US 8,801,489 B2Granted

Toy vehicle

AssigneeBandai Co., Ltd.

InventorsKenji Koshida, Akane Miyata, Yumi Kanaoka, Ayumi Hasegawa, Naohiro Yoshino, Takayuki Shinoda

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Abstract

A toy vehicle transformable between first and second forms includes an undercarriage, a top member having first and second surfaces serving as upper surfaces of the vehicle in the first and second forms, respectively, a front member rotatably connected to the front end portion of the top member, where the front member has first and second surfaces serving as front surfaces of the vehicle in the first and second forms, respectively, and a connector that connects the rear end portion of the top member to the undercarriage and that includes a separation rotation shaft for supporting the top member for rotation in a direction in which the top member moves away from the undercarriage and a turnover rotation shaft for supporting the top member for rotation in a direction in which the top member is turned over.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A toy vehicle transformable between a first form and a second form, comprising:

an undercarriage that forms a lower portion of the vehicle;
a top member provided on the upper side of the undercarriage, the top member having a first surface serving as an upper surface of the vehicle in the first form and a second surface serving as an upper surface of the vehicle in the second form;
a front member rotatably connected to a front end portion of the top member, the front member having a first surface serving as a front surface of the vehicle in the first form and a second surface serving as a front surface of the vehicle in the second form;
and
connecting means for connecting a rear end portion of the top member to the undercarriage;
wherein the connecting means includes a separation rotation shaft that supports the top member for rotation in a direction in which the top member moves away from the undercarriage and a turnover rotation shaft mounted perpendicular to the separation rotation shaft, that supports the top member for rotation in a direction in which the top member is turned over.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.