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US 4,137,666 AGranted
Toy vehicle with optical weapons system
AssigneeTakara Co., Ltd.
InventorIwakichi Ogawa
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Abstract
A toy vehicle includes an optical sighting system having a lens, a focusing screen upon which images are focused by the lens, and a mirror to invert and transmit the images upward out of the toy body to a viewer. The toy vehicle further includes a complementarily firing mechanism for launching a plurality of projectiles at sighted targets. Additionally, the toy vehicle can also support a detachable plane-like device which includes a wing, a propeller, and a means to drive the propeller.
Claims11
A multifunction mobile toy assembly comprising;
- a housing member;
- a projectile firing system mounted on the housing member;
- means attached to the housing member for providing locomotion;
- optical means operatively associated with the housing member for imaging an object including an imaging screen disposed for exterior viewing whereby the projectile firing system can be aligned with target images for discharging projectiles at the target.
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A toy vehicle assembly comprising;
- a vehicle housing member;
- a projectile firing assembly mounted on the exterior of the vehicle housing member including a projectile;
- means attached to the vehicle housing member for providing locomotion;
- a hollow optical housing member mounted on the vehicle housing member having a first and second opening;
- a lens barrel member movably mounted in the hollow optical housing member;
- a focusing lens mounted in the lens barrel member;
- an imaging screen mounted adjacent one end of the lens barrel, and
- a reflector inserted into the hollow housing member at an angle to the imaging screen to transmit an image of a target upward out of the hollow housing member to permit alignment of the projectile firing assembly to fire the projectile at the target, the lens barrel movement permitting an operator to focus on the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.