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Toy vehicle

US4822316A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
5References
8Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 1987
Grant dateApr 18, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 8, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63H17/262
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toy vehicle with a joint structure supporting the wheels of the toy vehicle in a manner that enables the vehicle and its wheels to be placed in a variety of unique and attractive orientations. The toy vehicle has a chassis and at least three wheels connected with the chassis by means of the joint structure. The joint structure enables each wheel to be independently adjusted relative to the chassis to selectively adjust the relative orientation of the chassis and one or more of the wheels. The joint structure can be adjusted by a manually applied torque, but when the joint structure is in an adjusted position, it can maintain its adjusted position under gravitational/inertial forces applied to it by the toy vehicle. Thus, the joint can be "adjustably retained" in selected adjusted position.

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