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US 3,938,278 AGranted
Starter device for toys
AssigneeSanyo Onkyo Seiki Co. Ltd.
InventorYasuo Nakamori
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Abstract
A starter device for a toy equipped with a drive and having an extra structure on which an accessory or auxiliary toy can be detachably mounted. Said device comprises operating members disposed in said structure and arranged to be actuated to operate said drive of the toy to let it move when said accessory toy is mounted and fixed in position on said structure.
Claims6
A toy comprising:
- a. a body;
- b. a shaft mounted on said body;
- c. a wheel mounted on said body and operatively connected to said shaft for joint rotation;
- d. drive means mounted on said body and connected to said shaft for rotating the shaft;
- e. a mounting member on said body defining a path for an auxiliary toy toward and away from a mounting position on said body;
- f. an operating element movably secured to said mounting member;
- g. biasing means yieldably biasing said element toward a position in which a portion of said element extends into said path for displacement of said element by said auxiliary toy during movement of said toy in said path toward said position;
- and
- h. stop means movably mounted on said body and operatively interposed between said element and said shaft for stopping said shaft in response to displacement of said engagement portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.