Interactive toy package

• US 20080289297A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: K&B International Limited
• Original Assignee: K&B International Limited
• Inventors: Tsang, Hing Ling
• Application Number:
  US11/805,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20080289297A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 53/167
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2201/00 Means or constructions for testing or controlling the contents
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/366 and forming one compartment

Abstract

A battery-operated mobile toy vehicle is mounted for movement within a compartment of an interactive package. A switch having a depressable portion extends through a cover of the package. A flexible conductor connected to the switch and to the toy vehicle is operative for conducting electrical energy between the switch and the toy vehicle and for causing the toy vehicle to move within the compartment when the depressable portion is depressed.

Claims

1. An interactive package, comprising:

a backing;

a cover overlying the backing and defining a compartment;

a battery-operated mobile toy mounted within the compartment for movement;

a switch having a depressable portion extending through the cover; and

a conductor having one end connected to the switch and another end connected to the toy, the conductor being operative for conducting electrical energy between the switch and the toy and for causing the toy to move within the compartment when the depressable portion is depressed.

2. The interactive package according to claim 1, wherein the backing is a panel constituted of a sheet material.

3. The interactive package according to claim 1, wherein the cover is constituted of a light-transmissive material.

4. The interactive package according to claim 1, wherein the toy is a toy vehicle having wheels.

5. The interactive package according to claim 1, and a track arranged in a loop within the compartment, and wherein the toy is movable along the track when the depressable portion is depressed.

6. The interactive package according to claim 5, wherein the toy has a magnet facing the track, and wherein the track has an embedded metal material magnetically attracted to the magnet.

7. The interactive package according to claim 1, wherein the switch is a momentary action switch.

8. The interactive package according to claim 1, wherein the conductor is a flexible cable that moves as the toy moves.

9. The interactive package according to claim 1, and a guide mounted on the backing and extending into the compartment, and wherein the toy is guided around the guide during movement of the toy.

10. An interactive package, comprising:

backing means;

cover means overlying the backing means and defining a compartment;

battery-operated mobile toy means mounted within the compartment for movement;

switch means having a depressable portion extending through the cover means; and

conductor means having one end connected to the switch means and another end connected to the toy means, the conductor means being operative for conducting electrical energy between the switch means and the toy means and for causing the toy means to move within the compartment when the depressable portion is depressed.

11. The interactive package according to claim 10, wherein the backing means includes a panel constituted of a sheet material.

12. The interactive package according to claim 10, wherein the cover means is constituted of a light-transmissive material.

13. The interactive package according to claim 10, wherein the toy means includes a toy vehicle having wheels.

14. The interactive package according to claim 10, and track means arranged in a loop within the compartment, and wherein the toy means is movable along the track means when the depressable portion is depressed.

15. The interactive package according to claim 14, wherein the toy means has a magnet facing the track means, and wherein the track means has an embedded metal material magnetically attracted to the magnet.

16. The interactive package according to claim 10, wherein the switch means is a momentary action switch.

17. The interactive package according to claim 10, wherein the conductor means is a flexible cable that moves as the toy means moves.

18. The interactive package according to claim 10, and guide means mounted on the backing means and extending into the compartment, and wherein the toy means is guided around the guide means during movement of the toy means.