Amusement devices: toys – Rolling or tumbling – Including intrinsic motive power means for propulsion
Patent
1987-11-16
1989-12-26
Haffer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Rolling or tumbling
Including intrinsic motive power means for propulsion
446470, 446449, 446 90, A63H 3304, A63H 1726, A63H 2902
Patent
active
048895164
ABSTRACT:
A power module which when plugged into an open compartment in the body of a motorless toy vehicle and switched on, then acts to drive the vehicle in a selected direction. The compartment is disposed above a coupling gear mounted on a wheel axle. The case of the module simulates the appearance of a multi-cylinder engine nad houses a DC motor and a battery supply therefor, the motor being operatively coupled to a drive pinion whose teeth project below the base of the case to engage the coupling gear whereby when the motor is energized, the wheel axle is caused to turn to propel the vehicle. The upper end of the case which projects above the body has a rocker pivoted thereon which simulates an air scoop for the engine and functions as the actuator for a polarity-reversing switch connecting the battery supply to the motor. When the rocker is inclined down toward the front, the resultant switching action causes forward motion of the vehicle, the vehicle moving in the reverse direction when the rocker is inclined down toward the rear.
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Auer Robert T.
Reina David
Buddy L Corp.
Ebert Michael
Haffer Robert A.
Muir D. Neal
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