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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald R Pauly, Mound, MN (US);
Thomas W Good, Long Lake, MN (US);
John D Hastings, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Kevin D Ryan, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Tonka Corporation, Spring Park, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B / ; A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
301 / ; 46221 ; 301 / ; 301 / ; 301111 ;
Abstract
A wheel suitable for use on toy vehicles. The wheel has a tire which is mountable and demountable with respect to such toy vehicle. The wheel includes a first member that is rotatably mounted in a permanent or semi-permanent arrangement on an axle. The wheel has a second member including a tire which is demountably supported on the first member. The first member has a locking mechanism which cooperates with a portion of the second member to prevent unintended rotation of the first member with respect to the second member.