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Toy vehicle having light conductive body

US6171171A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1998
Grant dateJan 9, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63H17/28
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A substantially solid light conductive toy vehicle body is fabricated to include a light cavity in which a light emitting diode is supported. A vehicle drive mechanism is operatively coupled to a pair of charging terminals and a power storage capacitor. The light emitting diode is energized when the power supply capacitor is charged to permeate light into the solid light transmissive body of the toy vehicle. The outer surface of the toy vehicle body is light transmissive and is coated, for the most part, by an opaque coating. A plurality of light transmissive openings are formed in the opaque coating to allow selectively determined points of light to permeate light from the vehicle body.

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