Toy vehicle having reversing mechanism

Details Toy vehicle having reversing mechanism Toy vehicle having reversing mechanism

1978-12-21

1980-11-04

Shay, F. Barry

46 39, 46219, 46262, A63H 1740

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042311829

ABSTRACT:
A toy vehicle having a base section and a turret section is movably supported on a plurality of wheels. Located in the interior of the vehicle is a motor which is suitably connected to at least one of the wheels of the vehicle. Included in the connecting mechanism between the motor and the wheels is a reversing mechanism for reversing the direction of rotation of the driving of the wheels and thus the direction of the travel of the vehicle. The reversing mechanism also incorporates a trip switch having a position corresponding to movement of the vehicle in one direction and a second position corresponding to movement of the vehicle in the other direction. The trip mechanism is tripped by an outside stimulus, e.g. a metal ball. Operatively connected to the trip mechanism is an exposure mechanism which alternately extends and then retracts a portion of the trip mechanism in and out of the body of the vehicle. This results in the trip mechanism only being exposed to the outside stimulus when the trip mechanism is extended outside of the body of the vehicle. The vehicle can also include an indicating mechanism which indicates the status of the trip mechanism, that is it would tell an observer whether or not the trip mechanism is exposed from the vehicle body and thus whether or not the direction of the vehicle can be reversed. A rotatable turret may be provided, with means causing it to change its direction when the vehicle reverses. The turret may have a horizontal projecting member which is rotatable about its own axis.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2117597 (1938-05-01), Berger
patent: 2124302 (1938-07-01), Lohr et al.
patent: 2587052 (1952-02-01), Lohr
patent: 3065569 (1962-11-01), Nielsen et al.

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