US3898723A - Model vehicle racetrack tool - Google Patents

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US3898723A
US3898723A US439009A US43900974A US3898723A US 3898723 A US3898723 A US 3898723A US 439009 A US439009 A US 439009A US 43900974 A US43900974 A US 43900974A US 3898723 A US3898723 A US 3898723A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B27/00—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for
    • B25B27/14—Hand tools, specially adapted for fitting together or separating parts or objects whether or not involving some deformation, not otherwise provided for for assembling objects other than by press fit or detaching same
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H18/00—Highways or trackways for toys; Propulsion by special interaction between vehicle and track
    • A63H18/02—Construction or arrangement of the trackway
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25F—COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B25F1/00—Combination or multi-purpose hand tools
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53796—Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator
    • Y10T29/53896—Puller or pusher means, contained force multiplying operator having lever operator
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • Each track section includes a hook and a hook retaining means for engagement with corresponding hook and hook retaining means and corresponding detent means for maintenance of like adjacent track sections with said guide grooves in substantial alignment.
  • the tool of the present invention includes means for engaging a guide groove of each of two like adjacent track sections and lever arms attached to the tool for use in manipulating the engaging means when inserted in the grooves to selectively engage and disengage said like adjacent track sections against the operation of said detent means.
  • the lever arms are constructed and arranged relative to the engaging member to provide a moment arm to aid the user in assembling and disassembling of like adjacent track members while maintaining the tool in substantially the same relation to the user.
  • FIGS. 1 A first figure.
  • MODEL VEHICLE RACETRACK TOOL The present invention relates generally to model vehicle racetracks. and in particular, to a tool for use in connection therewith.
  • the vehicle In order to maintain the realistic appearance of the vehicle and roadbed combination, while maintaining the required guide means to direct the vehicle on the roadbed, the vehicle is often provided with a downwardly projecting rod which is designed to be guided by a guideway or slot within the roadbed or track section.
  • the guideways are often recessed below the running surface of the track section and often include depending side walls for their entire longitudinal extent.
  • a more practical solution is to supply certain standard track section shapes including as many special shapes as is required to assemble a desired course.
  • Individual race courses may be sold by supplying the individual components in a non-assembled state.
  • the sale of individual race track components to be later assembled by the user if a modified track configuration is desired permits individual components to be purchased at a later date to alter, vary or modify the originally purchased course configuration.
  • track section is not limited to sections of roadbed which simulate a racetrack.
  • track section also includes those sections of roadbed which are designed to simulate streets, roads and highways.
  • model vehicle racetrack tool for use in assembly and disassembly of like adjacent track sections used for model vehicles which permits simple, easy, non-destructive assembly and disassembly of like adjacent track sections by even those of limited physical strength.
  • each of the track sections with which the tool of the present invention is designed to be used includes a longitudinally extending body of insulating material having two ends.
  • the track section has a substantially flat top wall forming a running surface for the model vehicles.
  • the track section also includes a guide groove of substantially equal longitudinal extent with a track section for use in guiding model vehicles.
  • Each guide groove has generally upstanding side walls each of which depend from the track section top wall.
  • the track section has a projection from each end thereof and a laterally extending hook is fixed to each of the projections with the hooks facing in laterally opposite directions.
  • the recess in each end of the track section is constructed and arranged to receive a corresponding projection of a like adjacent track section.
  • the hook retaining means is located at each end of the track sec,- tion and is spaced from the end thereof for releasably engaging a corresponding laterally extending hook of a like adjacent track section.
  • Detent means are located on each end of the track section for coacting with corresponding detent means of an interconnected like adjacent track section for normally maintaining aligned relationship of the guide grooves of the two like adjacent interconnected track sections.
  • Each corresponding hook retaining means includes means for urging like adjacent. in registration, track sections toward one another and into engagement in response to the application of oppositely directed lateral forces to the track sections.
  • the oppositely directed lateral forces override coacting corresponding detent means of the like adjacent track sections.
  • the tool comprises a gripping section for use in holding the tool, a track engaging member fixed to the gripping section and at least one lever arm fixed to the gripping section for use in applying a turning force to the tool.
  • the track engaging member includes two depending spaced legs, each of the legs being constructed and arranged to be inserted within a guide groove of a track section and rotatable therein. The legs are spaced apart a distance sufficient to permit simultaneous insertion of each of the legs within the respective guide grooves of each of two adjacent track sections. with their corresponding hooks and hook retaining means arranged in registration.
  • the tool is useable to translate a turning force applied to the tool into the oppositely directed lateral force on the track section by coaction between the spaced legs and a side wall of each of the respective guide grooves of the adjacent track sections.
