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US 5,334,078 AGranted
Toy vehicle having articulated jaws
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsKeith A. Hippely, Gary Swisher, Terence A. Choy, Wayne R. Halford
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Abstract
A toy vehicle includes a chassis supported by a plurality of wheels. A body includes a jaw which supports a plurality of teeth and is pivotally secured with respect to the chassis. A lever mechanism is coupled to the body and jaw and operates in response to user imposed force to configure the vehicle in either a closed or open mouth configuration.
Claims5
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a support chassis having a plurality of supporting wheels;
- a lower jaw portion coupled to said support means defining a plurality of upwardly extending teeth and a pivotal attachment;
- a body defining an upper jaw portion pivotally secured to said lower jaw portion at said pivotal attachment;
- a pair of wings pivotally secured to said lower jaw portion;
- operative means coupled to said body and said wings for separating said wings as said body pivots upwardly and for closing said wings as said body pivots downwardly;
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- lever means coupled to said body for pivoting said body between a lowered closed position and a raised open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.