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Toy crash vehicle with skewable front wheels

  • US 4,762,511 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1987
  • Issued: 08/09/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A four-wheeled toy vehicle adapted upon frontal impact with an obstruction to simulate a crash and its effects, said vehicle comprising:

  • A. a chassis on which are supported the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, each front wheel being mounted on a short axle supported on a bearing pivotally mounted on the chassis to swing in a horizontal plane to permit the bearing of one front wheel to be colinear with the bearing of the other front wheel or to permit these bearings to lie along lines defining an angle in said plane, whereby the front wheels can be made to assume either a parallel state or a state in which the front wheels are skewed relative to each other;

    B. a slide shiftable on the chassis from a forward position to a retracted position, the front end of the slide being attached to a bumper which impinges on said obstruction in the event of frontal impact, said slide being maintained in said forward position by a releasable detent, said slide being urged toward the retracted position by a spring; and

    C. means operatively coupling the pivoted front wheel axle bearings to said slide whereby said front wheels assume their parallel state at the forward position of the slide and are caused to assume said skewed state upon a frontal impact resulting in a shock that releases said detent to cause said slide to shift to its retracted position.

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