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Toy having moving modes dependent upon location of moving member

  • US 4,453,340 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1982
  • Issued: 06/12/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toy which comprises:

  • a body, said body divided into at least a main section and a supplemental section;

    a motor means located in said main section of said body;

    a set of drive wheels operatively associated with said motor means so as to be rotated by said motor means, said set of drive wheels located on said main section of said body and positioned such that at least a portion of said drive wheels extend below said main section of said body and contact a support surface, one of said drive wheels located on one side of the longitudinal center line of said main section of said body and the other of said drive wheels located on the other side of the longitudinal center line of said main section of said body, both of said drive wheels located on one side of the transverse center line of said main section of said body;

    a guide means located on said section of said body in a position such that at least a portion of said guide means contacts said support surface, said guide means located on one side of said longitudinal center line of said main section of said body and on the opposite side of said transverse center line of the main section of said body from said drive wheels;

    said supplemental section pivotally mounted on said main section of said body at a point which is located on the same side of said transverse center line of said main section of said body as are said drive wheels, said supplemental section pivoting on said main section between at least a first position and a second position;

    said drive wheels supporting at least a portion of the weight of said toy on a support surface and said guide means supporting the remaining portion of the weight of said toy on said support surface, the portion of the weight of said toy supported by said guide means being greater when said supplemental section of said body is in said first position than when said supplemental section of said body is in said second position such that as said drive wheels rotate said toy is propelled over said support surface and the direction of travel of said toy on said support surface when said supplemental section is in said first position is different than the direction of travel of said toy on said support surface when said supplemental section is in said second position.

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