Toy vehicle

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1975-02-12

1976-01-20

Mancene, Louis G.

46202, 46209, A63H 1700, A63H 2920

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039329577

ABSTRACT:
A self-propelled toy vehicle wherein at least one driving wheel also provides a gyroscopic effect on the travel of the vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, the toy vehicle has a single supporting and driving wheel in the form of a rotatable flywheel which is capable of storing sufficient energy to provide a gyroscopic directional effect on the vehicle. The axle of the flywheel is rotatably mounted in a frame which is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis on and relative to the toy vehicle body. Rapid rotation of the flywheel to drive and direct the vehicle is achieved by the use of a flexible rack engageable with a pinion gear on the axis of the wheel. During travel, the vehicle body can rotate in a horizontal plane about said vertical axis relative to the flywheel and its frame, and thus give the impression of a vehicle skidding out of control even though the flywheel continues to move along a straight line under the gyroscopic effect of the flywheel. In the exemplary embodiment, a latch-release mechanism is provided to hold the body relative to the flywheel frame in a forward orientation. A figure is positionable on the vehicle to hold the mechanism in latched condition, but the mechanism is released when the figure is knocked off of the vehicle.

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patent: 3517458 (1970-06-01), Sato
patent: 3621607 (1971-11-01), Morrison et al.
patent: 3650067 (1969-11-01), Greenwood
patent: 3798831 (1974-03-01), Higashi
patent: 3871129 (1975-03-01), Tong

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