Toy slot track racing vehicles
CA 2396567 A1 · Owner: Mattel, Inc. · Inventors: Greene, H. Peter; Clark, Leonard R. Jr
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Toy racing vehicle (100) operating on conventional track of a given scale has sub-body (10) including chassis (12), motor (15) gear set (17) pick up shoes , (14) and drive wheels (18) typical of that scale and visible body (22) of much larger scale, with larger scale simulated drive wheels (32). One embodiment has the visible body (22) pivoted to the sub-body (10) so as to swing outwardly in turns simulating a broadsliding race car; large scale front wheels are carried by the sub-body, so as to simulate countersteering. Toy motorcycle (400) comprises a sub-body (10) and modeled motorcycle components. Front wheel (54) and front fork (52) of the motorcycle remain upright in turns …
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- Filed January 5, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 5, 2021.
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