Amusement devices: toys – Rolling or tumbling – Wheeled vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
Kim, Gene (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: toys
Rolling or tumbling
Wheeled vehicle
C446S489000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07950979
ABSTRACT:
A toy vehicle is transformed from a first configuration to a second configuration through relative movement of two portions of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a roof panel which closes a roof area during the transition from the first configuration to the second configuration. The closing of the roof area hides the displacement of a first seat in the vehicle by a second seat. When the first seat is mounted with a first toy figure and the second seat is mounted with a different toy figure, an illusion is created that the initial toy figure has changed appearance. The roof panel may close and reopen at a rate rapid enough to render the change of toy figures to be an instantaneous transformation. Additional deployable components such as projectile launchers, tail fins, and front bumpers may be incorporated into the toy vehicle.
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Hylinski Alyssa M
Kim Gene
Mattel Inc.
The Mueller Law Offices, P.C.
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