Mattel, Inc.

Nicholas De Anda

Robert F Dyer

Thomas H Grimm

A toy train set includes a toy train car operative upon a two rail trackway. The trackway includes a braking system for reducing the toy train speed at selected places along the trackway and a track intersection having no moving parts which permits a child user to select either of two direction paths. An elongated beam spring is provided on the toy cars to facilitate placement upon the trackway by a younger child.

Toy railroad vehicle brake system

Disclosed is a novel fastener for attaching flexible tape comprising a tri-laterally symmetric retainer and a receiving aperture such that a portion of the flexible tape wrapped around said retainer may be gripped and said aperture, the gripping force increasing when tension is supplied to said tape.

Tape fastening system

A coupling member for a toy vehicle drive system that may be employed in various play situations. The coupling member is generally comprised of an exaggerated triangularly-shaped portion and a funnel-shaped portion. The exaggerated triangularly-shaped portion allows the toy vehicle to be driven forward and backward, and also allows it to complete a U-turn and to be disengaged from the drive chain of the drive system. The funnel-shaped portion ensures that the toy vehicle may be engaged by the driven chain when the child desires to drive the toy vehicle in its forward direction.

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Redondo Beach, CA, United States of America

Nicholas De Anda