TOYS WITH VIEW PORTS

• US 20070173174A1
• Filed: 10/31/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Inventors: Martinez, Ruben, Fan, Peter, Sun, Steed
• Granted Patent: US 8,376,806 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/435
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/006 Missile-launching means on toy vehicles
• 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 27/004 Means for launching objects from aircraft, e.g. pilot, missiles

Abstract

A toy including a housing and at least one view port disposed within the housing and adapted to permit a user to view objects through the at least one view port.

Claims

1. A toy, comprising:

a housing including a first portion, a second portion, a connecting mechanism joining the first and second portions together, and at least one view port disposed within the housing and adapted to permit a user to view objects through the at least one view port, wherein the first and second portions are configured to be selectively manipulated between a closed configuration and an open configuration;

a projectile; and

a launching mechanism coupled to the housing and configured to engage the projectile and selectively launch the projectile away from the housing;

wherein in the closed configuration, the first and second portions generally enclose the projectile within the housing, and in the open configuration, the first and second portions are spaced apart to generally reveal the projectile within the housing so that the projectile may be launched from the housing.

2. The toy of claim 1, wherein the projectile is a toy vehicle.

3. The toy of claim 1, wherein the housing is a toy vehicle.

4. The toy of claim 3, wherein the projectile is a toy vehicle.

5. The toy of claim 1, wherein the at least one view port includes a first view port disposed within the first portion and a second view port disposed within the second portion.

7. The toy of claim 1, wherein the at least one view port is configured to magnify objects viewed through the at least one view port.

8. A toy, comprising:

a toy vehicle with an integral magnification device; and

a projectile housed within the toy vehicle;

wherein the toy vehicle is configured to launch the projectile from the toy vehicle.

9. The toy of claim 8, wherein the integral magnification device is binoculars including two view ports configured to magnify objects viewed through the view ports.

10. The toy vehicle of claim 8, wherein the integral magnification device is a telescope with a view port configured to magnify objects viewed through the view port.

11. The toy vehicle of claim 8, wherein the integral magnification device is a microscope with at least one view port configured to magnify objects viewed through the view port.

12. The toy of claim 8, wherein the projectile is a second toy vehicle.

13. A toy, comprising:

a housing in the form of a toy vehicle, the housing including a first portion, a second portion, and a connecting mechanism joining the first and second portions together, wherein the first and second portions are configured to be selectively manipulated between a closed configuration and an open configuration; and

at least one view port disposed within the housing and adapted to permit a user to view objects through the at least one view port.

14. The toy of claim 13, wherein the at least one view port is adapted to magnify objects viewed through the at least one view port.

15. The toy of claim 13, wherein the housing includes a launching mechanism configured to selectively engage and launch a projectile.

16. The toy of claim 15, in combination with the projectile.

17. The toy of claim 16,

wherein in the closed configuration, the first and second portions generally enclose the projectile within the housing, and in the open configuration, the first and second portions are spaced apart to generally reveal the projectile within the housing so that the projectile may be launched from the housing.

18. The toy of claim 17, wherein the projectile is a second toy vehicle.

19. The toy of claim 17, wherein the at least one view port includes a first view port disposed within the first portion of the housing and a second view port disposed within the second portion of the housing.

20. The toy of claim 19, wherein the at least one view port is adapted to magnify objects viewed through the at least one view port.