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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2002
Sean Mullaney, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Hoeting, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Neil Hamilton, Ft. Mitchell, NY (US);
Steven Fink, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tommie Lucas, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Paul Spalinski, Titusville, NJ (US);
Matthew James Del Duke, Audubon, NJ (US);
Bang Zoom Design Ltd., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A toy vehicle has a tractor and trailer that is countable to the tractor. The tractor includes a tractor hitch assembly and an operating assembly for propelling the tractor in forward and reverse directions and for turning the tractor 360° in place. The trailer has a trailer body and a tongue extending therefrom with a trailer hitch assembly connected to the trailer tongue. The tractor and trailer hitch assemblies are arranged and countable together to enable relative pitch and roll between the tractor and trailer and rotation of the tractor under the trailer tongue at least on a flat surface.