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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770524 | Drive and secure mechanism for toy vehicle and track A toy vehicle and a track are provided. The track includes a first recess underneath a first rack and a second recess underneath a second rack opposite the first rack, and the vehicle includes a first coupler with a first lateral portion for insertion into the first... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7377475 | Television mount assembly A television mount assembly includes an elongated railing has a first end and second end. The railing is attached to a ceiling with a plurality of brackets. A pole has a top end and a bottom end. The pole has a pair of bends therein so that the pole includes a first... | 05/27/2008 |
| 6827023 | 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 client program... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6267061 | 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... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6186074 | Drive assembly for model train The present invention provides a drive assembly for a model toy train which connects a single drive shaft from an electric motor to a pair of discrete truck assemblies. The drive shaft drives a plurality of pinions which in turn drive a pair of worm shaft... | 02/13/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5980358 | Vehicle for electric toy and model trains A vehicle for electric toy and model trains with a freight car body, which is suspended in a free-floating fashion over overrunning inclinations at superstructures of the carriages passing through its bottom in such a manner, that the pivoting angle is po... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4733617 | Driving device for rail vehicles having friction and cog drives A driving device for rail vehicles having both a friction drive and a cog gear drive has a common drive shaft placed in the longitudinal direction of the rail vehicle. The drive shaft is provided with driving worms which mesh with worm gears on the drivin... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4406231 | Motion producing mechanism In systems for moving items such as novelties along a predetermined path, it is desirable that the system be lightweight and inexpensive, while being capable of forward and backward movement along the path. To accomplish this, an apparatus is provided for... | 09/27/1983 |