  • FIG. I is a fragmentary top plan view, with parts broken away and shown in section, of representative track sections with which the present invention is useable. showing said track sections completely disassembled;
  • FIG. 2 Is a fragmentary top plan view of the track sections of FIG. 1 shown in registration and including a top plan view of the tool of the present invention, with parts thereof broken away and shown in section;
  • FIG. 3 Is a fragmentary top plan view of the track sections of FIG. 1 shown assembled
  • FIG. 4 l s a front elevation view of a representative form of the tool of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 Is an enlarged fragmentary view taken substantially along the line 55 of FIG. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows showing the track sections disassembled and showing suggested uses for the tool of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 Is an enlarged fragmentary view of the track sections shown in FIG. 5 in an assembled condition
  • FIG. 7 Is a fragmentary perspective view of the track sections of FIG. 2 showing a use of the tool of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a fragmentary illustrative track section embodying features which render it useable with the track tool of the present invention, the track section being generally designated by the reference numeral 10.
  • the track section 10 shown in the drawing shows only a fragment of its entire longitudinal extent.
  • FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 7 show opposite ends of like adjacent track sections and illustrate that the body of the track section 10 is symmetrical about a longitudinal axis with respect to all but the constructional details at or near the ends thereof.
  • the constructional details at the track section ends are asymmetrically arranged on diagonally opposite sides of the track section at opposite ends thereof.
  • the track section 10 includes a generally flat body 12 which may be formed of insulating material by any conventional method such as by being molded of plastic.
  • the body 12 may be of any shape or configuration including curved with portions thereof at different levels to form all or part of a banked curve or a portion of virtually any track configuration desired.
  • the track section 10 and its body 12 are shown as being of generally straight, elongated configuration having a substantially longitudinally extending top wall 14 forming a running surface for the model vehicles (not shown).
  • Two longitudinally extending, upwardly facing guide grooves or channels 16 are formed within the track section 10 and each includes substantially parallel generally upstanding side walls 18. See, for example. track section 10a in FIG. 6 which includes a guide groove 16a and side walls 18a which depend from running surface 14a.
  • Two elongated longitudinally extending conductor strips 20 are located within grooves equally spaced on either side of guide grooves 16.
  • the conductor strips 20 extend slightly above the running surface 14 (see FIGS. 5 and 6).
  • the conductor strips 20 on either side of each of the grooves 16 supply, respectively, positive and negative electrical energy from a source of electricity (not shown) for use in powering the model vehicle to be used on the track.
  • Adjacent conductor strips located on either side of a guide groove 16 terminate in tabs 22 on the ends thereof which are bent toward one another to provide electrical interconnection between assembled like adjacent track sections 10, when said track sections are interconnected in a manner to be described hereinafter.
  • a generally rectangular projection 24 is located at the lower left hand corner of the track section 10.
  • a projection 26 appears at the diagonally opposite end of the track section 10 (see projection 26a on the track section 10a in FIG. 1).
  • a hook 28 is located on the laterally inward surface of the projection 24 and includes an upstanding angled or oblique surface 30 which assumes an acute included angle with respect to the end of the track section.
  • a recess 32 appears in the same end of the track section 10 as the projection 24 at the laterally opposite side thereof (see recess 32a in FIG. 5).
  • the recess 32 is bounded by two mutually perpendicular upstanding walls 34, 36 which are respectively aligned traversely and longitudinally relative to the track section 10.
  • the recess 32 is approximately equal in size to the projection 24.
  • the wall 36 includes an opening 38 therein (see opening 38a in FIG. 5) which is constructed and arranged to receive the hook 28a of a like adjacent track section in a manner to be described hereinafter.
  • a lateral detent is included at each end of the track section and includes a mouth 40 with lips 42, 44 located on either lateral side thereof and a tongue 46 laterally displaced with respect to the mouth 40.
  • the tongue 46 projects beyond the end of the track section 10 for a purpose to be described hereinafter.
  • the mouth 40 is of a size to receive a tongue 46a of a like adjacent track section 10a therein when said like adjacent track sections are in an assembled condition (see FIG. 3).
  • a tool 48 is provided (see FIG. 4), which includes structure enabling it to be used for a number of purposes in connection with a model vehicle race track.
  • the tool 48 may be made of any suitable durable rigid material such as metal, by any conventional process.
  • the tool 48 includes a central gripping section 50.
  • a track engaging member 52 is fixed to the gripping section 50 and extends outwardly therefrom.
  • Two down wardly extending guide groove engaging legs 54, 56 are formed at the distal end of the track engaging member 52.
  • the legs 54, 56 are sized to permit their insertion within the guide grooves 16, 16a of like adjacent track sections 10, 1011 (see FIG. 2) while still permitting rotation of the legs within the guide grooves for a purpose to be described hereinafter.
