Toy combination resembling a tractor trailer
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1. A toy combination comprising:
- (a) a self-propelled toy vehicle having a body with opposite lateral sides, driven wheel means on the body and motor means for driving the wheel means,(b) a toy vehicle appendage having a body with non-driven wheel means thereon and with wall means adjacent an end of the appendage body for defining a receptacle thereon for releasably receiving the opposite lateral sides of the toy vehicle,(c) means on said toy vehicle and toy vehicle appendage for locating and interlocking the toy vehicle and the toy vehicle appendage when the opposite lateral sides are received in the receptacle to form a toy combination whose front wheel means comprises one of said driven wheel means or said non-driven wheel means and whose rear wheel means comprises the other of said driven wheel means or said non-driven wheel means, said driven wheel means propelling said toy combination across a surface, and(d) said means for locating and interlocking the toy vehicle and toy vehicle appendage comprising (1) a peripheral shoulder on the opposite lateral sides of the toy vehicle and a surface on said wall means adapted to abut the shoulder and (2) a channel on each opposite lateral side of said toy vehicle beneath said shoulder and a rib on said wall means of said toy vehicle appendage beneath said surface for mating in a respective channel.
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Abstract
The toy combination includes a self-powered toy vehicle with driven wheels adjacent the front thereof and a toy trailer with non-driven wheels and with a receptacle on the trailer in front of its wheels releasably receiving the rear of the toy vehicle. The toy vehicle and trailer include cooperative details for locating and interlocking them together when the rear of the vehicle is received in the receptacle. The toy vehicle and trailer are configured such that the toy combination formed thereby resembles a tractor-trailer type truck whose front wheels comprise the driven wheels of the toy vehicle and whose rear wheels comprise the wheels of the trailer.
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28 Claims
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1. A toy combination comprising:
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(a) a self-propelled toy vehicle having a body with opposite lateral sides, driven wheel means on the body and motor means for driving the wheel means, (b) a toy vehicle appendage having a body with non-driven wheel means thereon and with wall means adjacent an end of the appendage body for defining a receptacle thereon for releasably receiving the opposite lateral sides of the toy vehicle, (c) means on said toy vehicle and toy vehicle appendage for locating and interlocking the toy vehicle and the toy vehicle appendage when the opposite lateral sides are received in the receptacle to form a toy combination whose front wheel means comprises one of said driven wheel means or said non-driven wheel means and whose rear wheel means comprises the other of said driven wheel means or said non-driven wheel means, said driven wheel means propelling said toy combination across a surface, and (d) said means for locating and interlocking the toy vehicle and toy vehicle appendage comprising (1) a peripheral shoulder on the opposite lateral sides of the toy vehicle and a surface on said wall means adapted to abut the shoulder and (2) a channel on each opposite lateral side of said toy vehicle beneath said shoulder and a rib on said wall means of said toy vehicle appendage beneath said surface for mating in a respective channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A toy combination comprising:
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(a) a self-propelled toy vehicle having an upstanding body with a front and rear and opposite lateral sides between the front and rear, a pair of driven wheels adjacent the front and means on the body for driving the wheels in rotation, (b) a toy trailer having a trailer body with a front and rear, a pair of wheels on the trailer body, wall means adjacent the front of the trailer body for defining a receptacle in front of the wheels thereon for releasably receiving the rear of the toy vehicle behind the driven wheels, (c) means on said toy vehicle and toy trailer for locating and interlocking the rear of the toy vehicle and wall means of the toy trailer when the rear is received in the receptacle to form a toy combination whose front wheels comprise the driven wheels of the toy vehicle and whose rear wheels comprise the wheels of the toy trailer, and (d) said means for locating and interlocking the rear of the toy vehicle and the wall means of the toy trailer comprising a channel on each opposite lateral side of said toy vehicle and a rib on said wall means of said toy trailer for mating in a respective channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A toy combination comprising:
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(a) a self propelled toy vehicle having an upstanding body with a front and rear and opposite lateral sides between the front and rear, a pair of driven wheels adjacent the front, means for driving the wheels in rotation, a shoulder on the body around its periphery above the wheels and means on the body for forming an upstanding channel on a respective one of the opposite lateral sides behind a respective wheel and below the shoulder, and (b) a toy trailer having a trailer body with a front and rear, a pair of wheels on the trailer body, wall means adjacent the front of the trailer body for defining a receptacle in front of the wheels for releasably receiving the rear of the toy vehicle behind the wheels, said wall means having a surface on which the shoulder rests and having a rib on each side of the receptacle adjacent a respective opposite lateral side of the toy vehicle with each rib received in a respective one of the channels whereby the toy vehicle and toy trailer are located and interlocked relative to one another to form a toy combination whose front wheels comprise the driven wheels of the toy vehicle and whose rear wheels comprise the wheels of the toy trailer and resembling a tractor-trailer type truck. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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