Toy vehicle device
AssigneeMarvin Glass & Associates
InventorsRalph J. Kulesza, Howard J. Morrison
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Abstract
A toy vehicle device having the general configuration of a ring wearable on a human finger includes a platform upon which a toy vehicle is mounted for propulsion. The toy vehicle is propelled from the platform by a spring compressed between the vehicle and the platform upon loading of the vehicle onto the platform. The vehicle is releasably held on the platform by a manually actuable catch. A portion of the housing, mounted for pivotal movement under the influence of a normally compressed biasing member, is retained in a first position by a second catch, a portion of which extends outwardly of the vehicle housing to impact any obstacle in the vehicle's path of movement. Upon impact the second catch is released and the vehicle housing portion pivots under the influence of the biasing member.
Claims11
A toy vehicle device comprising:
- a vehicle housing including a pivotal housing portion;
- means for propelling said vehicle housing;
- means for supporting said housing and propelling means on the human body, said supporting means including a finger ring;
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- means for propelling said pivotal housing portion away from the remainder of said housing in response to impact of said housing with an obstacle.
A toy vehicle device comprising:
- a wheeled vehicle housing;
- means for propelling said housing;
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- means for releasably securing said housing to a human appendage, said means including a ring member arranged to be worn on a digit of a human hand and to orient said vehicle housing with its direction of propulsion generally parallel to the length of said digit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.