US2576990A

US2576990A - Toy vehicle with demountable body

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Publication number: US2576990A
Application number: US116254A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edmund W Baggott
Original assignee: Ideal Toy Corp
Current assignee: Ideal Toy Corp
Priority date: 1949-09-17
Filing date: 1949-09-17
Publication date: 1951-12-04
Anticipated expiration: 1968-12-04

Description

Dec. 4, 1951 E. W. BAGGOTT TOY VEHICLE WITH DEMOUNTABLEJ BODY Filed Sept. 17, 1949 IN VEN TOR. [EMU/VD H4 15/? 6607 T Patented Dec. 4, 1951 TOY VEHICLE WITH DEMOUNTABLE BODY Edmund W. Baggott, New York, N. Y., assignor to Ideal Toy Corporation, a corporation of New York Application September 17, 1949, Serial No. 116,254

7 Claims. (01. 46-223) This invention relates to an improved toy vehicle.

A primary object of the invention is the provision of a toy vehicle wherein the chassis and body portions are constructed and arranged in such a manner as to be readily assemblable without requiring the use of auxiliary fastening elements, such as screws, rivets, pins or the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a toy vehicle of the character indicated having a chassis and body portions which may be conveniently molded as unitary structures from suitable synthetic plastic material.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a toy vehicle having a body portion formed on its underside with transverse members defining terminal locking tongues or projections which are insertable within complementary recesses formed on the chassis, the body portion becoming firmly engaged with the chassis subsequent to the insertion of the locking tongues within the chassis recesses by slight longitudinal displacement of said body portion along the chassis.

An additional object of the invention is the provision of a toy vehicle having a body portion of the character indicated wherein the transverse members and locking tongues thereof may be formed integrally therewith in a single molding operation.

The foregoing objects as well as additional objects and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent in the course of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which .illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of the body portion taken substantially on line l-l of Fig. 2 and illustrates the formation of the body portion in a single molding operation;

Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the body portion;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view, partly in section, illustrating the manner of assembling the body and chassis portions of the vehicle;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view, on a reduced scale of the assembly of Fig. 3.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing as applied to a toy truck but it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in any other desired type of vehicle.

The toy vehicle includes a body portion [I] having a bottom wall ll, side walls l2, a front wall I3 and a rear wall l4. Bottom wall I I is formed with a pair of transverse members l5 formed with integral terminal locking tongues or projections l6 spaced from said bottom wall. Longitudinal guide rails I1 extend between transverse 20 wall 32.

members 15. Locking tongues l6 may be formed in a single molding operation by providing upper mold I8 with suitably disposed projections or pins I9 which extend down into the lower mold 20, as

5 shown in Fig. 1, thereby resulting in the integral formation of said locking tongues at opposite ends of each transverse member 15 and in the formation of the molding apertures 2| in the finished body portion [0 (see Fig. 2). Bottom wall ll is also formed adjacent rear wall [4 with a locking wedge 22 for a purpose to be fully indicated hereinafter.

Chassis member 25 includes a forward cab compartment 26 and is provided with front and

rear axles

21 and 28 respectively upon which are looking tongues H; of transverse members l5 of the body portion I0, said recesses being arranged in opposed pairs suitably spaced apart to correspond to the spacing of said transverse members on the body portion of the toy vehicle, as shown in 30 Figs. 3 and 5.

In mounting body portion l0 on chassis member 25, locking tongues [6 are inserted within the recesses 34 formed in top wall 35 of .said chassis member. Guide rails I I serve to properly 35 locate and align body portion In with respect to chassis member 25, said guide rails resting against the sides of cut-out portion 33 of top wall 30, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. In order to firm-. ly secure body portion I0 on chassis member 25 following the preliminary alignment of said body portion in the manner described with locking tongues I6 retained within recesses 34, said body member is displaced forwardly in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3, thereby moving said lock- 5 ing tongues out of engagement with said recesses. In the latter position locking tongues It will be firmly retained against the undersurface of top wall 30, the position of the transverse members 15 corresponding to the locked position of body member 10 being shown in broken outline in Fig. 5. 1

Top wall 30 is preferably provided with a stop ledge 35 to limit the forward displacement of body portion Ill. The locking wedge 22 of said body portion abuts rear wall 32 of chassis member 25 in the locked position of the body portion and prevents inadvertent separation of the body and chassis members.

