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Lightweight plastic vehicles

A delivery tool and plastic technology, applied in the field of plastic toy delivery tools, can solve problems such as instability, weak manufacture, failure to achieve predetermined functions, etc., and achieve the effects of preventing deflection, convenient manufacture and low cost

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-11-26
SPIN MASTER LTD
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however, these methods of reducing manufacturing costs result in vehicle bodies that are weak and unable to perform their intended functions
For example, wings and other aerodynamic surfaces of toy airplanes made of overly flexible plastic can cause severe instability during flight

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[0028] The lightweight plastic vehicle described herein has a vehicle body that is formed from a thin sheet of plastic and that can be thermoformed. The plastic sheet may be PVC plastic. In other embodiments of the plastic vehicle, the plastic may be polycarbonate or butyrate plastic or a combination of all of the above. Typically, the vehicle body is formed by folding or vacuum forming one or more PVC panels into a vehicle specific shape. The vehicle may be any type of vehicle including airplanes, cars, trains, tanks, and the like. figure 1 and 2 A plastic vehicle, in particular an aircraft 100 , is represented according to one embodiment of the applicant's lightweight plastic vehicle.

[0029]Aircraft 100 includes two vacuum formed transparent PVC panels 200,300. In other embodiments, PVC is an opaque colored plastic. Vacuum forming is a well-known forming process in which a vacuum is used to draw heated plastic sheets into a cavity or onto a form and then cooled. Vacu...

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A vehicle with a novel vehicle body formed of polyvinylchloride plastic (''PVC'') or similar plastics. Generally, the vehicle body is formed by folding or vacuum forming one or more sheets of PVC into shapes specific to one type of vehicle. The type of vehicle can be any type of vehicle, including planes, cars, trains, tanks, of the like. The vehicle body also incorporates novel structural elements such as curves, folds or troughs that stiffen the PVC and facilitate assembly of the vehicle body.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to lightweight plastic vehicles, and more particularly to plastic toy vehicles. Background technique [0002] Vehicles, especially toy vehicles, with vehicle bodies made of plastic are well known in the art. For example, US Patent No. 2,870,567 describes a model airplane in which parts are made of extremely thin polystyrene plastic, usually vacuum formed to obtain the desired configuration. US Patent Application No. 2005 / 0227582 discloses a model aircraft constructed of an expanded polypropylene foam core with a thin semi-rigid polycarbonate plastic skin adhesively attached to the core. US Patent No. 6,685,528 discloses the construction of a flyable plastic aircraft obtained by joining two vacuum-formed plastic parts. [0003] One drawback of these plastic vehicles is that the vehicle body is usually made of dense and / or thick plastic. The vehicle body also includes separately formed support elements of dense ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A63H27/18A63H17/00A63H17/045
CPCA63H27/02A63H27/001
Inventor 杰夫里·詹姆斯·科尔西格拉查尔斯·辛克
Owner SPIN MASTER LTD