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US 8,282,438 B2Granted
Playset system for toy vehicles
AssigneeDiTropolis, Inc.
InventorsSteven C. Tamulewicz, Paul A. Tamulewicz
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Abstract
A playset system for toy vehicles, preferably wheeled toy vehicles, the playset system having multiple levels including a base level, having one or more and preferably two or more base segments that are interconnectable; and a roadway level having one or more and preferably two or more segments that are interconnectable, wherein the roadway level is located on an upper surface of the base level. In a preferred embodiment, the playset system is specifically designed and scaled to accommodate die cast vehicles, preferably 1:64 scale die cast vehicles that are known in the art. The playset in preferred embodiments utilizes magnetic fields to operatively connect the components of the base level to components of the roadway level.
Claims24
A playset system with multiple configuration possibilities, comprising:
- a base mat having a length and a width, the base mat having an upper surface and a lower surface adapted to be disposed on a substrate, the base mat comprising at least three layers including a top layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer comprising a foamed polymer, wherein the middle layer comprises cardboard, rigid foam, foam core, polystyrene, polyethylene, polycarbonate, acrylic or a urethane, or a combination thereof, wherein the top layer includes one or more of a plurality of magnetic elements and magnetically attractable elements, wherein the top layer is connected to the middle layer and the middle layer is connected to the bottom layer;
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- two or more separate and distinct roadway segments each having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface located between the upper surface and lower surface, the lower surface including one or more of a plurality of magnetic elements and magnetically attractable elements, wherein the two or more roadway segments are directly connectable to the base mat via magnetic attraction with the lower surface of the two or more roadway segments being magnetically connectable to and in direct contact with the upper surface of the base mat, wherein the side surfaces of the two or more roadway segments are abuttable to provide continuity between road features of the two or more roadway segments, and wherein the length and width of the base mat form an area greater than an area of at least two of the roadway segments.
A playset system with multiple configuration possibilities, comprising:
- a first base mat and a second base mat each having a length and a width, each base mat having an upper surface and a lower surface, each lower surface adapted to be disposed on a substrate, each base mat having three or more side surfaces between the upper surface and the lower surface, the first base mat having a side surface having a length substantially equal to a length of a side surface of the second base mat and a connector element connectable to said substantially equal length side surfaces, the first base mat and second base mats connected by the connector element, wherein the first and second base mats each include at least two layers, wherein one of the layers is a top layer including said base mat upper surface, wherein said top layer comprises a vinyl layer connected to a magnetic layer, wherein said magnetic layer comprises magnetic particles and a polymer;
- wherein another of the layers is a bottom layer comprising a foam, the bottom layer directly connected to the top layer;
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- a first roadway segment and a second roadway segment, each having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the first and second roadway segments including one or more of a plurality of magnetic elements and magnetically attractable elements, wherein the first and second roadway segments are directly connectable to the first and second base mats through magnetic attraction of the lower surface of the roadway segments and the upper surface of the base mat, wherein the first roadway segment has a side surface matable with a side surface of the second roadway segment to provide continuity between roadway features of the first and second roadway segments.
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A playset system for toy vehicles comprising:
- a plurality of magnetic base mats of geometric shapes having at least one side surface having a common length or a length divisible to the common length to allow for the mats to be contiguously placed in a multitude of configurations, at least one side surface of each mat including at least one aperture therein, wherein the base mat layered construction includes a top magnetic layer, a rigid middle layer and a bottom foam layer, wherein the top layer is connected to the middle layer and the middle layer is connected to the bottom layer;
- a plurality of coupler components, each component having a middle stop and a barbed peg receivable in said aperture, whereby inserted into each recess, the component serves to interlock two of the base mats;
- a plurality of separate and distinct roadway segments having a common side surface profile, the roadway segment having at least one positioning disc substantially flush to a bottom surface of the roadway segment, whereby allowing for placement of the roadway segments on the base mats in a multitude of end to end configurations while securing the roadway segment to the base mats with magnetization that directly connects the bottom surface of the roadway segments to the top magnetic layer of the base mat wherein the area of the plurality of magnetic base mats is greater than an area of the plurality of roadway segments;
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- a plurality of structure assemblies featuring a foundation including a positioning element and a ramp connectable with at least one said roadway segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.