Toy truck
AssigneeThe Little Tikes Company
InventorAaron Shaffer
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Abstract
A toy vehicle (10) comprising a part (12) resembling a truck tractor, a part (14) resembling a truck trailer and a pivotal connection (16) therebetween. The pivotal connection (16) is positioned between a platform portion (20) of the tractor part (12) and a front portion (22) of the trailer part (14) that extend over the tractor's platform portion (20). The pivotal connection (16) includes a recess-and-projection arrangement allowing pivotal movement between the tractor part (12) and the trailer part (14), and a groove-projection arrangement limiting the maximum turning radius between the tractor part (12) and the trailer part (14).
Claims26
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a tractor part having a front portion and a platform portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
- a trailer part having a front portion that extends over the tractor's platform portion and a rear portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
- a pivotal connection positioned between the tractor's platform portion and the trailer's front portion;
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- a projection-and-groove arrangement, which dictates a maximum turn position for the toy vehicle;
- wherein the projection-and-groove arrangement provides a finger gap between most-adjacent side faces of the tractor part and the trailer part, respectively, when the toy vehicle is at a maximum turn position.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a tractor part having a front portion, and a platform portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
- a trailer part having a front portion that extends over the tractor's platform portion and a rear portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
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- a pivotal connection positioned between the tractor's platform portion and the trailer's front portion, the pivotal connection including a recess on one of the tractor part and the trailer part and a pivot-projection on the other of the tractor part and the trailer part, and wherein:
- the pivot projection comprises a stem and a capture head having a wide portion and a distal portion tapering inwardly from the wide portion;
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- a passageway leads to the recess and the passageway includes an inlet wider than the wide portion of the pivot projection, and a resilient outlet slightly less wide, in a relaxed state, than the wide portion of the pivot projection.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a tractor part having a front portion, and a platform portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
- a trailer part having a front portion that extends over the tractor's platform portion and a rear portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
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- a pivotal connection positioned between the tractor's platform portion and the trailer's front portion, the pivotal connection including a projection-and-recess arrangement which allows pivotal movement between the tractor part and the trailer part and a projection-and-groove arrangement which dictates a maximum turn position for the toy vehicle;
- wherein the projection-and-groove arrangement provides a finger gap between most-adjacent side faces of the tractor part and the trailer part, respectively, when the toy vehicle is at a maximum turn position.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a tractor part having a front portion and a platform portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
- a trailer part having a front portion that extends over the tractor's platform portion and a rear portion extending rearwardly therefrom;
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- a pivotal connection positioned between the tractor's platform portion and the trailer's front portion, the pivotal connection including a recess formed on the tractor part and a pivot-projection attached to the trailer part for receipt into the recess;
- wherein the pivot-projection is recessed relative to a line extending from a ground-contacting front edge of the tractor part to a ground-contacting point of rear wheels of the vehicle whereby, when the trailer part is detached from the tractor part, the pivot-projections will be protected from contacting the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.