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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1998
Paul Dowd, Bronxville, NY (US);
Will Isaksson, New York, NY (US);
Donald Toht, Wheaton, IL (US);
Jeff Katz, Chicago, IL (US);
Learning Curve International, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A battery operated miniature toy locomotive for use in a toy railway system is claimed. The toy railway system comprises a toy railway track configuration made up of a plurality of wooden toy railway track segments. Each wooden track segment has a pair of uniformly spaced depressions extending from a first connecting end to a second connecting end of each wooden track segment. The toy locomotive has a first pair of wheels positioned at a proximal end of the toy locomotive and a second pair of wheels positioned at a distal end of the toy locomotive. The first and second pairs of wheels are adapted for placement within the depressions formed on each wooden track segment. The toy locomotive further comprises a locomotive housing which has an interior surface and an exterior surface, and a motor for providing energy to the first pair of wheels and the second pair of wheels. The motor is positioned within the housing and operatively connected with the first pair of wheels and the second pair of wheels wherein both pairs of wheels are simultaneously powered by the motor.