Title: Toy vehicle and housing set

Abstract: A toy vehicle and housing set, the toy vehicle having a body with a shell member positionable thereover, the shell member being configured for simulating a body of another type vehicle. The housing has a track section for traversal of the vehicle thereover and sidewalls generally perpendicular to the track section, the shell member and housing sidewalls having coacting portions for removing the shell member from the vehicle during traversal of the vehicle therethrough. The housing contains a booster for accelerating the vehicle from the exit end thereof.

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Inventors: Rich, Hubert A. (Westminster, CA, US)
May, Herbert (Torrance, CA, US)

Application Number: 946997
Filing Date: 1978-09-29
Publication_date: 1980-02-19
Assignee: Mattel, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA)
Primary Class(es): 446/430 446/471
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US Patent Ref:

1890624	Dec, 1932	Shadish	46/223.
2791867	May, 1957	Dasher	46/17.
3545757	Dec, 1970	Tepper et al.	46/202.
4109412	Aug, 1978	Saito	46/223.

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Primary Examiner: Mancene, Louis G.
Assistant Examiner: Yu, Mickey
Attorney: Mesaros; John G., Shirk; Max E.