US3462878A - Toy and model vehicles - Google Patents

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US3462878A
US3462878A US594482A US3462878DA US3462878A US 3462878 A US3462878 A US 3462878A US 594482 A US594482 A US 594482A US 3462878D A US3462878D A US 3462878DA US 3462878 A US3462878 A US 3462878A
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Frederick Noel Rix
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A63H17/26—Details; Accessories
    • A63H17/36—Steering-mechanisms for toy vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H17/00—Toy vehicles, e.g. with self-drive; ; Cranes, winches or the like; Accessories therefor
    • A63H17/26—Details; Accessories
    • A63H17/262—Chassis; Wheel mountings; Wheels; Axles; Suspensions; Fitting body portions to chassis

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  • One of the axles is angularly displaceable about a point located approimately centrally of its own length and in a plane extending substantially parallel to the general plane of the chassis.
  • the toy vehicle also includes a manually operable adjusting device engaging the angularly displaceable axle in such a way that its own setting determines the angular setting of such axle about said point and thereby the angular settings of the wheels carried by such axle relative to the remainder of the vehicle.
  • This invention relates to toy and model vehicles all of which, for the sake of brevity, will hereinafter be referred to as toy" vehicles.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a simple form of steering for toy land vehicles which steering may, if desired, be preselectable in character.
  • Another object of the invention is the provision of a cheaply producable toy land vehicle which has a form of steering acceptable to young children together with a resilient suspension.
  • FIGURE 1 is a sectional view of a toy car constructed in accordance with the invention, the section being taken on the line I-I of FIGURE 2,
  • FIGURE 2 is a plan view corresponding to FIGURE 1 but with certain upper parts of the toy removed,
  • FIGURE 3 is a section taken on the line III-HI of FIGURE 1,
  • FIGURE 4 is a vertical section containing the longitudinal axis of an alternative form of toy car in accordance with the invention.
  • FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the chassis or base of the toy of FIGURE 4 and shows various steering and suspension parts of the latter.
  • the toy land vehicle which is illustrated is a car having a body 1 made from die cast metal, a chassis or base 2 made from die cast metal and a rear axle 3 having rotatable wheels 4 mounted at its opposite ends. Details of the construction and arrangement of the body 1 are not relevant to the present invention and, therefore, no further description of that part will be given.
  • the rear axle 3 of the car is inserted through holes formed in lugs 5 that project upwardly from opposite lateral edge ribs 16 of the chassis or base 2.
  • the toy has a similar front axle 6 with wheels 7, similar to the wheels 4, rotatably mounted at its opposite ends.
  • a central region of the front axle 6 is inserted between two pins 8 that project perpendicularly upwards from the chassis or base 2 immediately in front, and to the rear, respectively, of said axle.
  • the two pins 8 are parallel to one another and are spaced apart by a distance a little in excess of the 3,462,878 Patented Aug. 26, 1969 cross-sectional diameter of the axle 6.
  • Opposite end regions of the axle 6 pass through slots 9 formed in profiled lugs 10 that project upwardly from the chassis or base 2.
  • the front axle 6, together with the wheels 7, is angularly displaceable about a point located approximately centrally of its own length and midway between the two pins 8.
  • the axle 6 can be turned about said point in either of the opposite directions indicated by the arrows A and B in FIGURE 2 of the drawing, the opposite front and rear ends of the slots 9 limiting such turning movements to a range in which the wheels 7 will not interfere with parts of the body 1 or chassis or base 2, and the upper and lower edges of the slots 9 ensuring that the angular displacement about said point takes place in a plane extending substantially parallel to the general plane of the chassis or base 2.
  • the toy includes manually operable adjusting means that may conveniently, but not essentially, be formed of a single piece from a synthetic plastic material.
  • the adjusting means is generally indicated by the reference numeral 11 in the drawing and includes an arched axleengaging portion 12 that can be seen best in FIGURE 1 of the drawing.
  • the arch of said portion 12 through which a region of the axle 6 close to one of the profiled lugs 10 is inserted, is of slightly greater width than the cross-sectional diameter of the axle.
  • a block 13 projects downwardly from the body 1 and has its lowermost end in engagement with the upper side of the portion 12 in such a way that said portion can move forwardly and rearwardly of the toy in a direction parallel to the general plane of the chassis or base 2 but cannot move transversely of that direction.
  • the adjusting means 11 has a connecting portion 14 which extends longitudinally of the toy at one lateral side thereof and the leading end of which is integral with, or fastened to, the arched portion 12. As can be seen best in FIGURE 2 of the drawing, the connecting portion 14 is sandwiched between a longitudinal rib 15 projecting upwardly from the chassis or base 2 and one of the aforementioned edge ribs 16.
  • the connecting portion 14 is integral with, or secured to, an operating portion 17 which includes a handle 18 that projects laterally of the body 1 through a slot (not illustrated) formed therein.