  • legs 54, 56 are separated from one another so as to permit their insertion within guide grooves 16, 16a of like adjacent track sections I0, 1011 when the track sections are arranged with their hooks 28 in registry with hook retaining openings 38:: of like adjacent track sections.
  • a lever arm 58 is fixed to the gripping section 50 of the tool 48 and extends outwardly therefrom.
  • the lever arm 58 includes a flat bladed screw-driver-like distal end 60 and is fixed to the gripping section 50 so as to be approximately 120 displaced from the track engaging member 52.
  • a second lever arm 62 is attached to the gripping section 50 of the tool 48 and extends outwardly therefrom.
  • the lever arm 62 includes an open-ended wrench 64 formed at its distal end which may be sized to fit a nut on a model vehicle (not shown) useable with the track sections 10, 10a.
  • the second lever arm 62 is fixed to the gripping section 50 approximately 120 from both the first lever arm 58 and the track engaging member
  • a user of a model vehicle racetrack which includes track sections 10., 10a as two of the components thereof must assemble individual track sections 10, 10a (and sections of various other longitudinal configurations) into a complete track layout.
  • a conductor strip end tab 22 may become bent inwardly due to repeated assembly and disassembly of like adjacent track sections thereby preventing complete electrical interconnection between conductor strips 20, 20a of like adjacent assembled track sections.
  • the end tab 220 can be repositioned to protrude beyond the end of the running surface 14:: by insertion of the flat bladed distal end 60 of the first lever arm 58 behind the end tab 22:: and correctly positioning the end tab (see FIG. 5).
  • the in registration configuration of the track sections 10, 10a results in a lack of alignment between corresponding elements on a like adjacent track section.
  • grooves 16 and 16:: are not aligned and a space exists between the ends of the running surfaces 14, 14a of the respective like adjacent track sections 10, 10a.
  • Oppositely directed lateral forces on the track sections 10, 10a is required in order to overcome the effect of the interaction of the respective detent means and the aformentioned tongue-lip resistance. It is, of course, possible to apply this force by the user placing his hands appropriately on the respective track sections and forcing them toward one another into engagement. Upon the user applying the appropriate amount of properly directed force, the surface 30 of the book 28 will act as a camming surface against the opening 38a to overcome the tongue-lip resistance of the detent means and align the corresponding structures of the like adjacent track sections. The difficulty with such manually exerted force is that the average youthful user of the track sections in question is not possessed of sufficient strength or dexterity to repeatedly accomplish this result without breaking off the hooks 28.
  • the tongue 46a resides within the mouth 40 and the tongue 46 resides within the mouth 40a. This interaction of the corresponding detent means ensures against unwanted and accidental dislodgment of the track sections 10, 1011 due to unwanted relative lateral movement between the track sections.
  • the tool 48 is used.
  • the track sections 10, 10a are placed with the hooks 28, 28a in registration with corresponding hook retaining means 38a, 38 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the legs, 54, 56 of the track engaging member 52 of the tool 48 are inserted in the guide grooves 16a, 16 of the track sections 10a, 10.
  • the grooves 16a, 16 are offset. Consequently, it is necessary that the legs 54, 56 be spaced apart a distance to permit their insertion within the offset and misaligned grooves 16a, It).
  • the assembler then grips the tool 48 firmly by the gripping section 50 between the thumb and forefinger of, for example, his right hand, as best seen in FIG. 7 and rests part of his forefinger against the lever arm 62.
  • the tool 48 is then rotated in a counterclockwise direction as viewed from the top and shown by the directional arrows A, B in FIG. 2 (or the directional arrow B of FIG. 7).
  • the rotation of the tool 48 causes the legs 54, 56 within the guide grooves 16a, 16 to bear against a wall 18 thereof and thereby apply laterally directed forces to the track sections 10, 10a.
  • the track section 1011 will move relatively thereto in the direction indicated by the directional arrow C in FIGS. 2 and 5.
  • the track sections 10, 1011 move longitudinally toward one another under the action of the angled or oblique surface of the hook 28 coacting with the surface 38a.
  • the legs 54, 56 are inserted within aligned grooves 16a, l6, the tool is gripped firmly between the thumb and forefinger of a user by the gripping section 50.
  • the tool 48 is turned clockwise as seen from the top with the middle finger resting against and applying force to the lever arm 50 and the procedure noted above is reversed with the detent means again being overcome and the track sections 10, 10a being disassembled.
  • the tool 48 tends to pivot about an axis which is generally perpendicular to the running surface 14, 14a of the track sections 10, [0a which is located approximately mid-way between the legs 54, 56 of the tool 48. Due to this rotation about the imaginary axis just describec, me leg 54 coacting with the upstanding side wall of the groove 16a tends to urge the track section 10a downwardly and toward the track section 10 as seen in FIG. 2.
