Remote controlled toy vehicle
AssigneeHasbro, Inc.
InventorsJoseph F. Skrivan, David J. Ribbe
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Abstract
A remote controlled, all-terrain toy vehicle has treads on both its left and right sides. Each tread extends over front and rear oversized, resilient wheels that allow the vehicle to travel on its top and bottom sides in forward and reverse. The vehicle is adapted for high performance on hard, flat surfaces, such as pavement, as a result of an elevated ridge on the tread that ensures low surface area contact with the ground and, which in turn, reduces ground resistance and increases the operating speed of the vehicle.
Claims29
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- first and second front wheels rotatably attached to the body;
- first and second rear wheels rotatably attached to the body;
- a first tread extending between the first front wheel and the first rear wheel;
- and
- a second tread extending between the second front wheel and the second rear wheel;
- wherein the wheels and treads are sized and positioned relative to the body so that the treads define a maximum outer perimeter of the toy vehicle and permit the vehicle to travel when the body is in an upright configuration and when the body is in an inverted configuration, and at least one of the treads includes a ridge running longitudinally along an exterior surface of the tread and extending beyond all other portions of the tread.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a front resilient wheel rotatably attached to the body;
- a rear resilient wheel rotatably attached to the body;
- and
- a tread extending between the front wheel and the rear wheel, the tread including an interior circumferential surface and elements extending from the interior surface to define a recessed track in which at least a portion of at least one wheel travels,
- wherein the tread includes a ridge running longitudinally along an exterior surface of the tread and extending beyond all other portions of the tread.
A tread for a toy vehicle, the tread comprising:
- a belt defining continuous interior and exterior surfaces, and projections extending from the interior surface to define a recessed track;
- and
- a narrow, central ridge running longitudinally along the exterior surface and extending beyond all other portions of the exterior surface.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a body;
- a front wheel rotatably attached to the body;
- a rear wheel rotatably attached to the body;
- and
- a tread extending between the front wheel and the rear wheel, wherein the wheels are resilient and the tread includes a ridge running longitudinally along an exterior surface of the tread and extending beyond all other portions of the tread.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.