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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:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keith Hippely, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Larry R Wood, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mattel, Inc., , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446 14 ; 106 21 ;
Abstract
A toy vehicle spray painted with paint containing thermochromic material which changes color as the temperature of the vehicle varies. Selected portions of the toy vehicle may be painted with the thermochromic material to provide a variety of patterns, designs, numbers, letters or other indicia which change color in response to temperature variations. In addition, different portions of the toy vehicle may be painted with different paints containing different color thermochromic materials.