Modular toy vehicle

Claim 2

A modular toy vehicle comprising a chassis, said chassis having upwardly presented flat top surfaces, a body subassembly comprising a frame and a super-structural component carried on said frame, said frame having lower edge portions restingly supported upon said chassis flat top surfaces, each frame being open at its upper end and having upper edge portions disposed about said open upper end, said super-structural component extending into said frame through the open end thereof, said super-structural component having wall portions for supported disposition upon the upper edge portions of said frame, posts provided on said chassis and extending upwardly within said frame for extension above the adjacent portion thereof, said posts having openings in their portions above the adjacent portion of said frame, said super-structural component having apertures for registration with the openings in said posts, and fasteners engageable within said registering openings and apertures for maintaining said frame and super-structural component upon said chassis.

Claim 3

A modular toy vehicle as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said chassis having a platform-like base section, axle members projecting laterally from opposite sides of said chassis, a wheel having a hub portion received upon each axle member, each axle member being externally threaded outwardly of the related wheel, and a cap-forming nut detachably engageable upon each axle threaded portion.

Claim 4

A modular toy vehicle as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by wheels detachably provided upon said chassis.

Claim 5

A modular toy vehicle as defined in claim 1 and further characterized by said fasteners being bolts having head portions, a boss-like projection provided on said superstructural component, means functioning as a tool for removing said bolts comprising a substantially tubular figurine-shaped member, said member being open at its lower end, said last mentioned lower end being internally contoured complementarily to the head portions of the said bolts, and said figurine-shaped member being normally detachably disposed upon said boss-like projection.

Claim 6

A modular toy vehicle comprising a chassis having a front end and a rearward end, said chassis having upwardly presented flat top surfaces, a front body subassembly, a rear body subassembly, each of said subassemblies comprising a frame and a superstructural component carried on said frame, each frame having lower edge portions restingly supported upon said chassis flat top surfaces, each frame being open at its upper end and having upper edge portions disposed about said open upper end, each superstructural component extending into the related frame through the open upper end thereof, each superstructural component having wall portions for supported disposition upon the upper edge portions of the related frame, posts provided at the front and rearward ends of said chassis and extending upwardly, respectively, within the frames of said front and rear body subassemblies for extension above the adjacent portion thereof, said posts having openings in their portions above the adjacent portion of the related frame, each superstructural component having apertures for registration with the openings in the related posts, and fasteners engageable within said registering openings and apertures whereby said posts as the rearward end of said chassis are engaged to said rear body subassembly and the posts at the forward end of said chassis are engaged to said front body subassembly thereby maintaining said frames and the associated superstructural component upon said chassis.

Claim 7

A modular toy vehicle comprising a chassis having a front end and a rearward end, said chassis having upwardly presented flat top surfaces, a front body subassembly, a rear body subassembly, each of said subassemblies comprising a frame and a superstructural component carried on said frame, each frame having lower edge portions restingly supported upon said chassis flat top surfaces, each frame being open at its upper end and having upper edge portions disposed about said open upper end, each superstructural component extending into the related frame through the open upper end thereof, each superstructural component having wall portions for supported disposition upon the upper edge portions of the related frame, posts provided at the front and rearward ends of said chassis and extending upwardly, respectively, within the frames of said front and rear body subassemblies for extension above the adjacent portion thereof, said posts having openings in their portions above the adjacent portion of the related frame, each superstructural component having apertures for registration with the openings in the related posts, and fasteners engageable within said registering openings and apertures whereby said posts as the rearward end of said chassis are engaged to said rear body subassembly and the posts at the forward end of said chassis are engaged to said front body subassembly thereby maintaining said frames and the associated superstructural component upon said chassis.

Claim 8

A modular toy vehicle as defined in claim 5 and further characterized by said frames being quadrilateral in crOss section and being opened at their top and at their bottoms, said frames being presented in axially aligned relationship upon said chassis and with their confronting surfaces proximate to, and planarwise aligned with, the transverse center line of said chassis.

Claim 9

A modular toy vehicle as defined in claim 5 and further characterized by the frames of said front and rear body subassemblies being identical, the super-structural component of said front body subassembly being simulative of a vehicle driver compartment, said super-structural component of said body subassembly providing a rear deck.

Claim 10

A modular toy vehicle as defined in claim 5 and further characterized by said posts provided at the front and rear end of said chassis being respective pairs of transversely spaced-apart posts.

Claim 11

A modular toy vehicle comprising a chassis, a body subassembly comprising a frame and a superstructural component carried on said frame, projections provided on said chassis and extending upwardly therefrom and being received within the frame of said subassembly, said projections and said superstructural component having registering openings, bolts engaged within said registering openings, said bolts having head portions, a boss-like projection provided on said superstructural component, means functioning as a tool for removing said bolts comprising a substantially tubular figurine-shaped member, said member being open at its lower end, said lower end being internally contoured complementarily to the head portions of said bolts, and said figurine-shaped member being normally detachably disposed upon said boss-like projection.

Claim 12

A modular toy vehicle comprising a chassis, a body subassembly comprising a frame and a superstructural component carried on said frame, projections provided on said chassis and extending upwardly therefrom and being received within the frame of said subassembly, said projections and said superstructural component having registering openings, bolts engaged within said registering openings, said bolts having head portions, a boss-like projection provided on said superstructural component, means functioning as a tool for removing said bolts comprising a substantially tubular figurine-shaped member, said member being open at its lower end, said lower end being internally contoured complementarily to the head portions of said bolts, and said figurine-shaped member being normally detachably disposed upon said boss-like projection.