Electronic bulldozer game

• US 6,435,875 B1
• Filed: 02/12/2001
• Issued: 08/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mattel Incorporated
• Inventors: Karussi, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Application Number:
  US09/782,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20020110789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 434/45, 434/55, 434/61, 434/62, 434/69, 434/29, 434/307.R, 434/308, 434/365, 463/2, 463/6, 463/7, 463/34-39, 463/50-53, 463/57, 273/441, 273/442, 273/454, 273/461, 446/7, 446/26, 446/143, 446/175, 446/230, 446/246, 446/330, 446/359, 446/433, 345/156, 345/157, 345/473
• US Class Current: 434/29
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/16 Control of vehicles or other craft simulators G09B9/02
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 9/04 for teaching control of land vehicles

Abstract

An electronic game includes a housing supporting a pair of handles and a pivotable turn table. A model bulldozer is supported upon the turntable while each handle supports a moveable squeeze activated control lever. A liquid crystal display is positioned upon the housing and includes a miniature bulldozer image element together with a scrolling background image set. A microprocessor control circuit within the game unit responds to the actuation of the control levers to scroll the image display appropriately. A mechanical linkage mechanism coupled to the turntable is operated by the control levers to appropriately pivot the turntable and model bulldozer thereon to further simulate steering of the bulldozer.

Claims

1. An electronic game comprising:

a housing having a pair of handles and a pivotable turntable and a model toy vehicle supported thereon;

a pair of control levers supported by said handles, each control lever having a handle rod extending into said housing;

a display supported by said housing having means for displaying a plurality of moveable images thereon including a toy vehicle image;

a pair of switches activated by said pair of control levers;

a control circuit coupled to said display and said pair of switches operative to scroll images on said display rearwardly relative to said model toy vehicle image when both of said control levers are simultaneously squeezed and to scroll images on said display to one side relative to said model toy vehicle image; and

pivot means, coupled to said turntable and to said handle rods, for pivoting said turntable toward the left or right in response to squeezing of one or the other of said control levers while not pivoting said turntable when both of said control levers are squeezed.