Toy vehicle

• US 5,512,001 A
• Filed: 02/03/1995
• Issued: 04/30/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Design Lab, LLC, Stephen Schwartz Design
• Original Assignee: Design Lab, LLC, Stephen Schwartz Design
• Inventors: Kent, Michael, Hamilton, Thomas P., Thurston, Bryan, Schwartz, Stephen, Beckman, Ralph, Sharpe, Henry III
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US08/383,117
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 446/25, 446/24, 446/409, 446/410, 446/434
• US Class Current: 446/25
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/34 Arrangements for imitating the noise of motors
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/28 Soap-bubble toys; Smoke toys blowing smoke rings A24F13/30

Abstract

A toy vehicle includes a sound generating mechanism for generating realistic vehicle engine sound and a smoke generating mechanism for generating simulated smoke vapors. The sound generating mechanism and the smoke generating mechanism are simultaneously actuatable by moving an accessory, such as a spoiler, on a cab portion of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A toy vehicle comprising:

a miniature tractor trailer truck body and chassis including a cab portion and an exhaust pipe extending upwardly along said cab portion;

means for movably supporting said body and chassis on a supporting surface;

a vehicle related accessory movably mounted on the exterior of said body and chassis for movement between first and second positions thereon, the movement of said accessory being independent of the movement of said body and chassis on said supporting surface;

sound generating means on said body and chassis responsive to movement of said accessory for generating engine sounds related to said vehicle; and

smoke producing means for discharging an induced puff of simulated smoke through said exhaust pipe in response to movement of said accessory on said body and chassis, said smoke producing means including a bellows for inducing the discharge of simulated smoke through said exhaust pipe.

3. In the vehicle of claim 1, said body and chassis comprising a miniature tractor trailer truck body and chassis and including a truck cab portion, said spoiler being mounted on said truck cab portion, said spoiler being pivotable downwardly for movement from a first position thereof to a second position thereof.

4. In the vehicle of claim 1, said sound generating means being adapted so that the engine sounds produced therefrom increase in frequency when said spoiler is moved from the first position thereof to the second position thereof and decrease in frequency when said spoiler is moved from the second position thereof to the first position thereof.

5. The vehicle of claim 3 further comprising means biasing said spoiler toward the first position thereof.

6. In the vehicle of claim 5, said sound generating means being adapted so that the engine sounds produced therefrom increase in frequency when said spoiler is moved from the first position thereof to the second position thereof and decrease in frequency when said spoiler is moved from the second position thereof to the first position thereof.

2. A toy vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body and chassis;

means for movably supporting said body and chassis on a supporting surface;

a spoiler mounted on said body and chassis for movement between first and second positions thereon, the movement of said spoiler being independent of the movement of said body and chassis on said supporting surface;

sound generating means on said body and chassis responsive to movement of said spoiler on said body and chassis for generating engine sounds related to said vehicle; and

smoke producing means on said body and chassis for producing a puff of simulated smoke in response to movement of said spoiler on said body and chassis.