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US 10,646,789 B1Granted
Hand controlled toy vehicle
OwnerBrian J. Espositoinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a toy vehicle that may be hand controlled by a user, especially a toddler, wherein the hand control is achieved with digit bores that extend into the toy vehicle.
Claims18
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a. a vehicle body including:
- i. a cab having a first side and a second side;
- ii. windows or features that resemble windows;
- b. wheels,
- c. two or more digit bores, wherein the two or more digit bores are blind bores that extend from the first side partially through the vehicle and terminate before reaching the second side of the vehicle body;
- and
- d. a center of gravity and a horizontal center plane extending through both the center of gravity and the two or more digit bores;
- wherein the two or more digit bores extend into the cab below the windows or features that resemble windows so that a hand of a user extends parallel to or below the horizontal center plane when digits of the user extend into the two or more digit bores, and the two or more digit bores are each configured to accept one of the digits of the user;
- wherein the two or more digit bores enable the user to manipulate the toy vehicle in a state of play.
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A toy vehicle comprising:
- a. a vehicle body including:
- i. a cab having a first side and a second side;
- ii. windows or features that resemble windows;
- b. wheels,
- c. four or more digit bores, wherein the four or more digit bores are blind bores that extend from the first side partially through the vehicle and terminate before reaching the second side of the vehicle body;
- and
- d. a center of gravity and a horizontal center plane extending through both the center of gravity and the four or more digit bores;
- wherein the four or more digit bores extend into the cab below the windows or features that resemble windows so that a hand of a user extends parallel to or below the horizontal center plane when digits of the user extend into the four or more digit bores, and the four or more digit bores are each configured to accept one of the digits of the user;
- wherein the four or more digit bores enable the user to manipulate the toy vehicle in a state of play;
- and
- wherein a first of the four or more digit bores is configured to accept a pointer finger;
- a second of the four or more digit bores is configured to accept a middle finger;
- a third of the four or more digit bores is configured to accept a ring finger;
- and a fourth of the four or more digit bores is configured to accept a pinky.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.