Patent ID: 6276280
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
An elevated track support device comprising:multiple platform sections joined together to form a ring-like structure punctuated with a center aperture, wherein each of the platform sections includesa first elongate support arm including at least one narrow, elongate ridge formed on a side of the first elongate support arm,a second elongate support arm joined to the first elongate support arm in perpendicular relation to form an L-shaped structure, forming a section of the center aperture, and including at least one slot formed on a side of the second elongate support arm, wherein the ridge is designed to be received in snug engagement with a slot on a complementary side of an adjacent platform section,an arcuate rim section joining unattached ends of the first and second elongate support arms and traversing 90 degrees of arc,at least one cavity for coupling the platform section to a stabilizing ring, anda series of lateral sides joined in perpendicular relation to the first and second elongate support arms and the arcuate rim section; the stabilizing ring, attachable to the ring-like structure, havinga circular base portion including base apertures that align with the at least one cavity so that fasteners can pass through the base apertures and into the at least one cavity in order to secure the platform sections to the stabilizing ring, anda circular neck portion, centrally coupled to the circular base portion, that encloses a stabilizing ring aperture, the circular neck portion including neck apertures for receipt of threaded fasteners which maintain the stabilizing ring and the multiple platform sections in place, wherein a pole can be extended through the stabilizing ring aperture and the center paerture of the ring-like structure so that the ring-like structure is supported in a substantially parallel orientation to the ground; anda toy train track on a top surface of the ring-like structure.