Sound activated toy vehicle

A sound activated toy vehicle the toy vehicle comprising:

• a body;
• a chassis that accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel and a rear wheel;
• a motor configured drivingly connected to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel;
• a sound transducer supported in one of the chassis and body and configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detected sound;
• a controller having an input electrically connected to the sound transducer and an output electrically connected to the motor, the controller changing the output to the motor when the electrical signal is received by the input from the sound transducer;
• a vehicle accessory having an exterior portion and being supported for movement on at least one of the chassis and the body between a first position and a second position by mechanical power from the motor;
• wherein the vehicle accessory includes an actuating mechanism having:
• a carriage movably secured to an internal surface of the body;
• a rack having teeth and a protrusion, the rack being slideably supported in a volume defined by the carriage and an internal surface of the body;
• and
• a spring being in operative engagement with the protrusion on the rack so as to bias the rack to a first rack position;
• wherein the exterior portion of the vehicle accessory is operatively coupled to the rack and being movable between a first accessory position and a second accessory position with movement of the rack from the first rack position to a second rack position.

A sound activated toy vehicle, the toy vehicle comprising:

• a body;
• a chassis that accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel and a rear wheel;
• a motor drivingly connected to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel;
• a sound transducer supported in one of the chassis and body and configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detected sound;
• a controller having an input electrically connected to the sound transducer and an output electrically connected to the motor, the controller changing the output to the motor when the electrical signal is received by the input from the sound transducer;
• and
• a vehicle accessory having an exterior portion and being supported for movement on at least one of the chassis and the body between a first position and a second position by mechanical power from the motor;
• wherein the vehicle accessory includes an actuating mechanism having:
• a carriage movably secured to an internal surface of the body;
• a rack having teeth and a protrusion, the rack being slidably supported in a volume defined by the carriage and an internal surface of the body;
• and
• a spring being in operative engagement with the protrusion on the rack so as to bias the rack to a first rack position;
• wherein the exterior portion of the vehicle accessory is operatively coupled to the rack and being movable between a first accessory position and a second accessory position with movement of the rack from the first rack position to a second rack position;
• and
• wherein the chassis further comprises a gear box having a drive gear and a power take-off gear each drivingly coupled to a shaft of the motor, the power take-off gear being operably coupled with the rack so that when the motor shaft turns in a first direction the rack moves from the first rack position to the second rack position.

A sound activated toy vehicle in combination with a remote sound generating device, the toy vehicle comprising:

• a body;
• a chassis that accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel and a rear wheel;
• a motor configured drivingly connected to at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel;
• a sound transducer supported in one of the chassis and body and configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detected sound;
• a controller having an input electrically connected to the sound transducer and an output electrically connected to the motor, the controller changing the output to the motor when the electrical signal is received by the input from the sound transducer;
• a vehicle accessory having an exterior portion and being supported for movement on at least one of the chassis and the body between a first position and a second position by mechanical power from the motor;
• and
• the remote device including:
• a housing having perforations so as to permit sound waves to pass;
• a mechanical diaphragm within the housing having a generally central portion, an outer edge and a deflecting surface connected to a portion of the outer edge, the outer edge of the diaphragm being at least partially secured so as to allow movement of the generally central portion;
• and
• a pushbutton protruding through the housing, the pushbutton being operatively coupled with the deflecting surface of the diaphragm and supported such that when the pushbutton is pressed inwardly into the housing by a user, the pushbutton moves the deflecting surface thereby causing the generally central portion of the diaphragm to move and generate a first sound.