Housing for spring wound toy

• US 4,473,969 A
• Filed: 04/21/1980
• Issued: 10/02/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Paul A. Wilson
• Original Assignee: Paul A. Wilson
• Inventors: Wilson, Paul A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shay, F. Barry
• Application Number:
  US06/141,958
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 46/1 F, 46/1 R, 46/1 K, 46/202, 46/206, 63/1, 224/196, 224/241, 224/245
• US Class Current: 446/26
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/006 Missile-launching means on toy vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/44 Toy garages for receiving toy vehicles; Filling stations

Abstract

Housing apparatus for a spring wound toy that includes a wrist band supported housing having a platform for supporting a spring wound toy, for example, a toy racing car, a cover hingedly mounted on the platform and resiliently urged to an open position, and a retractable ramp mounted on the housing. The lock member is a manually operated lock member, resiliently retained in a position to retain the cover in a closed position and upon being moved first releases the cover to permit it to move to an open position and then operates a toy release device to allow the toy to move off the platform. A cover slot, that in a cover closed position opens to the platform, is provided to have the toy winding stem extended therethrough and additionally to aid in restraining motion of the toy within the closure provided by the cover and platform.

Claims

1. A wrist worn housing for a spring wound toy vehicle having a winding stem, comprising:

a wrist band;

platform means mounted on the wrist band for supporting a spring wound toy vehicle;

a cover mounted on the platform means to form an enclosure for the toy in conjunction with the platform means, said cover having a recess for the winding stem to extend beyond the cover when the toy is on the platform means in said cover to allow winding of the vehicle and said cover being so disposed on said platform means as to allow said vehicle to leave said enclosure;

said housing having a releasable latch secured thereto for retaining said vehicle on said platform and means for releasing said vehicle from said latch; and

a ramp supported on said housing and movable between retracted and extended positions;

said ramp when in retracted position being closely adjacent the cover and not extending substantially beyond it, and said ramp being capable when moved to said extended position to act as a ramp for the vehicle to move onto when the vehicle is released.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further characterized in that the cover is hingedly mounted on the platform means and in which the opening for the winding stem is a slot through which the winding stem extends when the toy vehicle is on the platform means, said slot opening to the platform means when the cover is in its closed position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further characterized in that the platform means comprises an enclosure, the upper wall of which constitutes a toy supporting platfrom and that said ramp is slidably supported in said enclosure and movable into and out of said enclosure between retracted and extended positions;

said enclosure being sufficiently long with respect to the length of said ramp that when said ramp is in said retracted position, the major portion is located in the enclosure, and

said ramp being capable when moved out of the enclosure to said extended position to act as a ramp for the vehicle to move onto when the vehicle is released.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further characterized in that the cover is made of transparent plastic.

5. A wrist worn housing for a spring wound vehicle having a winding stem, comprising:

a wrist band;

platform means for supporting a spring wound vehicle, said platform means comprising an elongated enclosure;

a cover for cooperating with the platform means to form an enclosure for the vehicle;

said cover being movable relative to the platform means between an open position and a closed position and having a wall that has a slot for the winding stem to extend through, the slot opening to the platform means in the cover closed position and not interfering with the vehicle leaving the platform means when the cover is open;

means on the platform means for moving the cover to its open position;

means on the platform means for releasably retaining the cover in its closed position, and

a slidable ramp, supported in said elongated enclosure and movable into and out of said elongated enclosure between retracted and extended positions;

said elongated enclosure being sufficiently long with respect to the length of said ramp that when said ramp is in said retracted position, the major portion is located in the elongated enclosure, and

said ramp being capable when moved out of the elongated enclosure to said extended position to act as a ramp for the spring wound vehicle to move onto when the vehicle leaves the platform means.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 further characterized in that the means for moving the cover to its open position comprises a spring acting between the cover and platform means.