Remote Control Toy Vehicle Assembly
OwnerRobert Tell, David B. Fisherinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a remote control assembly including a control unit and a toy vehicle. The control unit includes a series of control unit directional indicia to indicate the direction the vehicle will travel when an associated actuator on the control unit is engaged. The toy vehicle, furthermore, includes vehicle directional indicia, each vehicle indicium corresponding to an indicium on the control unit. As a result, the assembly includes a pair of matching indicia—one on the control unit and one on the toy vehicle—that indicates to a child the direction in which a vehicle will travel when an associated actuator on the control unit is engaged.
Claims21
A remote control assembly comprising:
- a control unit including an input device configured to receive directional input from a user, and a signal transmitter for transmitting control signals corresponding to the received directional input, the input device including a forward direction indicium, a reverse direction indicium, a left direction indicium, and a right direction indicium;
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- a toy vehicle including a body, at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel rotatably coupled to the body, and a signal receiver for receiving the control signals from the control unit, the toy vehicle movable in a forward direction, a reverse direction, a left direction, and a right direction in response to a corresponding control signal received from the input device, wherein the forward direction indicium is located on the toy vehicle forward relative to the other indicium, the reverse direction indicium is located on the toy vehicle rearward relative to the other indicium, the left direction indicium is located proximate to one side of the toy vehicle, and the right direction indicium is located proximate to a side of the toy vehicle opposite the left direction indicium, the forward direction indicium corresponding to each other, the left direction indicium corresponding to each other, the right direction indicium corresponding to each other, and the reverse direction indicium corresponding to each other.
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A remote control toy, comprising:
- a remote control unit with a signal transmitter and a directional input device that receives an input from a user, the directional input device including individually color-coded indicia corresponding to potential directions of input;
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- a toy vehicle including a body, a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body, a drive motor housed therein, a signal receiver that receives control signals from the directional input device, and a plurality of individually color-coded directional indicia on the body, each color-coded directional indicium corresponding to a direction of movement of the vehicle, and each color-coded directional indicium corresponding to one of the color-coded indicia on the directional input device of the remote control unit.
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A remote control toy vehicle, comprising:
- a toy vehicle including a body, front wheels rotatably coupled to a front portion of the body, rear wheels rotatably coupled to a rear portion of the body, and a first color coded indicium on the front portion and a second color coded indicium on the rear portion;
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- a control unit configured to send control signals to the toy vehicle, the toy vehicle moving in a direction corresponding to the receipt of an associated control signal, the control unit including a forward direction indicium corresponding to the first color coded indicium and a reverse direction indicium corresponding to the second color coded indicium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.