Model roadway track

Claim 2

A section of roadway for the electrical operation thereon of a model vehicle, comprising: an electrically non-conductive elongated base plate having a planar top surface, and a plurality of spaced-apart tab members projecting outwardly therefrom at each end and lying in a plane parallel to and recessed from the top surface of said base plate, said tab members being interspaced between a plurality of adjacent recessed areas formed in the underside of said base plate and at each end thereof such that each tab member at one end of said base plate is aligned with a recessed area at an opposite end, thereby to mate with and be receivable within a corresponding recessed area of a like section of roadway; a first conductive strip positioned on the top surface of said base plate and having a first portion extending along one side thereof and a second portion providing a plurality of spacedapart finger-like members extending transverse to said first portion; a second conductive strip positioned on the top surface of said base plate and having a first portion extending along a second side thereof opposite said one side and a second portion providing a plurality of spaced-apart finger-like members extending transverse to said first portion and interposed between the finger-like members of said first conductive strip.

Claim 3

A section of roadway as defined in claim 1 wherein each of said conductive strips include a part which is affixed to the top surface of a projecting tab member at one end of the roadway base plate and another part which is folded over and affixed to the under-surface of a corresponding recessed area at an opposite end of the roadway base plate.

Claim 4

A section of roadway as defined in claim 2 wherein the opposing sidewalls of said spaced-apart tab members have indentations therein to provide a laterally enlarged spacing between adjacent tab members to facilitate the interconnection therebetween of mating tab members of a like section of roadway.

Claim 5

A section of roadway for the electric operation thereon of a model vehicle, comprising: an electrically nonconductive base plate having a substantially planar and uninterrupted top surface; a plurality of dovetail tab members spaced transversely from each other and extending outwardly from each of two opposite longitudinal ends of the base plate in plains substantially parallel to the top surface of the base plate, said opposite ends including means defining a plurality of recessed areas formed in the base plate and interspersed between the tab members in an alternating sequence, with each tab member at one end of the base plate aligned longitudinally with a recessed area at the other end of the base plate, and with the tab members and the recessed areas dimensioned to mate with each other, with each tab member receivable within a corresponding recessed area in a like section of a roadway; at least one of said tab members including means defining at least one notch on a side thereof adjacent the base plate end from which it extends, said notch providing a transversely enlarged spacing between the last recited tab member and an adjacent tab member to facilitate the interconnection of a mating tab member from a like section of a roadway; and electrical contact means affixed to the top surface of said base plate and providing at least one electrically conductive path along the base plate between said opposite ends thereof, said electrical contact means including a portion extending along one of said tab members at one longitudinal end of the base plate and another portion extending along a recessed area at the opposite longitudinal end of the base plate to thereby provide an electrical connection with a like electrical contact means of a like section of a roadway.

Claim 6

A section of roadway for the electric operation thereon of a model vehicle, comprising: an electrically nonconductive base plate having a substantially planar and uninterrupted top surface; a plurality of dovetail tab members spaced transversely from each other and extending outwardly from each of two opposite longitudinal ends of the base plate in plains substantially parallel to the top surface of the base plate, said opposite ends including means defining a plurality of recessed areas formed in the base plate and interspersed between the tab members in an alternating sequence, with each tab member at one end of the base plate aligned longitudinally with a recessed area at the other end of the base plate, and with the tab members and the recessed areas dimensioned to mate with each other, with each tab member receivable within a corresponding recessed area in a like section of a roadway; at least one of said tab members including means defining at least one notch on a side thereof adjacent the base plate end from which it extends, said notch providing a transversely enlarged spacing between the last recited tab member and an adjacent tab member to facilitate the interconnection of a mating tab member from a like section of a roadway; and electrical contact means affixed to the top surface of said base plate and providing at least one electrically conductive path along the base plate between said opposite ends thereof, said electrical contact means including a portion extending along one of said tab members at one longitudinal end of the base plate and another portion extending along a recessed area at the opposite longitudinal end of the base plate to thereby provide an electrical connection with a like electrical contact means of a like section of a roadway.

Claim 7

A section of a roadway for the electrical operation thereon of a model vehicle as in claim 4 wherein said electrical contact means comprise a first conductive strip positioned on the top surface of said base plate and having a plurality of transversely extending spaced apart portions, and a second conductive strip positioned on the top surface of the base plate and having a like plurality of spaced apart transversely extending projections, with the spaced apart projections of the first and second conductive strips alternating longitudinally, and with the first and second conductive strips being electrically isolated fRom each other by a dividing portion of said nonconductive base plate.

Claim 8

A section of a roadway for the electrical operation thereon of a model vehicle as in claim 5 wherein each of said conductive strips includes a part which is affixed to the top surface of tab member at one end of the roadway base plate and another part which is folded over and affixed to the undersurface of a corresponding recessed area at the longitudinally opposite end of the roadway base plate.