Transformable toy vehicle

• US 4,477,999 A
• Filed: 09/01/1983
• Issued: 10/23/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1983
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Bandai
• Inventors: Nakayama, Takehisa, Aoki, Shinichi, Harigai, Akinori
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US06/528,476
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 46/201, 46/202, 46/115, 46/116, 46/17, 46/206, 46/251, 46/1 R, 273/155
• US Class Current: 446/470
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/003 Convertible toys, e.g. robots convertible into rockets or vehicles convertible into planes

Abstract

A transformable toy vehicle is presented which can assume the form of two extraordinarily different appearances from each other by converting the mutual arrangement of particular elements constituting the toy vehicle. The toy vehicle comprises a chassis capable of being extended and contracted along the longitudinal direction of the car, a rear body of the car mounted on the chassis for turning upside down and reversing front and rear faces to assume two different outer appearances for top and rear faces and for bottom and front faces, respectively, and a seat member mounted generally centrally on the chassis for moving vertically and horizontally relative to the chassis.

Claims

1. A transformable toy vehicle comprising:

a chassis comprising front and rear chassis slidably engaged with each other for extension and contraction along the longitudinal direction of said toy vehicle;

a rear body of said toy vehicle mounted on said rear chassis for turning upside down and reversing front and rear faces to assume two different outer appearances for top and rear faces and for bottom and front faces, respectively, said rear body being formed with guide grooves at both side faces thereof for engagement with guide pins mounted on said rear chassis, and said rear body being capable of being moved along the entire length of said guide grooves and being turned upside down at the extremeties of said grooves about said guide pins; and

a seat member mounted generally centrally on said rear chassis for moving vertically and horizontally relative to said rear chassis.

2. A transformable toy vehicle comprising:

a chassis comprising front and rear chassis slidably engaged with each other for extension and contraction along the longitudinal direction of said toy vehicle;

a rear body of said toy vehicle mounted on said rear chassis for turning upside down and reversing front and rear faces to assume two different outer appearances for top and rear faces and for bottom and front faces, respectively;

and

a seat member mounted through a link member on the end portion of a pivot arm mounted on said rear chassis generally centrally thereof for moving vertically and horizontally relative to said rear chassis.