Remote controlled roller skating toy

• US 4,846,752 A
• Filed: 03/18/1988
• Issued: 07/11/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Williams M. Combs
• Original Assignee: Williams M. Combs
• Inventors: Combs, Williams M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Muir, D. Neal
• Application Number:
  US07/170,010
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: 446/279, 446/272, 446/280, 446/286, 446/258, 446/289, 446/290, 446/293, 446/352, 446/353, 446/354, 446/456
• US Class Current: 446/279
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 11/10 Figure toys with single- or multiple-axle undercarriages, by which the figures perform a realistic running motion when the toy is moving over the floor
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 30/04 using wireless transmission

Abstract

A remote controlled rolling skating toy is set forth wherein a female figure has formed internally thereof a plurality of batteries for supplying power to a remote control signal receiving device to selectively actuate a plurality of motors positioned in the torso portion of the figure for appropriate and desired weight distribution thereof and wherein a plurality of driven roller chains are positioned through either leg of the figure cooperating with a plurality of tension rollers to drive each of a plurality of roller skates integrally secured to each foot of the associated figure.

Claims

1. A remote controlled roller skating toy comprising, a figure including a head, neck, torso, right and left arms, and right and left legs;

a roller skating shoe fitted on an end of each leg including a set of forward wheels and a set of rearward driven wheels on each shoe for traverse of a support surface,

a remote controlled receiver means secured within said toy for receiving signals remote from said toy to complete a circuit to enable propulsion of said toy,

a power supply within said toy, and

motor means within said toy to accept power from said power supply to remotely drive said rear driven wheels, and

a flexible power transmitting means mechanically associating said motor means and said rear driven wheels, and

wherein said remote control receiver means, said power supply, and said motor means are positioned within the torso of said toy for desired weight distribution, and

wherein said power supply comprises a plurality of batteries, and

wherein said motor means comprises a plurality of motors wherein one motor is operably associated with one flexible power transmitting link within said power transmitting means for driving a set of said rear driven wheels on each of said roller skating shoes, and

wherein each power transmitting link comprises an elongated endless chain operably secured to a drive sprocket on each of said motors and a driven sprocket on each of said driven wheels to supply power from said motor means to said rear driven wheels, and

wherein an antennae is formed as a necklace about the neck of said figure to accept said signals and deliver them to said remote controlled receiver means, and

wherein a plurality of tension sprockets including an inner and outer sprocket to provide desired tension to said drive chain are positioned within each leg of said figure, and

wherein an opening in an underlying surface of said roller skating shoe enables passage of said drive chain from each driven sprocket to said drive sprocket in each leg of said figure, and

wherein a general "U" shaped support bracket supports each motor in alignment in said bracket wherein said bracket is formed with a support spine spanning a distance between a plurality of upstanding legs with a wider arcuate cradle surface for supportingly securing said motors within said bracket wherein generally elongate openings are defined between said cradle and said upstanding legs to enable passage of said drive chain between said drive sprocket and said driven sprocket associated with each motor, and

wherein each leg of said bracket is formed with an exterior curvilinear surface to provide support and complementary geometrical configuration within an interior surface of said torso.