Patent ID: 6066025
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A63H,Y10S

Abstract:
A musical toy comprising:(a) a vehicle having a carriage supported by wheels;(b) a musical instrument having a plurality of transversely arrayed keys actuable to produce corresponding musical notes, the musical instrument held by the carriage of the vehicle to expose the keys therebelow;(c) a plurality of note tiles having an upper surface holding an actuator element and a lower surface having a first fastener half;(d) a track having two outer rails extending in parallel configurations so the vehicle may move along the track in a longitudinal direction guided by the rails, the track further having a plurality of second fastener halves to releasably receive the first fastener halves of the note tiles in engagement at different transverse locations so that the actuator elements of the note tiles may actuate the keys of the musical instrument when the vehicle passes over the engaged note tiles; the track further having longitudinally extending indicia representing five lines and four spaces of a musical staff wherein the second fastener halves are positioned so that the note tiles may be placed atop one of the five lines or in the four spaces therebetween, as notes are placed on a musical staff at one of a plurality of transverse locations along the track;whereby music may be composed and played by movement of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction;wherein the note tiles have different longitudinal extent when placed on the track and wherein the longitudinal extent are even integer multiples of each other.