IP Library Granted Patent US 7,275,976
Granted Patent B2
US 7,275,976 · App. 10/526,987 · Granted Oct 2, 2007

Game toy device using remote-controlled traveling toy, remote-controlled traveling toy, and game board

Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,275,976
App. No.
10/526,987
Granted
Oct 2, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy, which enables the remote-controlled traveling toy to make a movement that is more unexpected than before, for play. The remote-controlled traveling toy 1 includes one front wheel 5 and two rear wheels 7 and 9. The traveling toy is remotely controlled by remote control signals and is so constructed as to travel on a traveling surface of a play board. The diameter sizes of the two rear wheels 7 and 9 are different. With one front wheel 5 and two rear wheels 7, 9 having a different diameter, the remote-controlled traveling toy 1 can move most unexpectedly that anyone has ever experienced, according to the state of the traveling surface of the play board.

Claims (24)

1. A play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy, comprising:

a remote control device for outputting a remote control signal;

a remote-controlled traveling three-wheeled toy having only one front wheel, only two rear wheels, and an electric motor remote controlled by said remote control signal; and

a play board having a travel surface on which said remote-controlled traveling toy travels;

wherein diameter sizes of said two rear wheels of said remote-controlled traveling toy are different;

wherein said play board is shaped so that said travel surface is continuous in a circumferential direction thereof and a height thereof from an installation surface is decreasing toward a central portion thereof; and

in said central portion thereof is formed a concave section with a size capable of fully receiving said front wheel and/or said rear wheels and a depth allowing said remote-controlled traveling toy to get out of there by itself.

2. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1 , wherein an angle between an inner periphery surface of said concave section and said installation surface is set to an angle range of 93±1°.

3. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1 , wherein a main portion of said travel surface comprises a first inclined surface adjacent to said concave section and having a first radius of curvature and a second inclined surface continuous with an outside of said first inclined surface and having a second radius of curvature close to infinity; and

an angle of said second inclined surface from said installation surface is set in the angle range of 32.2° to 42.2°.

4. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 1 , wherein said travel surface comprises a first inclined surface adjacent to said concave section and having a first radius of curvature, a second inclined surface continuous with an outside of said first inclined surface and having a second radius of curvature close to infinity, a third inclined surface continuous with an outside of said second inclined surface and having a third radius of curvature smaller than the first radius of curvature, and a fourth inclined surface continuous with an outside of said third inclined surface and having a fourth radius of curvature smaller than the third radius of curvature;

width sizes of said first, second, third, and fourth inclined surfaces become smaller in an order of said second inclined surface, said first inclined surface, said third inclined surface, and said fourth inclined surface; and

an angle of said second inclined surface from said installation surface is set in the angle range of 32.2° to 42.2°.

5. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 4 , wherein an angle between said third inclined surface and said installation surface is set in an angle range of 48±2°; and

an angle between said fourth inclined surface and said installation surface is set in an angle range of 89±1°.

6. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 5 , wherein a substantially horizontal surface is provided outside said fourth inclined surface.

7. A play board having a travel surface on which a remote-controlled traveling three-wheeled toy travels, wherein said toy has only one front wheel, only two rear wheels, and an electric motor remotely controlled by a remote control signal,

said travel surface is shaped to be continuous in a circumferential direction thereof and have a height thereof from an installation surface is decreasing toward a central portion thereof; and

in said central portion thereof is formed a concave section with a size capable of fully receiving said front wheel and/or said rear wheels and a depth allowing said remote-controlled traveling toy to get out of there by itself.

8. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 2 , wherein a main portion of said travel surface comprises a first inclined surface adjacent to said concave section and having a first radius of curvature and a second inclined surface continuous with an outside of said first inclined surface and having a second radius of curvature close to infinity; and

an angle of said second inclined surface from said installation surface is set in the angle range of 32.2° to 42.20°.

9. The play toy system using a remote-controlled traveling toy according to claim 2 , wherein said travel surface comprises a first inclined surface adjacent to said concave section and having a first radius of curvature, a second inclined surface continuous with an outside of said first inclined surface and having a second radius of curvature close to infinity, a third inclined surface continuous with an outside of said second inclined surface and having a third radius of curvature smaller than the first radius of curvature, and a fourth inclined surface continuous with an outside of said third inclined surface and having a fourth radius of curvature smaller than the third radius of curvature;

width sizes of said first, second, third, and fourth inclined surfaces become smaller in an order of said second inclined surface, said first inclined surface, said third inclined surface, and said fourth inclined surface; and

an angle of said second inclined surface from said installation surface is set in the angle range of 32.2° to 42.2°.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2007
From: KONAMI CORPORATION
To: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019365/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2005
From: TORIYAMA, RYOSUKE; HAYASHI, RYOJI; UMENO, MAKOTO
To: KONAMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015956/0763 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2003-092957 · Mar 28, 2003 · national
JP 2004-001492 · Jan 6, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060009120A1 · Jan 12, 2006