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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7452259 | Speed controller for toy vehicles A speed controller for toy vehicles on a toy car racetrack has a manual controller for varying an electrical driving voltage from an electric power supply for the car racetrack. The manual controller is manually displaced over a preset operating path so the driving ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7247076 | Pulse width modulation drive and method for ornaments with movable components A decoration device may include a low-friction drive line and a PWM controlled motor that reduces or eliminates the gearing needed to achieve appropriate speed and torque at the motor output shaft. In preferred embodiments, the decoration device is an ornament that ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235013 | Game machine using self-propelled members In a game machine, platen dots are provided on a traveling field. A plurality of self-propelled members are provided on the traveling field. Each self-propelled member includes a first linear motor and a second linear motor for respectively propelling the self-prope... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7066782 | Electromechanical toy A toy is configured to closely resemble a live animal and to respond to stimuli in a realistic manner that is consistent with the way in which a real animal would respond. For example, when the toy is designed to resemble a dog or a cat, the toy may be configured to... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6796873 | Structure of a toy car A toy car is disclosed. The toy car comprises a circuit testing board, a power source device and a toy-car body with a driving mechanism. The circuit testing board and the power source device are detachably mounted onto the toy car body. The circuit testing board en... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6783425 | Single wire automatically navigated vehicle systems and methods for toy applications Vehicle guidance and control systems that use the intensity of a field radiated from a source of radiation to define the track or lane for operation of the vehicles. The source of radiation used is a single source of radiation in the sense that vehicle position rela... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6155177 | Model train system with improved banking characteristics A model railway system with improved banking characteristics 10 comprising a series of track sections 16, 18 joined end-to-end to form a continuous track assembly 12 and a modular trestle assembly 32 to elevate the track assembly 12. The trestle assembly ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6095892 | Motorcycle race track with moving rider figurines A model motorcycle race track system is provided including a race track and a plurality of carriage assemblies slidable along the track. A plurality of miniature motorcycles are each mounted on one of the carriage assemblies for being moved around the tra... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6028533 | Toy with remotely controlled security alarm A security alarm device is replicated in a toy vehicle. The security device includes a remote control which also can control vehicle functions. The remote control may control alarm arm and disarm, alarm and vehicle sounds such as arm, disarm, alarm set of... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6011489 | Remotely controlled toy and wireless remote operable in a point of sale package A "try me" feature for remotely controlled devices such as remotely controlled toys for point of sale demonstration or sampling. A secondary link is provided between the remote control device and the remotely controlled device. When the secondary link is ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5803789 | Remote control toy including tilt switch hand controller A remote control toy includes a remote land vehicle which is controlled by a hand controller configured in the shape of a flying vehicle. The hand controller includes a switch for controlling forward and rearward movement of the land vehicle and a photoel... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5749547 | Control of model vehicles on a track A controller for model trains on a train track is provided. The controller causes direct current control signals to be superimposed on alternating current power signals to control effects and features on model vehicles. The model vehicle includes a receiv... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5643041 | Toy vehicle having adjustable load clearance A toy vehicle comprising a body and a chassis on which the body is mounted through connecting members. The chassis has front and rear tires. The chassis is divided on its center axis along a longitudinal direction of the chassis into two parts comprising ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5626504 | Toy vehicle and track assembly A toy vehicle and track assembly includes an electrically operable vehicle for movement along an elongate flexible track of a predetermined length having flexible electrical conductors along the longitudinal extent thereof. The vehicle is configured for a... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5601490 | Track racing game machine A track racing game machine Includes two or more vehicles having a drive motor and a pair of first and second contact members; a looped running track provided with a running lane along which the vehicles move; a power generator for generating a power of a... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5507679 | Toy vehicle system and associated vehicle A toy vehicle system has a vehicle provided with a resiliently biased driven wheel. The wheel is driven by a motor and interposed gears for rotating said driven wheel. The driven wheel is in contact with a lateral side of the track. The motor and driven w... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5452901 | Remote controllable toy A remote controllable toy including a plurality of passive toy units, a plurality of transmitters for remotely controlling the passive toy units, and synchronizing signal transmitting means for transmitting a synchronizing signal to the passive toy units ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5441223 | Model train controller using electromagnetic field between track and ground A controller for model trains on a train track is provided. The controller transmits control signals between a rail of the track and earth ground, generating an electromagnetic field which extends for several inches around the track. A receiver in the loc... | 08/15/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4925424 | Toy vehicle and track with track mountable command segments A toy vehicle adapted to run on a track wherein the track defines a preselected pathway with a preselected geometrical configuration. A plurality of motion command modules are mounted at predetermined locations on the track and each motion command module ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4909770 | Toy vehicle with an electric motor In a toy vehicle with an electric drive motor and with wiper contacts disposed on the chassis thereof, which are in contact with the drive motor and with electrical conductors embedded in the toy vehicle track, a plurality of wire sections made of an elec... