Toy assembly with inner object in housing that performs function
AssigneeSpin Master Ltd.
InventorsLee Gamble, Matthew Lentini
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Abstract
In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a housing and a toy vehicle inside the housing. The housing has a movable housing portion, and at least one functional element that is movable and is separate from the movable housing portion. The toy vehicle has a drive wheel that, when driven in a first rotational direction causes the drive wheel to drive movement of the functional element so as to carry out a function without driving movement of the toy vehicle towards the movable housing portion, and when driven in a second rotational direction causes the drive wheel to drive the vehicle towards the movable housing portion.
Claims9
A toy assembly, comprising:
- a housing and a toy vehicle,
- the housing defining an interior and having a movable housing portion that is openable relative to a main housing portion to provide an aperture to the interior, the housing having a plurality of walls, wherein the plurality of walls includes a floor, wherein the housing has an inner projection that projects into the interior of the housing;
- wherein the toy vehicle is positioned inside the housing, wherein the toy vehicle includes a drive wheel that is positioned on the toy vehicle so as to support the toy vehicle on a support surface, and a motor that is operatively connected to the drive wheel to drive the drive wheel,
- wherein the motor is operatively connected to the drive wheel to drive the drive wheel so as to drive the vehicle towards the movable housing portion,
- wherein the housing includes another inner projection having a grip surface thereon, wherein said another inner projection is positioned so as to change an orientation of the toy vehicle during engagement of the drive wheel with the grip surface on said another inner projection as the toy vehicle is driven.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.