Toy vehicle with simulated headlights

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1984-06-18

1985-12-17

Yu, Mickey

Amusement devices: toys

Rolling or tumbling

Including illumination means

446219, A63H 1728

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045590222

ABSTRACT:
A toy vehicle having a set of wheels driven through a gear train and a gear shift by a direct-current motor. The motor and a single light bulb shunted thereacross are connectable by way of a switch to a battery power supply. The bulb is placed within the optical inlet of a plastic light guide contoured to define light outlets in the form of a pair of simulated front headlights and a bank of simulated dashboard and gear shift light indicators, whereby the illumination of these outlets is derived from the single bulb. In the automatic mode, with the switch closed, the motor is energized to drive the vehicle, the bulb being concurrently energized to provide a constant level of illumination for all lights. In the manual mode, with the switch open, the player propels the vehicle by hand, causing the turning wheels through the gear train to rotate the motor. The motor then functions as a dynamo to energize the bulb whose light intensity varies to reflect the force applied to the vehicle by the player.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4193223 (1980-03-01), D'Andrade et al.
patent: 4306375 (1981-12-01), Goldfarb et al.

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