Buddy L Corporation

Barry S Herstein

Anthony J Mondini

Robert Salmon

A toy vehicle package for providing secure, open front display of the packaged vehicle. It is constructed of carton-forming sheet material, having top, bottom and side walls and a rear wall defining a toy vehicle-receiving enclosure with an open front through which the toy vehicle is insertable and displayable. The bottom wall is provided with a bottom flap configured for being folded inwardly of the enclosure to define an enclosure floor, the flap providing a vehicle-engaging configuration for engaging the vehicle after being received in the enclosure. One or more locking tabs are carried by the bottom wall for engaging the inwardly folded flap, locking the flap in its vehicle-engaging configuration to lock the vehicle against withdrawal through the open front.

Toy packaging

A toy vehicle having a set of wheels driven through a gear train and a gear shift by a direct-current motor. The motor and a single light bulb shunted thereacross are connectable by way of a switch to a battery power supply. The bulb is placed within the optical inlet of a plastic light guide contoured to define light outlets in the form of a pair of simulated front headlights and a bank of simulated dashboard and gear shift light indicators, whereby the illumination of these outlets is derived from the single bulb. In the automatic mode, with the switch closed, the motor is energized to drive the vehicle, the bulb being concurrently energized to provide a constant level of illumination for all lights. In the manual mode, with the switch open, the player propels the vehicle by hand, causing the turning wheels through the gear train to rotate the motor. The motor then functions as a dynamo to energize the bulb whose light intensity varies to reflect the force applied to the vehicle by the player.

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Spring Valley, NY, United States of America

Barry S Herstein