  • the chassis or base 2 is also formed with a longiutdinally extending slot 19 immediately beneath the operating portion 17 and a projection 20 of said portion 17 which is of inverted T-shaped cross-section has its upright entered through the slot 19 with its cross-bar overlapping opposite edges of the latter.
  • the rearmost end of the slot 19 opens into a circular hole 21 through which the projection 20 can be initially entered to engage it with the slot 19.
  • the slot 19 and hole 21 together have a keyhole configuration.
  • That part of said material which forms the projection 20 may frictionally engage the opposite edges of the slot 19 in such a way that there is an appreciable degree of opposition to movement of the handle 18 in the directions C and D.
  • the frictional opposition to movement of the adjusting means 11 tends to maintain the front axle 6 in the angular setting which it is occupying at any given moment so that the steering is preselectable in character.
  • FIGURES 4 and of the drawing show a toy car which is generally similar to the toy already described with reference to FIGURES 1 to 3. Accordingly, those parts that are equivalent to parts that have previously been described are indicated by the reference numerals that have already been employed and will not be described further.
  • the principal feature by which the toy of FIGURES 4 and 5 differs from that of FIGURES l to 3 is that it is provided with a resilient suspension.
  • the lugs 5 are formed with vertically extending slots 22 through which the rear axle 3 passes. It will be evident from FIG- URE 4 of the drawing that the slots 9 in the profiled lugs 10, through which the front axle 6 is inserted have a similar vertical extent to the slots 22.
  • the strip 23 is formed centrally with an aperture 24 which cooperates with a dowel 30 projecting upwardly from the chassis or base 2.
  • the dowel 30 is peened over to secure the strip 23 to it after being passed through the aperture 24.
  • a region of the strip 23 that surrounds the aperture 24 cooperates supportingly with an oval projection 25 on the base of an insert 26 of the toy that is moulded or otherwise formed to represent the seats and other parts of the car which the toy simulates. It is not necessary for the purposes of the present invention to described the insert 26 in detail.
  • the strip 23 is formed symmetrically fore and aft of the aperture 24 with raised opposite end platforms 27 and lateral cutouts 28.
  • the strip 23 can thus be fitted with either end at the front.
  • the pins 8 lie between a pair of vertical plates 31 depending from the leading end platform 27 while a short guide rib 29 which serves the same purpose as the preivously described but longer guide rib 15 is disposed in the foremost cutout 28.
  • a similar guide rib 32 abuts against the edge of the suspension strip 23 opposite the leading cutout 28.
  • the strip 23 is of a resilient construction which is such that the part thereof between the platforms 27 tends to maintain a uniplanar configuration.
  • the lowermost edges of the plates 31 bear against central regions of the front and rear axles -6 and 3 respectively and urge said axles towards the chassis or base 2.
  • the arched portion 12 of the adjusting means 11 is of sufiicient height to enable the region of the front axle 6 which is inserted therethrough to move vertically to the uppermost end of the corresponding slot 9.
  • a block projects downwardly from the insert 26 immediately to the rear of the operating portion 17 of the means 11 to prevent the insert from pressing on said portion 17 and to assist in preventing excessive rearward movement thereof. The block contacts the chassis or base 2.
  • Toys of the kind which have been described are intended principally for use by young children so that, in general, there is no disadvantage in the fact that the projecting handle 18 and primitive form of steering of the front wheels 7 detracts from the realistic appearance of the toy.
  • the invention is applicable to toys having more than two wheel-carrying axles and other forms of adjusting means may be employed.
  • the handle 18 may be replaced to a finger wheel connected to a pinion whose teeth are adapted to move a rack that carries the arched portion 12 forwardly and rearwardly of the toy.
  • the construction which has been described is preferred since it enables small-scale toys to be given preselectable steering in a manner acceptable to young chlidren without any great increase in the cost of production of such toys.
  • a toy land vehicle having a chassis and at least two wheel-carrying axles supported in said chassis, one of said axles being angularly displaceable about a point located approximately centrally of its own length and in a plane extending substantially parallel to the general plane of the chassis, said toy vehicle comprising manually operable adjusting means engaging said one of the axles and being settable to determine the angular setting of said one axle about said point and thereby the angular setting of the wheels carried by said one axle relative to the remainder of the toy vehicle, said manually operable adjusting means comprising an arched portion engaging said one axle between said point and one of its ends, a connecting portion and an operating portion which has a handle projecting laterally of the toy vehicle, the operating portion including a downward projection of inverted T-shaped cross-section with an upright passing through a slot provided in said chassis and extending longitudinally of the chassis.
  • strip is symmetrical about a fixed midpoint thereof, each 5 6 end thereof having the form of a raised platform from 2,887,823 5/1959 Vaughan 46-201 which two vertical plates depend, and wherein the lower- 3,063,194 11/ 1962 Berguerand 46-201 most edges of one pair of said vertical plates contact said one axle at relatively opposite sides of said point.
  • LOUIS MANCENE Primary EXamiHel' References Cited 5 CHARLES R. WENTZEL, Assistant Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS U.S. C1. X.R.

