Educational toy with path creating tiles for a vehicle
US4504243A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 3, 1983 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2003/00359
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An educational toy for a child. The toy includes a rectangular frame surrounding a rectangular center area. Tiles are positioned in the center area to fill this area except for one vacant space equal in size to a tile. A pair of grooves are formed in the top surface of each tile with each groove extending from one side edge of a tile to another side edge of a tile with all grooves intersecting the side edges of its tile at the midpoint of each side edge. Some tiles have only straight grooves which intersect while other tiles have only arcuate curves which do not intersect. Turnaround grooves are formed in the rectangular frame. Each turnaround groove opens at its opposite ends into the center area of the frame. The ends of the turnaround grooves are spaced from each other and positioned relative to the sides of the rectangular center area so that the grooves of the tiles can be aligned with the turnaround grooves to form a continuous vehicle path from the tiles onto the rectangular frame and then back onto the tiles. A vehicle is provided to move across the tiles and frame. The vehicle has a pair of guides which extend into the grooves to direct the vehicle along a selected path. A…
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