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Automobile toy

  • US 8,267,739 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2008
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toy, comprising:

  • a first chassis for supporting an axle of a front wheel;

    a second chassis for supporting an axle of a rear wheel,wherein the first and second chassis are rotatably connected at a connection portion to each other by a shaft that extends in a width direction of the toy, said shaft being intermediate of the first axle with front wheel and the second axle with rear wheel, andwherein the first and second chassis move between an extension state, wherein the first and second chassis are arranged relatively flat and the front wheel and the rear wheel are positioned at a first distance, on an underside of the first and second chassis, and a flexure state, wherein the first and second chassis are angled relative to each other and the front wheel and the rear wheel are positioned at a second, shorter distance, on the underside of the first and second chassis, andwherein the toy has a weight;

    only one body that is directly attached to only the first chassis but not to the second chassis, and the second chassis lacks a body,wherein the body does not change its position relative to the first chassis in either the extension or flexure states; and

    a spring, arranged on the shaft, for maintaining biasing of the first and second chassis in the flexure state against the weight of the toy as a normal operating condition of the toy.

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