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US 7,942,719 B2Granted
Miniature toy for supporting doll on a bicycle
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorGary Leynes
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Abstract
A fully functional miniature toy bicycle is sized and configured to receive and support a doll in a typical riding posture. Apparatus secures the toy bicycle to the host bicycle handle bars in a releasable attachment.
Claims44
A toy for supporting a doll upon a host vehicle having a handlebar, said toy comprising:
- a clamp securable to the handlebar of the host vehicle, the clamp defining a channel;
- a miniature toy bicycle having a frame and a clasp coupled to a portion of the frame, the clasp being removably mountable to the clamp to secure the toy bicycle to the host vehicle, the clasp being snap-fit onto the clamp and located within the channel of the clamp when the toy bicycle is mounted on the host vehicle;
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- doll-receiving means for removably securing a doll to said miniature toy bicycle in a riding posture, the means for removably securing a doll being formed on the toy bicycle.
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A toy bicycle configured to be used with a host bicycle having a handlebar, the toy bicycle comprising:
- a frame;
- support components coupled to the frame, the support components mounting a doll on the toy bicycle in a riding posture, the support components receiving at least two different body parts of the doll at different locations on the toy bicycle;
- a clamp mountable on the handlebar of the host bicycle;
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- a coupler coupled to the frame, the coupler being a resilient clasp that is slidable onto the clamp when the clamp is mounted to the handlebar of the host bicycle to couple the toy bicycle to the handlebar of the host bicycle, the coupler surrounding a portion of the clamp.
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A bicycle assembly, comprising:
- a clamp securable onto a handlebar of a host bicycle, the clamp defining a channel;
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- a toy bicycle configured to be used with the host bicycle, and a doll having a torso portion, a first leg, and a second leg, the toy bicycle including:
- a frame;
- a plurality of supports coupled to the frame and configured to mount the doll on the toy bicycle, the supports including a first support configured to receive the torso portion of the doll, a second support configured to receive the first leg of the doll, and a third support configured to receive the second leg of the doll;
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- a coupler coupled to the frame, the coupler being a resilient clasp that is mountable onto the clamp secured to the handlebar of the host bicycle to couple the toy bicycle to the host bicycle, the clasp being configured to snap onto the clamp and be located in the channel.
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A bicycle assembly, comprising:
- a toy bicycle configured to be used with a host bicycle having a handlebar, and a doll with a torso portion, a first hand, a second hand, a first leg, and a second leg, the toy bicycle including:
- a frame;
- means for removably securing the first leg of the doll to the frame;
- means for removably securing the second leg of the doll to the frame;
- means for removably securing the torso portion of the doll to the frame;
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- means for removably securing the frame to a clamp that is mounted on the handlebar of the host bicycle to mount the toy bicycle to the handlebar of the host bicycle, the clamp defines a channel, and the means for removably securing the frame includes a resilient clasp that snaps onto the clamp and engages the channel of the clamp.
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A bicycle assembly, comprising:
- a toy bicycle configured to be used with a host bicycle having a handlebar and a clamp mounted to the handlebar, the toy bicycle including:
- a frame having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the frame including a resilient clasp extending from a portion of the frame, the resilient clasp being mountable onto the clamp on the handlebar in a snap-fit arrangement;
- a first clip coupled to the frame, the first clip configured to receive a torso portion of a doll to couple the torso portion to the frame;
- a second clip coupled to the frame and extending from the first side of the frame, the second clip configured to receive a portion of a first leg of the doll to couple the first leg of the doll to the frame;
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- a third clip coupled to the frame and extending from the second side of the frame, the third clip configured to receive a portion of a second leg of the doll to couple the second leg of the doll to the frame.
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A toy for use with a host vehicle, the host vehicle including a handlebar, the toy comprising:
- a clamp securable to the handlebar of the host vehicle, the clamp defining a channel;
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- a miniature toy bicycle having a frame and at least one member that can secure a toy doll to the frame, the frame including a clasp coupled to a portion of the frame, the clasp being removably mountable to the clamp to mount toy bicycle onto the handlebar of the host vehicle, the clasp being snap-fit onto the clamp and located within the channel of the clamp when the toy bicycle is mounted on the host vehicle.
A toy bicycle configured to be used with a host bicycle having a handlebar, the toy bicycle comprising:
- a frame;
- support components coupled to the frame, the support components mounting a doll on the toy bicycle in a riding posture, the support components receiving at least two different body parts of the doll at different locations on the toy bicycle;
- a clamp mountable on the handlebar of the host bicycle, the clamp including a first jaw and a second jaw hingedly coupled to the first jaw, a portion of the first jaw is coupleable to a portion of the second jaw via a fastener, each of the first jaw and the second jaw including a channel formed therein;
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- a coupler coupled to the frame, the coupler being a resilient clasp that is slidable onto the clamp when the clamp is mounted to the handlebar of the host bicycle to couple the toy bicycle to the handlebar of the host bicycle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.