Toy wheeled vehicle

• US 4,741,718 A
• Filed: 01/02/1987
• Issued: 05/03/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dirk J. Moolman
• Original Assignee: Dirk J. Moolman
• Inventors: Moolman, Dirk J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US07/000,329
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 446/451, 446/471, 446/470, 446/468, 446/460, 446/411
• US Class Current: 446/451
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/38 actuated by hand

Abstract

Toy wheeled vehicle has a steering mechanism with steering column extending through the body of the vehicle upwardly and rearwardly and terminating in a steering wheel operable by a child standing above it. Couplers are provided for releasably securing different selected bodies to the vehicle frame. Each body has an opening in the top thereof to pass the steering column.

Claims

1. A toy wheeled vehicle comprising a wire frame having a generally rectangular lower frame element and a pair of aligned steerable wheels having horizontal axles, and a steering mechanism comprising a pair of spaced upstanding vertical wires secured to the frame element to which the axles of the wheels are respectively pivoted, the axles each having wire steering arms extending rearward of the vehicle and parallel to the respective wheels, a wire tie rod pivotally connected between the distal ends of the arms and being formed with an eye adjacent to its midpoint, a steering column being pivotally attached to the frame forward of the eye and having a downwardly extending section extending into the eye whereby turning a steering wheel attached to said column causes the tie rod to move laterally of the vehicle thereby pivoting the wheels about said vertical wires, and a plurality of different molded vehicle bodies adapted to fit selectively over the frame, each body having adjacent its lower end a plurality of resilient fingers, adjacent fingers having opposed concave faces, the body adapted to be fitted over the frame with the faces of adjacent fingers engaging opposite sides of the wire in frictional engagement, the steering column extending upward well above the vehicle body.

2. A toy wheeled vehicle as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjacent fingers are aligned with each other on opposite sides of the wire.

3. A toy wheeled vehicle as claimed in claim 1 wherein the adjacent fingers are arranged in opposed sets aligned on opposite sides of the wire, two such sets being disposed at the front end of the vehicle.

4. A toy wheeled vehicle as claimed in claim 1 wherein the top of the body is formed with a rectangular cut out and the steering column passes through said opening.