Amusement devices: toys – Rolling or tumbling – Including extrinsic guide or means cooperable with extrinsic...
Patent
1988-06-13
1989-01-24
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Rolling or tumbling
Including extrinsic guide or means cooperable with extrinsic...
446467, 104118, 104140, 104162, 104DIG1, 105 15, 105 292, 105112, 105124, 74130, A63H 1800, A63H 1928, B61B 1300, B61C 1100
Patent
active
047999160
ABSTRACT:
A motorless toy vehicle and propelling track. The toy vehicle includes a gear housing having a drive system, the drive system including a drive gear and a ratchet means for controlling the direction of rotation of the drive gear. The track is adapted to receive and laterally direct the toy vehicle as it passes there along and includes a rack coextensive with the track having upwardly disposed teeth there along which operably engage with the drive gear. A rack drive reciprocates the rack back and forth in the track interacting with the ratcheted drive gear to propel the toy vehicle in the direction determined by the position of the ratchet means. Hill and switch tracks are also provided.
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Dahm Dennis R.
McKay Robert S.
Hafer Robert A.
Muir D. Neal
Prescott Charles J.
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