Breakaway stunt car
AssigneeIdeal Toy Corporation
InventorMichael Ieda
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Abstract
A breakaway type toy vehicle has a chassis and a body which is removably mounted thereon. The body includes a plurality of body elements each of which is releasably connected to at least one other body element. Impact responsive means are provided in the vehicle for propelling one of the body elements away from the vehicle's chassis upon an impact therewith. The propulsion of this one body element causes sequential breakaway of the body elements from the chassis as the first propelled body element draws with it the body element to which it is connected.
Claims19
A toy vehicle comprising a chassis and a body removably mounted on said chassis, said body including a plurality of body elements each of which includes means for releasably connecting it to at least one other body element;
- and means on the vehicle responsive to an impact therewith for propelling one of said body elements away from said vehicle;
- said body elements being positioned in superimposed relation to one another with said one body element being positioned on top of the other body element in the assembled condition of the vehicle;
- said impact responsive means including releasable latch means for engaging said one body element and maintaining it in assembled relation to the other body elements;
- whereby said other body elements are held in assembled relation between the chassis and said one body element and propulsion of said one body element will cause a sequential break away of the body elements from the chassis as said one body element draws with it the body element to which it is connected and each body element then successively draws with it the body element to which it is connected.
A toy vehicle comprising a chassis, a plurality of ground engageable wheels rotatably mounted on said chassis and a body removably mounted on said chassis, said body including a first body element releasably engaged with said chassis, a second body element releasably connected to the first body element and a third body element releasable connected to the second body element;
- and means in said vehicle operatively connected between said chassis and said third body element and responsive to an impact therewith, for propelling said third body element away from the chassis, whereby propulsion of said third body element causes said third body element to draw said second body element with it, through its releasable connection therewith, away from said chassis, and said second body element to draw said first body element away from said chassis in a sequential break away of the body elements from the chassis.
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