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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steve Hilko, Dubuque, IA (US);
Mark Reyner, Oelwein, IA (US);
Assignee:
The Ertl Company, Dyersville, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ; B42D / ; B42F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
446147 ; 446 73 ; 446 76 ; 446 78 ; 281 29 ; 283 38 ; 206424 ; 220-424 ; D19 / ;
Abstract
A combination toy vehicle and book having a toy vehicle with an inner rigid frame and an outer flexible three-dimensional shell that alleviates possible pinch points when the vehicle is opened to reveal the book and the internal book has page tabs that extend out of an opening in the toy vehicle to assist opening toy vehicle when desired.