Toy and card package

• US 20050250415A1
• Filed: 10/08/2004
• Published: 11/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Inventors: Barthold, Mark John
• Application Number:
  US10/961,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20050250415A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/465
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/04 Card games combined with other games
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/00 Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; convertible into other toys A63H33/003; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor traffic games with figures moved by players A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/008 Launching devices for motorless toy vehicles start mechanisms for trackways A63H18/026; for toy aircraft A63H27/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/262 Chassis; Wheel mountings; Wheels; Axles; Suspensions; Fitting body portions to chassis
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 18/00 Highways or trackways for toys railway permanent way A63H19/30; for special railways A63H21/00; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track

Abstract

Disclosed is a product comprising of a toy and at least one collectible card configured to be used in a card game, said card having features related to said toy, where said features have an impact on said card game, said toy packaged with said at least one collectible card.

Claims

1. A product comprising:

a toy; and

at least one collectible card configured to be used in a card game, said card having features related to said toy, where said features have an impact on said card game, said toy packaged with said at least one collectible card.

2. The product of claim 1 wherein said card is configured to be used in an expandable deck card game.

3. The product of claim 1 wherein said card includes features related to said toy, where said features have an impact on said card game.

4. The product of claim 1 wherein said card game includes features related to said toy.

5. The product of claim 1 wherein said toy further comprises a human readable laser etched code.

6. The product of claim 5 wherein said code is used in an electronic interactive interface to enable access to electronic content.

7. The product of claim 5 wherein said packaging at least partially conceals said code.

8. The product of claim 1 wherein said toy is a scale vehicle.

9. The product of claim 1 wherein said toy is a collectible scale vehicle.

10. The product of claim 1 further comprising additional cards in said packaging.

11. The product of claim 10 wherein at least one of said card includes information related to one of said toy and said card game.

12. The product of claim 10 wherein at least one of said cards is hidden by packaging.

13. The product of claim 10 wherein at least one of said cards is separately packaged with said package.

14. A product comprising:

a toy vehicle having at a human readable code located thereon; and

at least one collectible card configured to be used in a card game, said card having features related to said toy, where said features have an impact on said card game, where said features include numerical values, said toy packaged with said at least one collectible card, where said at least one collectible card is at least partially hidden by packaging.

15. The product of claim 14 wherein said code is used in an electronic interactive interface to enable access to electronic content.

16. The product of claim 15 wherein said electronic content is related to said toy.

17. The product of claim 15 wherein said vehicle comprises a wheel comprising a translucent or transparent material.