Bodyslammers toy racing vehicles

US6648723B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Leonard R. Clark, Jr. · Oreland, US
• H. Peter Greene · Boyertown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63H18/12
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Toy racing vehicles for operating on preexisting track of a particular scale comprise sub bodies including conventional chassis and larger-scale “visible cars”, which are supported by the sub bodies, but are not fixed or mounted thereto. Instead, a visible car simply rests on the sub body, and is retained loosely thereon by one or more guide pins mounted on the sub body, and fitting loosely within apertures in a plate fixed with respect to the visible car. Accordingly, when the larger-scale visible cars bump one another during racing, they can be jostled out of their normal positions on their sub bodies, but are not separated therefrom, and return to their normal positions when the contact ceases. Realistic and exciting racing action results.