Toy vehicle apparatus

• US 5,062,819 A
• Filed: 01/28/1991
• Issued: 11/05/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitchell K. Mallory
• Original Assignee: Mitchell K. Mallory
• Inventors: Mallory, Mitchell K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US07/646,818
• Time in Patent Office: 281 Days
• Field of Search: 446/462, 446/457, 446/464, 446/471, 446/470, 446/484
• US Class Current: 446/462
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/26 Details; Accessories drive mechanisms A63H29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 29/24 Details or accessories for drive mechanisms, e.g. means for winding-up or starting toy engines
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A self-propelled vehicle is arranged wherein a coin receiving slot is provided within the vehicle body that is removably mounted relative to a vehicle chassis to permit replacement of the vehicle body by various configurations. Each of such bodies includes a support plate for directing an associated coin disk into the associated slot to complete an electrical circuit energizing a motor, and accordingly driving forward and rear wheels of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A toy vehicle apparatus comprising,

an elongate vehicle chassis, the vehicle chassis including a forward rotatable axis mounted within a forward portion of the chassis, and a rear axle rotatably mounted within a rear portion of the chassis arranged parallel to the forward axle, with a plurality of forward wheels mounted to the forward axle, and a plurality of rear wheels to the rear axle,

and

a vehicle body removably mounted relative to and overlying the chassis,

and

wherein the chassis includes a medially positioned drive motor, and a rear gear drive operatively associated with the rear axle, and a forward gear drive operatively associated with the forward axle to effect selective rotation of the forward and rear axle by the forward and rear gear drives, and contact means mounted within the chassis and operatively associated with the vehicle body to effect selective actuation of the drive motor,

and

wherein the contact means includes a plurality of spaced electrical contacts in electrical communication with a battery, wherein the battery is in electrical communication with the drive motor, whereupon selective electrical communication between the spaced electrical contacts effects selective actuation of the drive motor, and wherein the contact means further includes a coin support plate fixedly mounted on the vehicle body, wherein the coin support plate includes a top surface and the top surface defines an obtuse angle between the top surface and the vehicle chassis, and the coin support plate including a slot mounted at a lower terminal end of the coin support plate, and a further slot mounted within the chassis in alignment with the slot, and a metallic coin disk positionable in contiguous communication with the coin support plate directed through the slot and the further slot to effect selective electrical communication between the spaced electrical contacts.