Patent · US Expired

Vehicle jump for a toy vehicle game

US4513966A · kind A · utility

43Cited by
4References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 4, 1983
Grant dateApr 30, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63H18/028
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toy vehicle jump includes a launching ramp and a landing ramp for an independently propelled toy vehicle, and an adjusting device for changing the orientation of one of the ramps from an operative position, in which a vehicle can negotiate the jump, to an inoperative position, in which the landing ramp does not accept a vehicle launched from the launching ramp. In a preferred embodiment of the vehicle jump, a jump structure, each comprising a launching ramp and a landing ramp, is provided for each of two vehicles travelling in adjacent lanes, and the adjusting device for each jump structure includes an actuator for increasing the angle of inclination of the respective landing ramp one step each time it is passed by a vehicle in the adjacent lane, until it reaches the inoperative position.

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