RACING TOY

• US 20110171879A1
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TOMY Company Limited
• Original Assignee: TOMY Company Limited
• Inventors: Ichikawa, Takashi, Horikoshi, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US12/985,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20110171879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/456
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/14 Racing games, traffic games, or obstacle games characterised by figures moved by action of the players racing games using dice A63F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/26 Details; Accessories drive mechanisms A63H29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

A racing toy including: at least one first running body; and at least one second running body which competes with the first running body for speed, wherein the first running body includes: a driving mechanism for automatic running; and a first obstructing signal transmitting section to transmit an obstructing signal at least forward and/or backward by radio, the obstructing signal which obstructs the running of the second running body, and the second running body includes: a driving mechanism for automatic running; an obstructing signal receiving section to receive the obstructing signal; and an obstruction control section to control an obstructing operation of the driving mechanism of the second running body according to the obstructing signal received at the obstructing signal receiving section.

Claims

1. A racing toy comprising:

at least one first running body; and

at least one second running body which competes with the first running body for speed, wherein

the first running body includes;

a driving mechanism for automatic running; and

a first obstructing signal transmitting section to transmit an obstructing signal at least forward and/or backward by radio, the obstructing signal which obstructs the running of the second running body, and the second running body includes;

a driving mechanism for automatic running;

an obstructing signal receiving section to receive the obstructing signal; and

an obstruction control section to control an obstructing operation of the driving mechanism of the second running body according to the obstructing signal received at the obstructing signal receiving section.

2. The racing toy according to claim 1 further comprising:

a controller to perform a running operation of the first running body by using a radio signal, the controller including;

an inputting section to receive an input regarding the running operation of the first running body from a user;

a running operating signal transmitting section to transmit to the first running body a running operating signal according to the input received at the inputting section; and

an instruction signal transmitting section to transmit to the first running body an instruction signal which makes the obstructing signal transmitted from the first running body to the second running body, wherein the first running body further includes;

a running operating signal receiving section to receive the running operating signal;

a running control section to control the running operation of the driving mechanism of the first running body according to the running operating signal received at the running operating signal receiving section;

an instruction signal receiving section to receive the instruction signal; and

a transmission control section to control the first obstructing signal transmitting section to transmit the obstructing signal when the instruction signal is received at the instruction signal receiving section.

3. The racing toy according to claim 2, wherein the controller further includes a second obstructing signal transmitting section to transmit to the second running body by radio the obstructing signal which obstructs the running of the second running body.

4. The racing toy according to claim 1 further comprising:

a signal storing section to store a plurality of the obstructing signals which are different from each other; and

a selection control section to randomly select a obstructing signal from among the obstructing signals stored in the signal storing section, wherein

the first obstructing signal transmitting section transmits the obstructing signal selected by the selection control section.

5. The racing toy according to claim 4 further comprising:

a display section to display a function of the obstructing signal selected by the selection control section; and

a display control section to control the display section to display the function of the obstructing signal selected by the selection control section.

6. The racing toy according to claim 4 further comprising:

a sound storing section to store sound data different for each of the obstructing signals stored in the signal storing section; and

a sound generating section to generate a sound by reproducing the sound data for the obstructing signal selected by the selection control section.

7. The racing toy according to claim 1, wherein the obstructing signal includes a signal which moves the second running body backward.

8. The racing toy according to claim 1, wherein the obstructing signal includes a signal which spins the second running body.

9. The racing toy according to claim 1, wherein the obstructing signal includes a signal which decelerates the second running body.