Patents Assigned to Takara Co., Ltd.
  • Four-wheel drive unit for toy vehicle
    Patent number: 4710147
    Abstract: A four-wheel drive unit for a toy vehicle, comprising a windup spring drive mechanism including a first axle, a gear mechanism having a second axle and a link shaft which rotatably connects the first axle to the second axle via link gears so that the gear mechanism may pivot around the axis of the link shaft with reference to the drive mechanism, and the first and the second axles may be rotated in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Wakase
  • Toy vehicle assembly with multiple drive units
    Patent number: 4710148
    Abstract: A toy vehicle having a chassis and interchangeable wheel drive units detachably mounted in container portions of the chassis. The wheel drive units has a unit body and a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the unit body via a rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Nagaoka
  • Automobile having selective drive wheels
    Patent number: 4684355
    Abstract: A toy automobile having selective drive wheels comprising a body, a chassis and pairs of front and rear wheels, in which either a front wheel windup spring drive unit or a freewheel holder along with a front axle is detachably arranged in a front space of the chassis, and in which either a rear wheel windup spring drive unit or a freewheel holder along with a rear axle is detachably arranged in a rear space of the chassis, whereby a selection between front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, four-wheel drive or four-freewheel is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Urakawa, Noriyuki Inomata
  • Reconfigurable toy assembly
    Patent number: 4680018
    Abstract: A reconfigurable toy assembly is disclosed which is adapted to be reversibly transformed to provide two kinds of configurations entirely different from each other between a first position and a second position by only swinging operation. Typically, the reconfigurable toy assembly is constructed in such a manner to provide a vehicle form by folding the toy assembly and a robotic humanoid form by unfolding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouzin Ohno
  • Reconfigurable toy vehicle
    Patent number: D290723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Kitamura
  • Reconfigurable toy vehicle
    Patent number: D291461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Kitamura
  • Toy robot-aircraft watch
    Patent number: D291973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Doi
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D293803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Doi
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D293804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Doi
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D293805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Matsumoto
  • Reconfigurable toy space shuttle
    Patent number: D293806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daishirou Shibukawa
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D294045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Matsumoto
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D294046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Doi
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D294047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Matsumoto
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D294048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Matsumoto
  • Reconfigurable toy jet-plane
    Patent number: D294049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kouzin Ohno
  • Toy robotic humanoid assembly
    Patent number: D294055
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daishirou Shibukawa
  • Reconfigurable toy cassette
    Patent number: D294056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Matsuda
  • Assembled humanoid robot toy
    Patent number: D294157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Matsumoto
  • Reconfigurable dinosaur toy
    Patent number: D294611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Muneyoshi Shinohara