Wall descending toy with retractable wheel and cover

• US 5,916,008 A
• Filed: 06/04/1998
• Issued: 06/29/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: T K WONG and Associates Limited
• Original Assignee: T K WONG and Associates Limited
• Inventors: Wong, Tak-Ko
• Primary Examiner(s): MUIR, DAVID N
• Application Number:
  US09/090,441
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 446/445, 446/431, 446/437, 446/439, 446/441, 446/465, 446/466, 446/470, 446/469, 446/279
• US Class Current: 446/445
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/004 Stunt-cars, e.g. lifting front wheels, roll-over or invertible cars
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/262 Chassis; Wheel mountings; Wheels; Axles; Suspensions; Fitting body portions to chassis

Abstract

A wall walker toy car has a wheel with a sticky undulating surface. The wheel is mounted on a pivotable bracket which provides a cover for an aperture in a base of the car. For wall-walking mode, the bracket is manually rotated so that the surface is partially exposed to engage a vertical surface. In the configuration shown in the Figure, the surface of the wheel is wholly inside the car and so cannot be contaminated with dust and debris.

Claims

1. A wall walker toy having a sticky surfaced wheel mounted inside a body of the toy in a first position where its surface extends through an aperture in the body to be partially exposed outside the body, in which the wheel is movable to a second position where the wheel is positioned wholly within the body, and a pivotable cover for the aperture that supports the wheel to move between the first and second positions.

2. A wall walker toy according to claim 1, in which the pivotable cover is formed with a stop that engages opposing ends of the aperture to retain the wheel in its first or second position respectively.

3. A wall walker toy according to claim 1, in which the is pivotable cover is manually movable from externally of the body to move the wheel between its first and second positions.