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4878876 | Apparatus for changing the running track of a racing toy An apparatus for changing the running track of a toy car racer in a racing toy, in which a motor-driven running body runs on a base having a plurality of guide tracks in parallel. The body has a guide element engageable with the guide track and the runnin... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4828525 | Remote light controlled toy vehicle Remote light controlled toy vehicle is provided with a transmitting source for infrared rays of predetermined frequency through a predetermined angle of radiation and a mobile toy operatively responsive to reception of the infrared rays. The mobile toy ha... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4728104 | Toy slot racing vehicle sets A toy slot racing vehicle set including a track with one or more slots for electrically-driven toy vehicles guided by a downward projection extending into a slot, the vehicle picking up electrical power from a pair of conductors inset into the track and e... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4661080 | Toy racing set with exploding raceway A toy playset including a bridge which may be used in a road racing set to emulate the occurence of an explosion. The playset includes a launcher and a toy bridge with a track portion and an actuating device. The track portion includes at least one elemen... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4572996 | Control unit for model vehicles A control unit for model vehicles, such as model railway trains, model automobiles, etc. For independent operation of several model vehicles on a common electric circuit, it is known to allocate to each model vehicle a receiver coded in relation with hard... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4500058 | Modular control panel for miniature-railway switches A modular control panel for controlling the switching operations in a miniature- or model-railway-line has grooves which reproduce the railway tracks, contacts being applied to the groove bottoms in the neighborhood of railway crossings, and is improved b... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4479650 | Toy-racing express motor road A toy-racing express motor road permitting a plurality of cars to be operated selectively as trackbound or freely steerable. The motor road includes track sections having across their entire length extension guide grooves, guiding edges, and current condu... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4453712 | Drive system for toy cars A toy racing car for use on a slotless car racing track has to continue to be driven in the forward direction when the polarity of the driving current is reversed, the reversal causing a change in the direction of steering of the car so that it can change... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4438590 | Electric motor toy car This invention relates to a toy car which having a chassis, a motor arranged to drive a set of wheels, a terminal strip arranged to pick up current from a wire embedded in a track, the car additionally being provided with a wiper which is mounted to conta... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4401305 | Simulated racing game A race game of the type wherein a housing has a surface with two channels located therein with an endless belt moving in each of the channels is improved by attaching to one of the endless belts a first upstanding member and attaching to the second endles... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4390877 | Remote control systems for toy vehicles, and the like A remote control system in which control signals from a transmitter are sent to receivers mounted in a number of cars, or other vehicles. Manually operated controllers for the respective vehicles are connected to the transmitter. The transmitter is capaci... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4382599 | Toy vehicle game A slotless toy vehicle game in which controllable toy vehicles can change lanes in substantially any location along the track includes a track section defining a portion of the pair of the lanes and having an obstruction wall between the lanes preventing ... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4364566 | Game apparatus with toy vehicles A toy or game apparatus with toy vehicles, having a track in which there are located contact elements for the electrical recognition of individual vehicles and in which the toy vehicles are provided with bridging contacts. The apparatus serves to prescrib... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4333261 | Two speed toy car and track assembly A toy car adapted to travel on a track assembly is disclosed. The toy car includes a motor coupled to a drive train which drives the car forwards regardless of a direction of rotation of an output shaft of the motor. The drive train includes a first set o... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4327519 | Wandering drone car A toy vehicle and toy vehicle game are disclosed in which a plurality of controllable toy vehicles collect current from conductor strips in a slotless track and switch lanes when current polarity is reversed. A toy drone car is used in the game which coll... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4295649 | Toy miniature vehicle racing game A toy vehicle race game is disclosed which includes a relatively flat slotless track having at least two track portions, each of which defines separate paths of travel having inner and outer lanes. The track portions include unobstructed cross-over areas ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4247108 | Time limited power boost passing for toy vehicles A toy vehicle game includes an endless track defining two generally parallel lanes along which toy vehicles including reversible rotary drive motors responsive to current polarity reversal are driven while being biased against one or the other of the side... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4231183 | Differential gear drive A toy vehicle for use in a toy vehicle game including an endless track defining at least two parallelly extending vehicle lanes in which two or more toy vehicles are adapted to be operated. The toy vehicles each include a reversible rotary drive motor and... | 11/04/1980 |
