventive track includes at least one end segment, either male or female, and at least one middle segment. The middle segment is pivotably attachable to at least one of the male and female segments. A middle segment can have teeth on both ends, tooth-receiving cavities on both ends, or a set of teeth on one end and a cavity on the other. The teeth of one segment are selectively engageable with the edges of a cavity of an adjacent segment. When teeth engage a cavity, one segment is fixedly angled with respect to the other segment. By repeating this pivotably angled structure between a number of segments, the curvature of the track can be altered to the taste and specifications of the user.
Claims16
A track for a toy vehicle, comprising:
- at least one end segment comprising at least one of i) a male segment having a rearwardly projecting tongue and first forwardly projecting teeth;
- and ii) a female segment having a forward aperture to receive said tongue and a first rearward cavity;
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- at least one middle segment attachable to a front of said male segment and a rear of said female segment and pivotably attachable to at least one of said male and female segments, said middle segment having a second rearward cavity and second forwardly protruding teeth,
- wherein said first forwardly projecting teeth of said male segment are selectively engageable with side edges of said second rearward cavity of said middle segment and said second forwardly protruding teeth of said middle segment are selectively engageable with said first rearward cavity of said female segment.
A track for a toy vehicle, comprising:
- at least one end segment comprising at least one of i) a male segment having a tongue projecting from one of a first end and a second opposite end and a first set of teeth protruding from the other of said first and second ends;
- and ii) a female segment having an aperture adapted to receive a similarly-configured tongue of said male segment and a first cavity;
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- at least one middle segment pivotally attachable to said male segment and said female segment, said middle segment having any one of the following configurations:
- i) a second cavity and second set of teeth protruding and disposed on opposite ends of said middle segment;
- ii) a second cavity and a third cavity disposed on opposite ends of said middle segment;
- and iii) second set of teeth protruding and third set of teeth protruding and disposed on opposite ends of said middle segment,
- wherein said first set of teeth of said male segment are selectively engageable with said second cavity of said middle segment, if provided, and said second set of teeth, if provided, of said middle segment are selectively engageable with said first cavity of said female segment,
- and wherein when said first and second sets of teeth, if provided, respectively engage said first and second cavities, said middle segment is held at a predetermined angle with respect to said end segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.