Wheeled toy

• US 5,131,882 A
• Filed: 03/21/1990
• Issued: 07/21/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Namkung Promotions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Namkung Promotions, Inc.
• Inventors: Kiyokane, Jerrilyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Muir, D. Neal
• Application Number:
  US07/495,993
• Time in Patent Office: 853 Days
• Field of Search: 446/464, 446/462, 446/457, 446/465, 446/469, 446/470, 446/471, 446/487, 446/431, 446/93, 446/94, 446/95, 446/96, 446/71, 446/75, 446/76, 446/77, 446/78, 446/69
• US Class Current: 446/464
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/00 Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; convertible into other toys A63H33/003; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor traffic games with figures moved by players A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 29/04 Helical-spring driving mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/04 Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts

Abstract

A circular or annular shaped rolling toy which can be designed to simulate the appearance of a circular or annular shaped product so that it can be used to promote the sale of the product. In one form of the invention, a small motor is provided to propel the toy.

Claims

1. A rolling toy comprising:

(a) a hollow body, including first and second portions, each said portion including a cylindrical portion being generally circular in shape and having an interrupted peripheral wall defining first and second transversely spaced apart circular edges and a generally disc shaped closure wall connected to said second edge of said peripheral wall, one of said disc shaped walls having an outwardly protruding cylindrically shaped hub and the other of said disc shaped walls having a centrally disposed socket;

(b) means for interconnecting said first and second portions of said hollow body proximate said first edges of said peripheral walls;

(c) roller means connected to said body for rollably supporting said body, said roller means comprising;

(i) a carriage receivable within said interrupted peripheral walls of said first and second portions and at least two wheels rotatably mounted on said carriage; and

(ii) motor means carried by said carriage for rotating at least one of said wheels, said motor means comprising gearing means operably connected to said wheel for imparting rotation thereto and spring means connected to said gearing means for driving said gearing means.