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US3603031A (en) * 1969-01-21 1971-09-07 Mettoy Co Ltd Toy or model vehicles
US3711989A (en) * 1971-10-27 1973-01-23 Ideal Toy Corp Chassis assembly
US4411098A (en) * 1981-12-11 1983-10-25 John D. Birdsall Toy vehicle
US20050079788A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Fulton C. Dwayne Weights for model and racing cars
US20110263181A1 (en) * 2010-04-27 2011-10-27 Kreidler Bradley J Weight Receptacle System for Gravity-Driven Race Car
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US2260679A (en) * 1940-12-09 1941-10-28 Albert R Neilson Steering unit for toy trucks and cars
US2887823A (en) * 1958-09-12 1959-05-26 Charles H Vaughan Steering mechanism for toys
US3063194A (en) * 1960-10-27 1962-11-13 Mcccano Ltd Miniature toy motor vehicles axle arrangement

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US2260679A (en) * 1940-12-09 1941-10-28 Albert R Neilson Steering unit for toy trucks and cars
US2887823A (en) * 1958-09-12 1959-05-26 Charles H Vaughan Steering mechanism for toys
US3063194A (en) * 1960-10-27 1962-11-13 Mcccano Ltd Miniature toy motor vehicles axle arrangement

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US3603031A (en) * 1969-01-21 1971-09-07 Mettoy Co Ltd Toy or model vehicles
US3711989A (en) * 1971-10-27 1973-01-23 Ideal Toy Corp Chassis assembly
US4411098A (en) * 1981-12-11 1983-10-25 John D. Birdsall Toy vehicle
US20050079788A1 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-04-14 Fulton C. Dwayne Weights for model and racing cars
US6955580B2 (en) * 2003-10-08 2005-10-18 Osment Models, Inc. Weights for model and racing cars
US20110263181A1 (en) * 2010-04-27 2011-10-27 Kreidler Bradley J Weight Receptacle System for Gravity-Driven Race Car
CN104002865A (zh) * 2013-02-22 2014-08-27 上海通用汽车有限公司 整车动态视野评估平台及评估方法
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