Toy vehicle having laterally expanding wheels
AssigneeTomy International, Inc.
InventorChristopher Huisman
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Abstract
A toy vehicle includes a chassis, at least two wheels, and an actuating mechanism configured to couple the at least two wheels to the chassis and to move the at least two wheels between a retracted position and an extended position in which a width of each wheel of the at least two wheels is increased. The actuating mechanism includes a lever configured to be moved between a first position corresponding to the retracted position of the at least two wheels and a second position corresponding to the extended position of the at least two wheels. The actuating mechanism further may include an actuator configured to move the lever from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position.
Claims14
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- at least two wheels;
- and
- an actuating mechanism configured to couple the at least two wheels to the chassis and to move the at least two wheels between a retracted position and an extended position in which a width of each wheel of the at least two wheels is increased, the actuating mechanism including a lever configured to be moved between a first position corresponding to the retracted position of the at least two wheels and a second position corresponding to the extended position of the at least two wheels, the actuating mechanism further including a first gear section secured to a first arm of the lever and coupled to a first hub of a first wheel of the at least two wheels, and a second gear section coupled to a second hub of a second wheel of the at least two wheels,
- wherein the first gear section is coupled to the second gear section by a gear.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- at least two wheels;
- and
- an actuating mechanism configured to couple the at least two wheels to the chassis and to move the at least two wheels between a retracted position and an extended position in which a width of each wheel of the at least two wheels is increased, the actuating mechanism including a lever configured to be moved between a first position corresponding to the retracted position of the at least two wheels and a second position corresponding to the extended position of the at least two wheels, the actuating mechanism further including a first gear section secured to a first arm of the lever and coupled to a first hub of a first wheel of the at least two wheels, and a second gear section coupled to a second hub of a second wheel of the at least two wheels,
- wherein the actuating mechanism further includes an actuator configured to move the lever from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position.
A toy vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- two front wheels coupled to the chassis and two rear wheels coupled to the chassis;
- and
- an actuating mechanism configured to couple the front wheels and the rear wheels to the chassis and to move each wheel of the front wheels and the rear wheels between a retracted position and an extended position in which a width of the wheel is increased, the actuating mechanism including a lever configured to be moved between a first position corresponding to the retracted position of each wheel of the front wheels and the rear wheels and a second position corresponding to the extended position of each wheel of the front wheels and the rear wheels, the actuating mechanism further including a first gear section secured to a first arm of the lever and coupled to a first hub of a first wheel of the at least two wheels and a second gear section coupled to a second hub of a second wheel of the at least two wheels,
- wherein the actuating mechanism further includes a third gear section secured to a second arm of the lever and coupled to a third hub of a third wheel of the at least two wheels, and a fourth gear section coupled to a fourth hub of a fourth wheel of the at least two wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.