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Lever and wheel activated toy vehicles

  • US 7,762,867 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2004
  • Issued: 07/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A lever activated toy vehicle comprising:

  • a body having a front end, a rear end, an interior and an exterior;

    a chassis that accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel proximate the front end and a rear wheel proximate the rear end;

    a motor disposed within one of the body and the chassis and drivingly coupled to at least one of the wheels;

    a lever movably supported on one of the chassis and the body of the toy vehicle so as to be accessible by a user with the body and chassis joined together for movement between a first position and a second position by user manipulation of the lever;

    a moveable part having at least a portion on the exterior of the body and a portion on the interior of the body, the moveable part being supported on at least one of the chassis and the body for movement between a concealed position and a revealed position, the moveable part has a first surface visible on the vehicle in at least the concealed position and a second surface visible on the vehicle only in the revealed position, each surface having sufficiently different features to differentiate the first and second surfaces; and

    an actuator mechanism operably coupled with the motor and the moveable part, the actuator mechanism being configured to move the moveable part from the concealed position to the revealed position by power from the motor after the lever is moved from the first position to the second position and being configured to move the moveable part from the revealed position back to the concealed position after a predetermined time.

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