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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. 21, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1988
Masami Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Yamakazi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A running toy having an integral and concealed transmission member permits easy construction of running toys having a desirable appearance. A block unit of the running toy includes a hollow cube or block having a concave portion for receiving other block units and a convex portion for coupling to other block units. The concealed transmission member is rotatably mounted within the hollow cube so as to permit successive block units to be connected, and top permit a drive force inputted to one end of a succession of block units, from a power unit and through a power transmission, to be output at another end of the succession of block units. The succession of blocks can be configured in any desired shape, such as a crane.
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