Toy vehicle doll assembly

• US 4,170,840 A
• Filed: 02/24/1978
• Issued: 10/16/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd. (TOMY Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd. (TOMY Company Limited)
• Inventors: Ogawa, Iwakichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cutting, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US05/881,016
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 46/16, 46/17, 46/22, 46/99, 46/106, 46/20
• US Class Current: 446/95
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/003 Convertible toys, e.g. robots convertible into rockets or vehicles convertible into planes

Abstract

A toy assembly which includes an articulated doll and subcomponent parts capable of forming a vehicle is provided. The doll can be configured to represent a humanoid with removable appendages. A front carriage member supporting a pair of wheels can be removably attached to the legs of the doll while a rear carriage member can be removably attached to the back of the doll body. A supplemental connector member can be further attached directly to the front and rear carriage member to complete the vehicle. Finally, a magnetic ball can be provided in a cavity of the doll body for positioning by a magnetic wand adjacent an aperture communicating with the cavity.

Claims

1. A toy assembly capable of forming a vehicle from individual sub-component parts comprising;

an articulated doll having appendages configured to simulate arms and legs;

a front carriage member having a first support member and a first pair of wheels for translation across a support surface;

a rear carriage member having a second support member and a second pair of wheels for translation across a support surface, and

connector means on the articulated doll for operatively appending the respective front and rear carriage support members across the articulated doll wherein it forms an undercarriage frame for a vehicle for movement across the support surface by the respective pairs of wheels, the undercarriage frame positioned approximately parallel to the support surface and beneath the respective support members.

2. The invention of claim 1 further including a connector member having means for attachment to both the front and rear carriage member.

3. The invention of claim 1 wherein the front and rear carriage members have respectively a pair of side panels to support their respective pairs of wheels for translation, the doll extending beneath each respective base support plate and between each respective pair of side panels.

4. The invention of claim 2 wherein the simulated arm appendages are removably attached to the doll and the connector member further has means for supporting the arm appendages in a vehicle mode of operation.

5. The invention of claim 2 further including a wind spoiler member attached to one of the carriage members.

6. A toy doll assembly capable of forming a frame for a pair of wheel assemblies comprising;

a base member configured to simulate the body of a humanoid including a cavity positioned in the base member and having an aperture communicating with the cavity;

a spherical member freely positioned within the cavity and capable of being supported adjacent the aperture so that it is visible from the exterior of the base member;

means on the base member for operatively supporting one of the wheel assemblies;

a first pair of appendages removably connected to the base member and configured to simulate arms;

a second pair of appendages articulatively connected to the base member and configured to simulate legs, and

means on the second pair of appendages for operatively supporting the other of the wheel assemblies.

7. The invention of claim 6 wherein the means on the base member includes an aperture on the back of the simulated body and the means on the second pair of appendages includes an aperture of each of the leg appendages.

8. The invention of claim 6 wherein the spherical member is made from a magnetizable material and further including a magnet to position the spherical member adjacent the cavity aperture in the simulated body.

9. The invention of claim 6 wherein each of the simulated arm appendages includes a terminal V-shaped member having a bore.

10. A toy doll assembly capable of forming both an articulated doll and an undercarriage frame for a vehicle comprising;

a base member configured to simulate the body of a humanoid;

a pair of wheel assemblies having respective support members;

a first connecting means for interconnecting the base member in a substantially horizontal position with one of the wheel assemblies including a press fit aperture on one of the wheel assemblies and the base member and a stud configured to fit the press fit aperture on the other;

a first pair of appendages removably connected to the base member and configured to simulate arms;

a second pair of appendages articulatively connected to the base member and configured to simulate legs, and

second connecting means for interconnecting one end of the second pair of appendages and the other wheel assembly, the respective support members capable of extending over the base member and second pair of appendages when the first pair of appendages are removed and the toy doll is configured as a horizontal undercarriage frame and connected to the pair of wheel assemblies by the first and second connecting means for operation as a vehicle.

11. The invention of claim 10 further including a connector member having means for attachment to both wheel assemblies to provide additional rigidity to the vehicle.

12. The invention of claim 10 wherein each of the simulated arm appendages includes a terminal V-shaped member having a bore.