Patent ID: 6296544
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
An amusement device for use in a traveling vehicle, comprising:a sheet having indicia thereon which represents a travel route of the vehicle;a housing including:a sheet holding area for receiving and holding the sheet,a transparent wall in overlying relation to said sheet holding area such that the sheet is viewable through the transparent wall, anda retaining section for receiving the sheet in the sheet holding area and for retaining the sheet in the sheet holding area;a mounting assembly for mounting the housing to a seat of the traveling vehicle so that the sheet is viewable by a person to the rear of the seat;a plurality of lights mounted in spaced relation to the housing and providing an indication as to predefined points along the travel route represented on the sheet held in the sheet holding area; andan actuation device for actuating selected ones of said lights from a location remote from said housing, to illuminate selected points along the travel route represented on the sheet, thereby visually indicating the travel progress of the vehicle along the travel route;wherein said housing further includes:side walls and a bottom wall connected with lower ends of said side walls, with said transparent wall forming a top wall connected with upper ends of said side walls so as to define said sheet holding area;an opening provided as a slot in a first one of said side walls;a first set of ledges on opposite second and third ones of said side walls; anda second set of ledges formed on the inner surfaces of said second and third ones of said side walls in spaced relation to the first set of ledges so as to define a gap between each ledge of the first set and a corresponding ledge of the second set, with the gap being aligned with said opening in said one side wall, such that said ledges restrain the sheet inserted in the sheet holding area.