Patent ID: 9205343
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A musical toy comprising: (a) a vehicle having a carriage supported by wheels; (b) a musical instrument having a plurality of transversely arrayed operators actuable to produce corresponding musical notes, the musical instrument held by the carriage of the vehicle to expose the operators therebelow; (c) a plurality of note tiles having an upper surface for activating the operators and a lower surface having a first fastener half; (d) a track having longitudinally extending guides so the vehicle may move along the track in a longitudinal direction as oriented by the guides, 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 upper surface of the note tiles may actuate the operators of the musical instrument when the vehicle passes over the engaged note tiles; wherein the second fastener halves comprise upwardly extending cylindrical studs arranged in rectilinear longitudinal rows and transverse columns and the first fastener half comprises a socket deforming to receive the cylindrical studs; wherein a longitudinal outer extent of the note tiles provides a feature and wherein the operators sense the feature to modulate a note.