Toy vehicles with automatic banking

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a frame,
• a first wheel mounted vertically to the frame for rolling rotation;
• a steering fork mounted to the frame for rotation about a nonhorizontal axis;
• a second wheel mounted vertically to the steering fork for rotation therewith about said nonhorizontal axis and for rolling rotation;
• means, responsive to human manipulation, for controlling the angular position of the steering fork about said nonhorizontal axis;
• a pair of outriggers terminating in supports for holding up the toy vehicle, one outrigger and one corresponding support on each side of the vehicle,
• each outrigger being mounted to the frame for rotation about a respective first outrigger axis which is at a nonzero angle to the vertical, and also about a respective second outrigger axis which is generally horizontal, both outrigger axes being near the end of the outrigger remote from the corresponding support;
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• means, actuated by the angular-position-controlling means, for orienting the outriggers to bank and support the vehicle when the steering fork is in position for a turn, said outrigger-orienting means comprising:
• first means for rotating outward about its first outrigger axis the outrigger on the side toward which the steering fork is turned;
• and second means for rotating downward about its second outrigger axis the other outrigger.

A toy vehicle comprising:

• a frame;
• a first wheel mounted vertically to the frame for rolling rotation;
• a steering fork mounted to the frame for rotation about a nonhorizontal axis;
• a second wheel mounted vertically to the steering fork for rotation therewith about said nonhorizontal axis and for rolling rotation;
• means, rsponsive to human manipulation, for controlling the angular position of the steering fork about said nonhorizontal axis;
• a pair of outriggers terminating in supports for holding up the toy vehicle, one outrigger and one corresponding support on each side of the vehicle, each outrigger being moveable from a first position adjacent to the frame to a second position spaced outwardly from the frame;
• means on the frame, actuated by the angular-position-controlling means, for moving said outriggers inwardly and outwardly in coordination with the angular position of the steering fork and for tilting the vehicle toward the inside of each turn.