Walking-figure amusement land vehicle

Claim 1

A WALKING-FIGURE AMUSEMENT LAND VEHICLE COMPRISING: A CHASSIS FRAME COMPRISING A BASE PORTION, A FIRST UPRIGHT PORTION SECURED AT A FORWARD END OF SAID BASE PORTION, A SECOND UPRIGHT PORTION SECURED AT A REARWARD END OF SAID BASE PORTION, A FORWARD CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER SECURED TO SAID FIRST UPRIGHT PORTION, AND A REARWARD CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER SECURED TO SAID SECOND UPRIGHT PORTION; SAID CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBERS SO ARRANGED ON THEIR SUPPORTING UPRIGHT PORTION AS TO EFFECTIVELY EXTEND THE OVERALL LENGTH OF SAID BASE PORTION, AND ATTACHED ON THE UPRIGHT PORTION AT AN ELEVATION RELATIVE TO SAID BASE PORTION; A FORWARD PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS ARRANGED UNDER THE FORWARD CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER AND DEPENDING BELOW THE BASE PORTION OF THE CHASSIS FRAME; POWER-DRIVEN MEANS TO ALTERNATELY LIFT, ADVANCE, LOWER AND RETURN SAID FORWARD PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS, SAID MEANS SECURED TO AND DEPENDING FROM THE FORWARD CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER, AND SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO SUPPORT SAID CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER ON SAID PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS; A REARWARD PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS ARRANGED UNDER THE REARWARD CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER AND DEPENDING BELOW THE BASE PORTION OF THE CHASSIS FRAME; POWER-DRIVEN MEANS TO ALTERNATELY LIFT, ADVANCE, LOWER AND RETURN SAID REARWARD PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS, SAID MEANS FIXED TO AND DEPENDING FROM THE REARWARD CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER, AND SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO SUPPORT SAID CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER ON SAID PAIR OF FOOT MEMBERS; ONE OF SAID POWER-DRIVEN MEANS SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHASSIS EXTENSION MEMBER FROM WHICH IT DEPENDS AS TO BE STEERABLE RELATIVE TO SAME; MEANS TO STEER SAID STEERABLE POWER-DRIVEN MEANS, SAID MEANS TO STEER SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO PROVIDE A STEERING CONTROL DEVICE LOCATED AT A POSITTION CONVENIENT TO A PASSENGER CARRIED ON THE BASE PORTION OF THE CHASSIS FRAME, AND INCLUDING POWER TRANSMISSION ELEMENTS TO CONNECT SAID STEERING CONTROL DEVICE WITH THE STEERABLE MEANS TO ALTERNATELY LIFT, ADVANCE, LOWER AND RETURN THE FOOT MEMBERS; LINKAGE CONNECTING TOGETHER THE FORWARD-LOCATED POWERDRIVEN MEANS AND THE REARWARD-LOCATED POWER-DRIVEN MEANS TO ALTERNATELY LIFT, ADVANCE, LOWER AND RETURN, RESPECTIVELY, THE FORWARD AND REARWARD PAIRS OF FOOT MEMBERS; SAID LINKAGE SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT THE LIFTING, ADVANCING, LOWERING AND RETURNING MOVEMENTS OF ONE OF SAID MEANS IS TRANSMITTED TO THE OTHER; ONE OF SAID MEANS SO ADJUSTED IN CONNECTION WITH SAID LINKAGE THAT DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE FOOT MEMBERS ARE HELD AT A SIMILAR PHASE OF THE STEPPING CYCLE; A BODY SHELL SIMULATING THE TORSO OF A FIGURE, SECURED TO AND COVERING SAID CHASSIS FRAME; SAID BODY SHELL SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED AS TO PROVIDE A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CARRIED ON THE BASE PORTION OF THE CHASSIS FRAME AND OPENINGS TO ALLOW THE FOOT MEMBERS TO DEPEND TO THE GROUND.