Container and start apparatus for toy cars
AssigneeTakara Co., Ltd.
InventorMasumi Terui
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Abstract
A combination storage container and launching apparatus for self-propelled toy miniature vehicles includes a base member capable of supporting a miniature vehicle for storage and wall members that can be pivotally connected to the base member. The wall members further provide structures for restraining a miniature vehicle when positioned in a horizontal operative mode, and pivotal levers for releasing the miniature vehicle to permit self propulsion.
Claims17
A combination storage container and launching apparatus for self propelled miniature vehicles comprising:
- a base member capable of supporting a miniature vehicle for storage;
- at least one wall member movably connected to the base member from a first storage position wherein at least a portion of the wall member is traverse to the base member to a second launching position, wherein that portion of the wall member is approximately parallel to the base member;
- means on the wall member for supporting and restraining a miniature vehicle, capable of self propulsion, in a stationary position, when the wall member is positioned approximately parallel to the base member, and
- means on the wall member for releasing the miniature vehicle to permit propulsion of the vehicle.
A combination storage container and launching apparatus for self propelled four-wheeled miniature vehicles comprising:
- a base member having a support surface and a pair of end walls connected to the support surface;
- a pair of side wall members pivotally connected to the base member, each side wall member having an integrally molded ramp member terminating in a retaining ledge, the dimension of the ramp member and retaining ledge being sufficient to support the front wheels of a miniature vehicle on the ramp member while restraining movement of the rear wheels against the retaining ledge, when pivoted to an operative horizontal position;
- means on each side wall member for subjectively elevating the rear wheels to approximately the height of the ramp member whereby the self propelled miniature vehicle is released, the side wall members further capable of a pivotal movement to approximately a vertical position to form, with the base member, a storage container for at least one miniature vehicle.
A combination storage container and launching apparatus for self propelled miniature vehicles comprising:
- a base member capable of supporting a miniature vehicle for storage;
- at least one wall member movably connected to the base member from a first storage position to a second launching position;
- means on the wall member for supporting and restraining a miniature vehicle, capable of self propulsion, in a stationary position, including an elevated ramp member extending away from the wall member, and
- means for releasing the miniature vehicle to permit propulsion of the vehicle, including a pivotal lever mounted on the wall member adjacent the ramp member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.