Interactive toy vehicle
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsGary Swisher, Keith Hippely, Bill O'Keefe
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Abstract
A toy vehicle having an interactive feature, the toy vehicle comprising a body at least two wheels rotatably coupled to the body; and a tongue actuation mechanism moveably coupled to the body, the tongue actuation mechanism including a tongue extender having an engagement portion, the tongue actuation mechanism is adapted to enable selective movement of the tongue extender from a storage position to a capture position, where in the capture position the tongue extender extends downwards approaching a ground surface for capture of an object to the engagement portion of the tongue extender.
Claims29
A toy vehicle having an interactive feature, the toy vehicle comprising:
- a body including an upper jaw and a lower jaw;
- at least two wheels rotatably coupled to the lower jaw of the body;
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- a tongue actuation mechanism moveably coupled to the lower jaw of the body, the tongue actuation mechanism including a tongue extender having an engagement portion, the tongue actuation mechanism adapted to enable selective movement of the tongue extender from a storage position folded substantially flat within the body to a capture position unfolded at least partially exterior the body, where in the capture position the tongue extender extends downwards approaching a ground surface for capture of an object to the engagement portion of the tongue extender, the tongue actuation member further adapted to pivot the upper jaw away from the lower jaw as the tongue extender moves from the storage position to the capture position and to pivot the upper jaw toward the lower jaw as the tongue extender moves from the capture position to the storage position.
A toy with an interactive feature comprising:
- a body including a user-manipulable actuator;
- the body further comprising:
- a mouth including an upper jaw and a lower jaw, the mouth being moveable upon activation of the actuator, the mouth moveable between at least one open configuration and a closed configuration;
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- a tongue moveable, upon movement of the mouth to the open configuration, from a storage position, where the upper jaw and the lower jaw are closed together and the tongue is substantially disposed between the upper jaw and the lower jaw, to an extended position, where the upper jaw and the lower jaw are spread apart and the tongue is disposed upward and outward from the lower jaw,
- wherein the tongue includes a linkage with at least four members.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a body including a mouth having at least one moveable portion and a tongue, wherein the tongue is moveable between a storage position providing a first play configuration and a capture position providing a second play configuration, where the tongue in the capture position is adapted to extend downwards towards a ground surface to capture an objects,
- a tail fixedly coupled to the moveable portion of the mouth and moveably coupled to the tongue, such that pivoting the tail lifts the moveable portion of the mouth open and moves the tongue from the storage position to the capture position, and
- a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.