Since certain modifications may be made in the toy vehicle of the present invention without de- 3 parting from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the foregoing specification and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

1. A toy vehicle comprising a separable body member and chassis member, said body mem ber having a bottom body Wall which has a longitudinal axis and outer side walls and front and rear pairs of tongues, each said tongue having an inner end which is connected to the lower surface of said bottom body wall and being otherwise spaced from same, each said tongue extending outwardly from said inner end, said chassis member having a top support wall which has a longitudinal axis and a substantially rectangular and longitudinally extending cut-away portion, said support wall also having front and rear pairs of openings which communicate with the sides of said cut-away portion, said body member and said chassis member being adapted to be assembled with tongues respectively extended through respective support wall openings and positioned below said support wall and with the inner ends of said tongues laterally positioned between said sides of said cut-away portion and with said bottom body wall abutting said support Wall, said body member being then longitudinally movable with respect to said chassis member whereby to move said tongues out of registration with said support wall openings and prevent separation of said chassis mem ber and said body member by relative transverse movement thereof.

2. toy vehicle in accordance with claim 1, said bottom body Wall having a pair of depending spaced and longitudinally extending guide flanges, said guide flanges respectively slidably and :frictionally abutting the respective sides of said cut-away "portion when said tongues are extended through said support wall openings, said 'guide flanges preventing lateral movement of said body member with respect to said chassis member in the assembled position thereof.

3. A toy vehicle in accordance with claim 1, said support wall cut-away portion extending to the rear edge of said support wall, said support Wall having a depending rear edge flange, said bottom body wall having a cam member attached to the bottom face thereof, said cam member being positioned rearwardly "of said flange and laterally between the sides of said cut-"away portion when said tongues are in registration with said support wallopenings, said support wall being held fri'ctionally between said body wall and said tongues when said body member is moved longitudinally forwardly with re-- spect to said chassis member from said position in which said tongues are in registration with said support wall openings, said cam member being adapted to ride over said rear ed'geflange to a position of said eam member in front of and extending below the top edge of said rear edge flange during said forward movement @o'f said body member, whereby to tend to prevent separation of said chassis member and said body member by rearward movement of said body member with respect to said chassis member.

4. A toy vehicle in accordance with claim 3,

said support wall having stop means mounted on the upper face thereof forwardly of said rear edge flange, the front of said body portion abutting said stop means when said cam member abuts the front of said rear edge flange, whereby then to prevent said body member from moving longitudinally relative to said chassis member.

5. A toy vehicle in accordance with claim 3, said bottom body wall having a pair of depending spaced and longitudinally extending guide flanges, said guide: flanges respectively slidably and frictionally abutting the respective sides of said cut-away portion when said tongues are extended through said support wall openings, said guide flanges preventing lateral movement of said body member with respect to said chassis member in the assembled position thereof.

6. A toy vehicle in accordance with claim 4, said bottom body wall having a pair of depending spaced and longitudinally extending guide flanges, said guide flanges respectively slidably and frictionally abutting the respective sides of said cut-away portion when said tongues are extended through said support wall openings, said guide flanges preventing lateral movement of said body member with respect to said chassis member in the assembled. position thereof.

- 7. The toy vehicle comprising a separable body member and chassis member, said body member having a bottom body wall which has a longitudinal axis, said bottom body wall having front and rear depending flanges, each said flange having a major axis which is substantially parallel to said bottom body wall and transverse to said longitudinal axis thereof, said bottom body wall having holes which are respectively positioned above the respective ends of said flanges, each said flange being cut away below its corresponding hole to form terminal tongues which are spaced from said bottom body wall, said chassis member having a top support wall which has a longitudinal axis and a substantially rectangular and longitudinally extending cut-away portion, said support wall also having front and rear pairs of openings which communicate with the sides of said cut-away portion, said body member and said chassis member being adapted to be assembled with said tongues respectively extended through respective support wall openings and positioned below said support wall and with the inner ends of said tongues laterally positioned between said sides of said cut-away portion and with said bottom body wall abutting said support wall, said body member being then longitudinally movable with respect to said chassis member whereby to move said tongues out of registration with said sup-port wall openings and prevent separation of said chassis member and said body member by relative transverse movement thereof.

EDMUND W. BAGGOTT.

REFERENCES CITED 7 The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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