Toy vehicle with power steering

• US 3,286,397 A
• Filed: 06/04/1963
• Issued: 11/22/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raymond J. Lohr
• Original Assignee: Raymond J. Lohr
• Inventors: Lohr, Raymond J.
• Application Number:
  US04/285,278
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• US Class Current: 446/460
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/00 Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; convertible into other toys A63H33/003; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor traffic games with figures moved by players A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/36 Steering-mechanisms for toy vehicles

Claims

1. A TOY WHEELED VEHICLE COMPRISING A CHASSIS, GROUND ENGAGEABLE WHEELS CARRIED BY SAID CHASSIS FOR ROTATION ABOUT GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AXES, MOUNTING MEANS DIRIGIBLY MOUNTING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WHEELS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT A GENERALLY VERTICAL AXIS, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR CARRIED BY SAID CHASSIS, A GENERALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED DRIVE SHAFT CONNECTED IN DRIVEN RELATION WITH SAID MOTOR AND SPACED FROM SAID GENERALLY VERTICAL AXIS, AND A REDUCTION GEAR TRAIN CARRIED BY SAID CHASSIS CONNECTED IN DRIVEN RELATION WITH SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID DRIVE SHAFT AND MOUNTING MEANS, SAID CHASSIS COMPRISING A PAIR OF GENERALLY HORIZONTAL VERTICALLY SPACED LOWER AND UPPER WALLS, AND SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A PIN EXTENDING GENERALLY VERTICALLY BETWEEN AND PIVOTALLY CARRIED BY SAID CHASSIS WALLS, SAID DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID WALLS, AND SAID REDUCTION GEAR TRAIN BEING LOCATED BETWEEN SAID WALLS AND MOUNTED THEREBY IN DRIVING RELATION WITH SAID PIN, WHEREBY SAID MOTIR EFFECTS POWER STEERING OF SAID ONE WHEEL.