  • leg 56 acting against an opposite upstanding wall 18 of the groove 16 tends to urge the track section 10 upwardly and to the left toward the track section 1041.
  • the tool 48 not only translates rotational force into oppositely directed longitudinal forces on the track sections l0, 10a respectively, but also aids the oblique face 30 of the book 28 in overcoming the action of the detent means comprised of the mouth 40 lips, 42, 44 tongue 46 and the corresponding structures on the like adjacent track section.
  • the track engaging legs 54, 56, the flat bladed screw driver 60, and the open end wrench 64 have been combined (the track engaging legs 54, 56, the flat bladed screw driver 60, and the open end wrench 64) in a manner that the wrench and the screw driver perform the additional function of permitting rotation of the track tool 48 to either engage or disengage the like adjacent track sections without changing the way the tool is held.
  • the lever arms provided on both sides of the track aligning member 52 can be used for assembling and disassembling by merely turning the tool 48 in a different direction aided by the leverage provided by bearing against the first or second lever arms 58, 60 and obtaining the benefit of the moment arms they provide without substantially changing the position of the hand holding the tool.
  • This latter feature is particularly advantageous when it is realized that if an assembly tool requires a specific orientation for assembly and a different specific orientation for disassembly the youthful user would most likely not be able to derive any benefit from use of the tool.
  • each of said track sections including a longitudinally extending body of insulating material having two ends, said track section having a substantially flat top wall forming a running surface for said model vehicles and including a guide groove of substantially equal longitudinal extent with said track section for use in guiding model vehicles, said guide groove having generally upstanding side walls depending from said track section top wall, a projection from each end of said track section, a laterally extending hook being fixed to each of said projections.
  • each end of said track section constructed and arranged to receive a corresponding projection ofa like adjacent track section, a hook retaining means at each end of said track section and spaced from the end thereof for releasably engaging a corresponding laterally extending hook of a like adjacent track section, and detent means located on each end of said track section for coacting with corresponding detent means of an interconnected like adjacent track section for normally maintaining an aligned relationship of said guide grooves of said two like adjacent interconnected track sections, each corresponding hook and hook retaining means including means for urging like adjacent. in registration.
  • said tool comprising a gripping section for use in holding said tool, a track engaging member fixed to said gripping section and at least one lever arm fixed to said gripping section for use in applying a turning force to said tool, said track engaging member including two depending spaced legs, each of said legs being constructed and arranged to be inserted within a guide groove of one of said track sections in a given direction and rotatable therein in a direction orthogonal to said given direction, said legs being fixed relative to said gripping sec tion so that a turning force applied to said gripping section in said orthogonal direction causes said legs to rotate in said orthogonal direction, said legs being spaced apart a distance sufficient to permit a simultaneous insertion of each of said legs within the respective guide grooves of each of two of said adjacent track sections with corresponding hooks and hook retaining means arranged in registration, said tool being usable to translate said orthogon
  • said tool including a second lever arm fixed to said gripping section and extending outwardly therefrom, both said first and second lever arms and said track engaging member being spaced from one another about said gripping section in a manner that said lever arms are useable to apply force to said track engaging member through a moment arm when said legs are located within respective guide grooves of said like adjacent track sections to override said corresponding detent means for use in assembling and disassembling said like adjacent track sections.
  • a track section for model vehicles and a tool for use in assembling and disassembling like adjacent track sections said track section comprising a longitudinally extending body of insulating material having two ends, said track section having a substantially flat top wall forming a running surface for said model vehicles and including a guide groove of substantially equal longitudinal extent with said track sec tion for use in guiding model vehicles, said guide groove having generally upstanding side walls depending from said track section top wall, a projection from each end of said track section, a laterally extending hook being fixed to each of said projections, said hooks facing in laterally opposite directions, a recess in each end of said track section constructed and arranged to receive a corresponding projection of a like adjacent track section, a hook retaining means at each end of said track section and spaced from the end thereof for releasably engaging a corresponding laterally extending hook of a like adjacent track section, and detent means located on each end of said track section for coacting with corresponding detent means of an interconnected like adjacent track section for

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CA219,204A CA1015987A (en) 1974-02-04 1975-02-03 Model vehicle racetrack tool
ES1975209642U ES209642Y (es) 1974-02-04 1975-02-04 Herramienta para el montaje y desmontaje de secciones de pistas de carreras para vehiculos maqueta.
DE19752504606 DE2504606A1 (de) 1974-02-04 1975-02-04 Werkzeug fuer eine modellfahrzeug- rennbahn
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