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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6065406 | Model train control system A system which operates a digitally controlled model railroad transmitting a first command from a first client program to a resident external controlling interface through a first communications transport. A second command is transmitted from a second cli... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6014934 | Modular model train circuit board arrangement A modular circuit board arrangement for use in a model train includes a motherboard mounted on the model train platform. The motherboard has receptacles that accept and communicate signals with a plurality of removable circuit modules for controlling mode... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5961149 | Toy train and book assembly The covers and flaps of the cover construction of the book and toy assembly are opened and laid flat. Pop-up and fixed structures on the opened cover construction form a village, and a path or track passes through and by the village. The path passes over ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5947794 | Adapter for carrying axled vehicles on model railroad flat cars An adapter for a model railroad flat car enables the carrying of axled model vehicles on model railroad flat cars. The adapter is a thin rectangular block with a transverse groove at each end for engaging the axle, axle housing or axle encasement of a mod... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5931099 | Model train set with storage means and variable track arrangement A model train set includes a base member having two base member sections that are connected together in a horizontal arrangement such that an upper surface is formed. The upper surface has a continuous integral trackway disposed thereon. The model train s... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5855004 | Sound recording and reproduction system for model train using integrated digital command control A system is provided for recording, storing and reproducing sound for playing back in an environment requiring simulated sounds, voices, and/or sound effects. Sounds are recorded on a chip and played back in an asynchronous manner from the chip as a resul... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5297484 | Vehicle guidance track system The present invention relates to a guidance track for an electric vehicle. The guidance track preferably includes one or more grooves formed within a dielectric material. The wheels of the vehicle fit, at least in part, in the grooves which are configured... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5165347 | Vehicle levitation and guidance system A vehicle levitation and guidance system (20) is provided which levitates a vehicle (22) over a roadbed (28) through the use of thin permanently magnetized strips (32, 34) located in the vehicle and the roadbed. The strips are oriented with like magnetic ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5027712 | Monorail train suspended from guideway A monorail toy train is suspended from an overhead guideway, which guideway is secured to a ceiling or other fixed support structure. The elongated tubular guideway includes a plurality of guideway sections connected together at a joint by a short tubular... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4986187 | Toy vehicle assembly with video display capability The invention comprises a toy vehicle such as a train, for moving about a track and which includes an optical sensing apparatus. The vehicle includes a charge coupled device to sense radiant energy external of the vehicle. The vehicle includes sensing cir... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4937207 | Portable toy vehicle racing set A portable toy vehicle racing set for use with at least one toy vehicle having a motor includes a case having a first section with inner and outer surfaces and a second section with inner and outer surfaces. The case sections are pivotally coupled togethe... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4799431 | Model locomotive truck mounting mechanism An improved truck mounting mechanism for a model railroad locomotive includes a gimbal body fixed to a wheel-bearing truck frame. A gimbal mount is provided for receiving the gimbal body. The gimbal mount is flexibly secured to the locomotive chassis and ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4799916 | Motorless toy vehicle and propelling track A motorless toy vehicle and propelling track. The toy vehicle includes a gear housing having a drive system, the drive system including a drive gear and a ratchet means for controlling the direction of rotation of the drive gear. The track is adapted to r... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4781120 | Monorail train set A toy monorail set is provided including a building for containing the parts to the set and selectively being a component part of the set. The monorail vehicle, building and monorail tracks are all made of sanded hardwood or other suitable smooth and hard... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4768663 | Coupling device for scale models of railway cars A coupling device for scale model railway cars has a hook-shaped coupling element with a free end, a shaft connected to the coupling element, a crosspiece extending horizontally from both sides of the shaft. There is a chamber having a rear wall which def... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4650081 | Claw coupling for electric toy and model trains A claw coupling for electric toy and model trains with prerelease has a claw, which can be hooked from the side into a rigid hook of the respective end supporting part, and which is spring-mounted and preclamped so that it can swivel in a horizontal plane... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4630545 | Chair lift fitted with a passenger protective device A device which can be fitted on the chair of a chairlift cable transport system used in tourist resorts and which provides passengers with a protection against cold and adverse weather conditions. Properly shaped plate elements are so arranged that in a d... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4450772 | Tender-mounted sound system for toy steam locomotive The sound-of-steam producing system is completely mounted on the tender intended to be pulled by a toy electric locomotive. The system includes a switch mechanism included in the circuit of a module which energizes a speaker to simulate the puffing sound ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4417523 | Rideable motor-driven toy train An electric motor driven toy train is disclosed which comprises multiple cars, each of which is articulated about a vertical axis and each of which has only a single axle so as to minimize the turning radius of the train set. A child sits upon the second ... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4274337 | Model locomotives In a model of a steam locomotive having two independent sets of driving wheels, the single electric motor for driving the model is coupled to the two sets of driving wheels via a differential gear. The latter allows the two sets of driving wheels to alter... | 06/23/1981 |
