Transformable toy vehicle
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorWilliam Willett
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Abstract
A toy vehicle includes a central housing having first and second oppositely disposed sides. A first wheel is rotatably mounted on the first side of the housing and a second wheel is rotatably mounted on the second side of the housing. Each of the first and second wheels has a central hub. Each hub has a center disposed along a common first axis of rotation. A plurality of vanes are attached to the hub and form the first and second wheels. An end of each vane distal to the hub forms a circumferential surface portion of one of the first and second wheels. Each vane is individually and separately manually angularly repositionable about a second axis of rotation extending transversely with respect to the first axis of rotation.
Claims17
A toy vehicle including a central housing having first and second oppositely disposed sides, a first wheel rotatably mounted on the first side of the housing and a second wheel rotatably mounted on the second side of the housing, each of the first and second wheels having a central hub, each hub having a center disposed along a common first axis of rotation, a plurality of vanes attached to the hub and forming the first and second wheels, an end of each vane distal to the hub forming an outermost circumferential surface portion of one of the first and second wheels most distal to the first axis in all configuration of the first and second wheels, wherein each vane is individually and separately manually angularly repositionable about a second axis of rotation, each second axis extending from an end of the vane proximal to the hub transversely away from the first axis.
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