Blinking toy vehicle
First Claim
1. A hand-propelled toy vehicle having a body and provided with a battery power supply, a set of wheels mounted on an axle and a U-shaped handle whose ends are secured to the body, the handle to be grasped by a player to propel the vehicle along a playing surface, said vehicle comprising:
- (a) a trigger-actuated, spring loaded, normally open switch mounted on an inner surface of the handle, the switch being closed by the player when grasping the handle and in doing so squeezing the trigger;
(b) an interrupter switch operatively coupled to the axle, whereby as the axle rotates, this switch is periodically opened and closed at a rate that depends on the speed of rotation;
(c) at least first and second light bulbs disposed in the vehicle; and
(d) circuit means connecting the first bulb through the handle switch in parallel with the interrupter switch to said supply and also connecting said second bulb through the handle switch in series with the interrupter switch to said supply, whereby when a player actuates the handle switch and the interrupter switch is then closed but the vehicle is not yet being propelled, the first bulb is then turned on, and when the vehicle is thereafter propelled by the handle, the second bulb is turned on intermittently to produce a blinking light action, neither bulb being turned on when the handle is not grasped by the player.
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Abstract
A hand-propelled toy airplane, locomotive or other wheeled vehicle for pre-school children having a handle making it possible for a player to push the vehicle along a surface. The vehicle is provided with one or more lights whose bulbs are connected to a battery supply through a handle switch that is actuated only when the player grasps the handle to turn on the lights. Operatively coupled to the axle of a wheel set is an interrupter switch connected in series with the handle switch, the circuit arrangement being such that when the handle switch is actuated, at least one light goes one, and when the vehicle is pushed along the surface, the actuated interrupter switch then causes the lights to turn on intermittently to produce a blinking effect at a rate depending on how fast the vehicle is being propelled. When the handle switch is released by the player, the battery supply is disconnected from the bulbs, so that no power is drained from the supply when the toy is not in use.
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1. A hand-propelled toy vehicle having a body and provided with a battery power supply, a set of wheels mounted on an axle and a U-shaped handle whose ends are secured to the body, the handle to be grasped by a player to propel the vehicle along a playing surface, said vehicle comprising:
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(a) a trigger-actuated, spring loaded, normally open switch mounted on an inner surface of the handle, the switch being closed by the player when grasping the handle and in doing so squeezing the trigger; (b) an interrupter switch operatively coupled to the axle, whereby as the axle rotates, this switch is periodically opened and closed at a rate that depends on the speed of rotation; (c) at least first and second light bulbs disposed in the vehicle; and (d) circuit means connecting the first bulb through the handle switch in parallel with the interrupter switch to said supply and also connecting said second bulb through the handle switch in series with the interrupter switch to said supply, whereby when a player actuates the handle switch and the interrupter switch is then closed but the vehicle is not yet being propelled, the first bulb is then turned on, and when the vehicle is thereafter propelled by the handle, the second bulb is turned on intermittently to produce a blinking light action, neither bulb being turned on when the handle is not grasped by the player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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