Amusement devices: toys – Sparking – Figure – wheeled – or simulated weapon
Patent
1994-05-23
1995-10-24
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Sparking
Figure, wheeled, or simulated weapon
446429, A63H 3336
Patent
active
054605601
ABSTRACT:
A toy includes a toy vehicle and a launching assembly for launching the vehicle. The vehicle includes a rotatable sparking mechanism and a drive gear for rotating the sparking mechanism. The launching assembly includes an inclined ramp for receiving the vehicle and a gear train having a drive gear extending upwardly through an aperture in the inclined ramp. The drive gear intermeshes with the vehicle drive gear when the vehicle is received on the ramp. The launching assembly further includes a plunger mounted for engagement with the rear of the vehicle when the vehicle is received on the ramp, and a spring for normally biasing the plunge to an extended position. The gear train is driven by a pivotable lever mounted on the shaft of an actuator gear. Pivoting of the lever rotates the drive gear thereby rotating the sparking mechanism to generate sparks. Pivoting of the lever also withdraws and releases the plunger mechanism to forcibly propel the vehicle off the launching assembly and across a supporting surface.
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Carlson Jeffrey D.
Hafer Robert A.
Liu Concept Designs & Associates
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