Egg-shaped toy cars and methods of making the same

Abstract

Egg-shaped toy cars are disclosed. Methods of making egg-shaped toy cars are also disclosed.

1 . An egg-shaped toy car comprising: 
 an egg-shaped car chassis;    one or more wheels; and    at least one axle joining the one or more wheels to the egg-shaped car chassis.    
     
     
         2 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped toy car further comprises an animal figurine.  
     
     
         3 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 2 , wherein the animal figurine comprises a figurine of an animal that hatches from an egg.  
     
     
         4 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 3 , wherein the animal that hatches from an egg comprises a snake, a lizard, a frog, a dinosaur, a dragon, a bird, a duckbill platypus, an alligator, a crocodile, a fish, a crab, a lobster, or a turtle.  
     
     
         5 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 2 , wherein the animal figurine is positioned within the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         6 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one axle extends through a portion of the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         7 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one axle is attached to a frame that extends below the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         8 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped toy car comprises three or more wheels.  
     
     
         9 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped toy car comprises four wheels.  
     
     
         10 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped car chassis comprises a metal or plastic material; the one or more wheels comprise a rubber material; and the at least one axle comprises a metal or plastic material.  
     
     
         11 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped car chassis comprises at least one transparent portion extending along an outer surface of the egg-shaped car chassis, wherein one or more transparent portions provide a view of at least a portion of an interior of the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         12 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 11 , wherein the egg-shaped toy car further comprises an animal figurine.  
     
     
         13 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped car chassis comprises at least one door, wherein one or more doors provide access to at least a portion of an interior of the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         14 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 13 , wherein at least one door comprises a transparent door portion extending along an outer surface of the egg-shaped car chassis, wherein the transparent door portion provides a view of at least a portion of an interior of the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         15 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 1 , wherein the egg-shaped car is motorized.  
     
     
         16 . An egg-shaped toy car comprising: 
 an egg-shaped car chassis having an enclosed space surrounded by an outer periphery of the egg-shaped car chassis;    one or more wheels;    at least one axle joining the one or more wheels to the egg-shaped car chassis; and    an animal figurine positioned within the enclosed space of the egg-shaped car chassis.    
     
     
         17 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 16 , wherein the animal figurine comprises a snake, a lizard, a frog, a dinosaur, a dragon, a bird, a duckbill platypus, an alligator, a crocodile, a fish, a crab, a lobster, or a turtle.  
     
     
         18 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 16 , wherein the animal figurine is removable from the enclosed space of the egg-shaped car chassis via an opening, a door, a sunroof, a hatch, a window, a convertible top, or a seam in the egg-shaped car chassis.  
     
     
         19 . The egg-shaped toy car of  claim 16 , wherein the animal figurine is permanently attached to the egg-shaped car chassis, and the egg-shaped car chassis further comprises at least one hatch door that provides access to the enclosed space.  
     
     
         20 . An egg-shaped toy car comprising: 
 an egg-shaped car chassis having at least one hatch on an outer surface of the egg-shaped car chassis so as to provide access to an interior space within the egg-shaped car chassis;    four wheels;    two axles joining the four wheels to the egg-shaped car chassis; and    an animal figurine positioned within the egg-shaped car chassis.