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Toy gear assembly

US5194031A · kind A · utility

42Cited by
11References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1991
Grant dateMar 16, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 7, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1993
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toy gear assembly includes a base, a ring gear assembly, a drive gear, a tripod-like support frame assembly and a plurality of secondary gears. The ring gear assembly includes a rotatable gear ring portion and the ring gear assembly and the drive gear are securable on the base so that the drive gear is received in the interior of the ring gear assembly for rotating the gear ring portion thereof. The support frame assembly is also releasably securable on the base and the secondary gears are receivable on the base and on the support frame assembly for forming various different gear train combinations thereon.

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