US4365438A
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Combination toy and book
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-02-23
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Granted: 1982-12-28
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Expires: 2001-02-23
Abstract
Abstract A combination toy vehicle and book, which also serves as a container for the toy, is formed by imprinting a multiplicity of uniformly sized pages with scenes upon which a user may operate the toy vehicle. By cutting out an identical region of each page, and by binding the pages together along one side, a book is formed which contains a well in which the toy vehicle may be stored. The inventive device may also serve as a marketing package by inserting a toy vehicle in the well formed by the cut-out regions, and by covering at least the well formed by the cut-out regions of the book with a transparent sheet or bubble.
Inventors
- 👤 Herman E. Nelson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 23:42
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H33/00; A63H33/38; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/00895; A63F9/00; A63F9/001; A63F3/00173; A63F3/00261; A63F2003/00264; A63F2003/00287; A63F2003/00299; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A combination toy article comprising a removable three dimensional toy vehicle having at least one rotatable supporting wheel and a book having a plurality of relatively heavy pages, each of said pages containing graphic material in the form of a different illustrated scene or game, each of said pages further containing a cut-out region which cooperates with said scene or game and which aligns with all other cut-out regions to form a well at least large enough to completely receive and contain said three dimensional toy vehicle when the book is closed, means for binding each of said pages along one edge such that when bound together said cut-out regions cooperate to form said well in the book with said removable three dimensional toy means completely housed within said well, the pages having said graphic material formed thereon which cooperates with said toy to provide a playing surface, along which the toy means may be moved while being supported by said rotatable wheel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
A combination toy article comprising a removable three dimensional toy vehicle having at least one rotatable supporting wheel and a book having a plurality of relatively heavy pages, each of said pages containing graphic material in the form of a different illustrated scene or game, each of said pages further containing a cut-out region which cooperates with said scene or game and which aligns with all other cut-out regions to form a well at least large enough to completely receive and contain said three dimensional toy vehicle when the book is closed, means for binding each of said pages along one edge such that when bound together said cut-out regions cooperate to form said well in the book with said removable three dimensional toy means completely housed within said well, the pages having said graphic material formed thereon which cooperates with said toy to provide a playing surface, along which the toy means may be moved while being supported by said rotatable wheel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The article of claim 1 wherein the book also has a front cover with a cut-out of equal or lesser size and corresponding to and aligning with the cut-out of each page.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The article of claim 2 and a transparent material covering the cut-out on the front cover to contain the toy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The article of anyone of the claims 1 to 3 wherein the book well is adapted to serve as a package containing a toy at the time of purchase.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The article of anyone of the claims 1 to 3 wherein the book pages are strong enough to resist damage during normal play with said toy running on said graphic material and said pages are covered with a mar-resistant material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The article of claim 5 wherein said mar-resistant material is a three-dimensional vacuum formed sheet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The article of claim 2 and transparent bubble element hinged to said book in said cut-out means so that said bubble may be opened and closed to remove or to store said toy.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The article of claim 7 wherein said hinged bubble is imprinted to cooperate with said graphic material and playing surface.
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