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US 5,489,232 AGranted
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AssigneeChien Ti Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorFeng-Ju Chang
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AssigneeChien Ti Enterprise Co., Ltd.
InventorFeng-Ju Chang
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A toy vehicle including a base frame having a front end and a rear end, with a front fork unit coupled to the front end of the base frame. The front wheel mounted on the front fork is reinforced by solid spoke wheel halves coupled together and a front fender is also coupled to the front fork unit. The front fork unit includes two symmetrical sleeves on each side, one slidable within the other. The outer sleeve has a longitudinal opening and an upper stop surface. The inner sleeve has a corresponding longitudinal opening and mounts the front wheel axle at the lower end thereof. A bearing block is mounted on each side of the fender and is received through said longitudinal openings coupling the fender to the fork unit.
A toy vehicle comprising a base frame having a front end and a rear end, a front fork unit having opposed legs and coupled to the front end of said base frame, a rear wheel transmission unit coupled to the rear end of said base frame, a front wheel suspended from said front fork unit and reinforced by solid spoke wheels, a front fender coupled to said front fork unit, and two bearing blocks mounted respectively on either side of said front fender and extending from two opposite lateral sides thereof each having a respective stub rod connected to a leg of said front fork unit, said fork unit including two upper fork sleeves respectively mounted around opposed legs of said fork, and two lower fork sleeves, respectively, inserted into said upper fork sleeves, each pair of upper and lower sleeves surrounding a portion of a leg of said fork, each upper fork sleeve having a longitudinal opening, which receives one of said bearing blocks, and a top stop edge, disposed above the respective bearing block, each lower fork sleeve having a longitudinal opening at an inner side receiving one of said block stub rods, and a closed bottom end terminating in a pivot hole, which mounts said front wheel.
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Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor: tricycles, e.g. with moving figures
Toys
Term ended 3 Jan 2015 (estimated)
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The present invention relates to toy vehicles, and relates more particularly to an electric toy vehicle having a reinforced body structure.
Various toy vehicles have been disclosed, and have appeared on the market. However few toy vehicles are made corresponding to the body structure of a rear vehicle. Regular toy vehicles are commonly comprised of a solid vehicle body supported on solid wheels. These toy vehicles are not strong. More particularly, the solid wheels tend to be deformed. Because the vehicle body is made in a solid unit, the outer appearance does not cause a sense of beauty.
It is one object of the present invention to provide an electric toy vehicle which resembles the body structure of the rear vehicle. It is another object of the present invention to provide an electric toy vehicle which has a reinforced body structure. It is still another object of the present invention to provide an electric toy vehicle which is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to assemble.
FIG. 1 is an elevational view of an electric toy vehicle according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the base frame and rear wheel transmission unit for the electric toy vehicle shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the front fork unit, front fender and front wheel for the electric toy vehicle shown in FIG. 1;
Referring to FIGS. 1 through 7, an electric toy vehicle in accordance with the present invention is generally comprised of a base frame 1, a front fender 2, a front wheel 3, a rear wheel transmission unit 4, a front fork unit 5, an outer shell 6, and a rear storage box 7.
The base frame 1 is shaped like the Chinese character ".+-.", having a front end terminating in an upright connecting tube 11 and a rear end terminating in a transverse rear wheel axle 12 (see FIGS. 2 and 4).
The front fender 2 comprises two bearing blocks 21 respectively extended from two opposite lateral sides thereof, and two stub rods 211 respectively raised from the bearing blocks 21 (see FIGS. 3 and 6).