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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4676763 | Rolling and walking toy vehicle A toy vehicle is provided, including: a body; a spring, power generating unit connected to the body; a plurality of driving wheels connected to the spring, power generating unit through a transmission; a pair of legs mechanically connected to the spring, ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4652247 | Amphibious self-powered toy vehicle with integrated four-wheel and steering-water-jet drive This toy propels itself along the surface of a pool of water or along an extremely steep, irregular nonwater surface. A battery powers a motor, which drives the vehicle's four wheels and a steerable water jet. The wheels carry pronounced peripheral cleats... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4595381 | Toy vehicle with electric motor The present invention concerns a toy vehicle with an electric motor. The vehicle has a drive module (110) situated within a case (111). In the interior of the case are disposed an elecric motor (116) provided with a pinion (118), an inertial mass (114) provide... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4582171 | Special effects drive mechanism for self-propelled toy vehicles A unique drive mechanism for a toy vehicle is disclosed which can be selectively enabled to cause the toy to come to an abrupt halt after a powered run, and which can cause the toy to realistically imitate a "spin out" of a full scale vehicle. The drive t... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4573943 | Motorized toy vehicle A toy vehicle propelled by a bi-directional, miniature d-c motor, coupled by a clutch through a gear train to a wheel axle. A manually-operated shift stick mechanism is operatively linked both to the clutch and to a polarity-reversing switch interposed be... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4563164 | Two wheeled toy vehicle A two wheeled toy vehicle with a driving mechanism having a frictional driven wheel, an inertia type flywheel, two gear trains with a clutch gear driving apparatus and an operating member of the clutch gear driving apparatus. One of the gear trains is a g... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4553947 | Shifting mechanism for motorized toy A shift mechanism for a motorized toy includes a shift lever which is mounted on the toy so as to be able to move back and forth along an X axis and back and forth along a Y axis. The toy includes an electric motor and electric power supply for powering t... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4547174 | Inertia motors for toy vehicles An inertia motor especially--but not exclusively--for a toy vehicle. A rear wheel axle extends through the housing and has a drive gear mounted thereon to turn unitarily therewith. A flywheel is rotatably mounted on the housing for spinning to store or to... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4545451 | Toy vehicle with an automatic transmission A toy vehicle includes a transmission that automatically shifts from high speed to low speed when a load is placed on the rear wheels, due to rough terrain or otherwise, in either the forward or reverse direction. An alternate embodiment of the invention ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4540380 | Toy vehicle having variable drive A miniature toy vehicle powered by a single battery operated motor that, through a shiftable transmission, drives the vehicle in a low speed, four-wheel drive mode or in a high speed, two-wheel drive mode. When the motor is in the off position, the transm... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4529391 | Toy having two modes of locomotion A toy having two modes of locomotion includes a body having a fly wheel rotatably mounted thereon. A further wheel is also rotatably mounted on the body. A plurality of appendage members each having ends are also mounted to the body about one of their end... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4522606 | Self-powered miniature toy vehicle with treads and with unusual four-wheel-drive climbing capability This toy operates on continuous-belt treads that cooperate with other "climbing toy" features to provide extremely exaggerated ability to negotiate steep and/or rough surfaces. The car selectably operates: (1) as a conventional electrically powered toy, a... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4511343 | Wheeled miniature toy vehicle with easily selectable plural modes of use This toy car has a selector on its sides for use, without picking the vehicle up, in selecting operation: (1) as a conventional electrically powered toy vehicle, at at least one speed, on a flat surface; (2) as an electrically powered climbing toy with particu... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4488375 | Toy vehicle with pivotable body A toy motor car comprises a body having a bottom cover secured thereto by means of screws and a frame on which the body is pivotally mounted. Back wheels of the car are rotatably mounted to the frame and are adapted to be driven in rotation by a battery p... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4485586 | Shifting mechanism for toy vehicle A toy vehicle having a motor drive mechanism with a control arm actuable from a first position to a second position for changing the speed thereof, the vehicle having a pivotable linkage arm with a cam follower coacting with a cam movable in response to v... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4475618 | Toy car A power driven toy car includes a system for coupling power from a power source to the driving wheels of the toy car, which system automatically decouples the power source from the driving wheels when the power source is deactivated to permit free rotatio... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4475305 | Toy vehicle with inertia wheel A toy wheeled vehicle with an inertia wheel having friction driven wheels, an inertia type flywheel, gear trains of a driving mechanism, and a sound generator which is provided coaxially with the flywheel. The driving mechanism includes two groups of gear... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4467557 | Shiftable drive self-propelled toy vehicle An electric motor driven toy wheeled vehicle is provided with a projecting shift lever movable through an "H" pattern for selectively shifting the vehicle into any one of neutral, two-wheel high speed forward drive, two-wheel high speed reverse drive, fou... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4283879 | Toy vehicle with four-wheel drive A toy vehicle having a chassis supporting a pair of parallel spaced axles with wheels fixed to the outer ends thereof, a motor connected to said axles including an inertia flywheel on a shaft and gear trains extending respectively between the shaft and th... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4216612 | Toy vehicle A wheeled vehicle having the appearance of an insect, such as a spider, includes a main body portion housing a drive mechanism for propelling the vehicle across a suitable supporting surface. The drive mechanism is shiftable for operating a cord winch for... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4152866 | Electrically driven travelling toy An electrically driven toy in which a transmission mechanism is disengaged through a manually operated change-over means from the driving power source when the energization of the power source is interrupted.... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4141256 | Two-speed inertia motor A two-speed inertia motor having a pair of wheels secured to a common axis, one of the wheels being a drive wheel and having a gear portion coaxial therewith for selectively coupling to an inertia wheel through a first or second gear member for providing ... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4135328 | Clutch mechanism for a toy vehicle A unidirectional clutch mechanism for use in a toy vehicle or the like having an inertia motor energized by a spring-return drawstring mechanism having a drive spool receiving the drawstring and the return spring, the drive spool having a drive disc porti... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4130963 | Running toy with a flywheel The running toy with a flywheel of the invention has a toy driving unit to form a first transmission path with a first gear ratio to energize and rotate the flywheel at a high speed when driving wheels are rubbed against a floor for drive, and a second tr... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4116084 | Movable toy having gear disengaging mechanism and gear changing mechanism A gear disengaging mechanism for use in a movable toy which mechanism disengages automatically the engagement between a first gear receiving the rotation from a driving section and a second gear being pushed by a spring. The bearing hole for the shaft of ... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4059918 | Toy vehicle A toy vehicle, which is driven by the inertia of the rotation of a fly-wheel, wherein the combination of gears connecting the driving wheel and the fly-wheel can be changed by operation of a lever so that the direction of the movement of the vehicle may b... | 11/29/1977 |
| 3932956 | Toy vehicle clutch In a toy vehicle having a plurality of ground engageable wheels and drive means having a drive shaft operatively engaged with at least one of the wheels, a clutch is provided in the driven wheel in order to protect the drive means against damage should th... | 01/20/1976 |
