(under the class definition) Vehicles in which some object is simulated.
(1) Note. This group includes both those vehicles which have positive occupant propelling means and those which are adapted to be pushed along by the occupant. Also, vehicles which include a simulation and are propelled by a walking (nonoccupant) attendant are included herein.
(2) Note. Simulations comprise both the forms which are claimed specifically as figures having bodies, heads, legs, ears, etc., or as having equipment such as saddles, stirrups, reins, etc., and those disclosed simulations having claimed features which necessarily import or require structure or arrangements not found in nonsimulation type vehicles. Examples of such features are steering or driving mechanisms housed in bodies of substantial depth or thickness, or arranged to by-pass or accommodate figure parts not claimed
as such but having no useful place in the conventional vehicle, as projecting heads or feet not used for support. Automobile simulations for subclasses 827 and 828 comprise body and running gear combinations having structure, the chief purpose of which is to render the vehicle attractive to children by imitating features characteristic of automobiles, as sound effects, simulations of brakes, headlights, radiators, etc., hoods, cowls, rear decks or fenders. A body comprising a flat board claimed as having the outline of an automobile is considered a simulation. Vehicles have not been classified herein on a purely disclosure basis except as an alternative to placing the patent in subclass 1 of this class.
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87.01+, for nonsimulation type vehicles having neither power means nor positive occupant propelling, but adapted to coast or be pushed along by the occupant.
200+, for nonsimulating type vehicles having positive occupant propelling means, and for occupant propelled vehicles having mere figurehead steering bar or shaft where no specific structure of the head is claimed, as reins, jaws, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 446, Amusement Devices: Toys, appropriate subclasses for a wheeled toy which is a simulation of something. A simulation for Class 280 is distinguished from a Class 446 Toy, in that the device 1) must have structure enabling operation in a mode consistent with typical vehicular activity, and 2) must be capable of supporting, and as disclosed intended to carry, a rider.
