Toy car apparatus

• US 8,662,953 B1
• Filed: 03/16/2011
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jeannie M. Tarr
• Original Assignee: Jeannie M. Tarr
• Inventors: Tarr, Jeannie M.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KIEN T
• Application Number:
  US13/049,545
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 446/175, 446/298, 446/436, 446/454, 446/97, 446/268, 446/484, 446/465, 700/245, 700/247
• US Class Current: 446/175
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/26 Details; Accessories drive mechanisms A63H29/00

Abstract

A toy car apparatus includes a toy vehicle including a housing and a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the housing. The housing has a front end, a rear end and a pair of lateral sides. An odometer is mounted in the housing and is engaged with one of the wheels. The odometer is coupled to an electronic memory to record a distance traveled by the toy vehicle.

Claims

1. A toy assembly comprising:

a toy vehicle including a housing and a plurality of wheels being rotatably coupled to said housing, said housing having a front end, a rear end and a pair of lateral sides; and

an odometer being mounted in said housing and being engaged with one of said wheels, said odometer being electrically coupled to an electronic memory to record a distance traveled by said toy vehicle, the distance traveled by said toy vehicle being recorded in said electronic memory as a scaled value wherein the scaled value is configured to represent a corresponding distance traveled by a full-sized vehicle.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said housing has a length from said front end to said rear end less than 40 cm and a width between said lateral sides less than 20 cm.

3. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a data transfer being electrically coupled to said electronic memory and being configured to transfer said distance traveled to a personal computer to display the distance traveled on the personal computer.

4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein said data transfer comprises a data port.

5. The assembly according to claim 1, further including a power supply being electrically coupled to odometer, said power supply comprising at least one rechargeable battery.

6. A toy assembly comprising:

a toy vehicle including a housing and a plurality of wheels being rotatably coupled to said housing, said housing having a front end, a rear end and a pair of lateral sides, said housing having a length from said front end to said rear end less than 40 cm and a width between said lateral sides less than 20 cm;

an odometer being mounted in said housing and being engaged with one of said wheels;

an electronic memory is electrically coupled to the odometer to record a distance traveled by said toy vehicle, the distance traveled by said toy vehicle being recorded in said electronic memory as a scaled value wherein the scaled value is configured to represent a corresponding distance traveled by a full-sized vehicle;

a data transfer being electrically coupled to said electronic memory and being configured to transfer said distance traveled to a personal computer, said data transfer comprising a data port; and

a power supply being electrically coupled to odometer, said power supply comprising at least one rechargeable battery.