Patent ID: 6595824
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy vehicle system consisting essentially of a plurality of segmented toy vehicles comprising at least a first vehicle and a second vehicle,wherein the first vehicle comprises a plurality of serially connected body parts, each pair of body parts connected to one another by a three-element connector system, the connector system consisting of; a) a fixed universal socket; b) an intermediate shaped-socket coupler having a universal end adapted to engage the universal socket and a shaped end having a first shaped intermediate member defining a first shape; and c) a fixed shaped socket having a first shaped fixed member adapted to engage the first shaped intermediate member, the first connector system being identified by a first color, and wherein the second vehicle comprises a plurality of serially connected body parts, each pair of body parts connected to one another by a three-element connector system, the connector system consisting of; a) a fixed universal socket; b) an intermediate shaped-socket coupler having a universal end adapted to engage the universal socket and a shaped end having a second shaped intermediate member defining a second shape; and c) a fixed shape socket having a second shaped fixed member adapted to engage the second shaped intermediate member, the second connector system being identified by a second color, wherein the first shape is different from the second shape such that the first intermediate shaped socket coupler will not engage the second fixed shaped socket and the second intermediate shaped socket coupler will not engage the first fixed shaped socket; and wherein the first color is different from the second color.