IP Library Granted Patent US 7,568,578
Granted Patent B2
US 7,568,578 · App. 11/666,902 · Granted Aug 4, 2009

Wheel spinning toy vehicle in blister package with clutch mechanism

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Patent No.
US 7,568,578
App. No.
11/666,902
Granted
Aug 4, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a wheel spinning toy vehicle in a blister package with a clutch mechanism that keeps the wheel from launching off of the toy vehicle while spinning.

Claims (7)

1. A toy vehicle in a blister package, comprising:

a toy vehicle having at least one wheel and a housing having gears therein;

a blister package adapted to house said toy vehicle;

a pull cord having teeth on at least on side surface thereof and being partially disposed within said blister package and adapted to be inserted within an opening of said housing of said toy vehicle wherein said teeth of said pull cord engaging said teeth on said gears of said housing to cause said one wheel to spin when said pull cord is being pulled out of said housing and said blister package by a prospective consumer; and

a clutch mechanism located in said housing for maintaining said wheel on said vehicle while said wheel is spinning.

2. The toy vehicle according to claim 1 wherein said clutch mechanism has a component having a pair of tabs that are adapted to fit into grooves of said at least one wheel in order to attach said wheel to said clutch mechanism.

3. The toy vehicle according to claim 1 wherein said pull cords has an anti-theft device formed of a pull cord clip and a screw that prevents said pull cords from being totally removed from said blister package.

Assignments (11)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
To: BMO BANK N.A.
Reel/Frame 072416/0721 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.; DISGUISE, INC.; JAKKS SALES LLC; MAUI, INC.; MOOSE MOUNTAIN MARKETING, INC.; KIDS ONLY, INC.; JAKKS PACIFIC (ASIA) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 058963/0765 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2021
From: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.; JAKKS SALES LLC; DISGUISE, INC.; MOOSE MOUNTAIN MARKETING, INC.; MAUI, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 056514/0160 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2021
From: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC
To: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 056476/0407 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2021
From: JAKS PACIFIC, INC.; DISGUISE, INC.; JAKKS SALES LLC; MAUI, INC.; MOOSE MOUNTAIN MARKETING, INC.
To: BSP AGENCY, LLC
Reel/Frame 057254/0240 →
RESIGNATION AND AGENCY SUBSTITUTION AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 21, 2019
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS RETIRING AGENT
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT
Reel/Frame 050783/0488 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2019
From: GACP FINANCE CO., LLC
To: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.; DISGUISE, INC.; JAKKS SALES LLC.; MAUI, INC.; MOOSE MOUNTAIN MARKETING, INC; KIDS ONLY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050030/0704 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2019
From: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
To: CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKETS SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 050028/0644 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2019
From: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.; DISGUISE, INC.; JAKKS SALES LLC; MAUI, INC.; MOOSE MOUNTAIN MARKETING, INC.; KIDS ONLY, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 050017/0779 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2018
From: DISGUISE, INC.; JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.; JAKKS SALES LLC; KIDS ONLY, INC.; MAUI, INC.; MOOSE MOUNTAIN MARKETING, INC.
To: GACP FINANCE CO., LLC
Reel/Frame 046427/0047 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2014
From: JAKKS PACIFIC, INC.
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032588/0815 →