Electrically propelled and steered toy vehicle

Claim 1

A TOY VEHICLE COMPRISING A CHASSIS, FRONT AND REAR WHEELS SUPPORTING SAID CHASSIS, A MOUNTING PLATE SUPPORTED BY SAID CHASSIS, A REVERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR SUPPORTED ON SAID CHASSIS, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER, AN OFFON SWITCH CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF POWER DRIVE MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR TO SAID REAR WHEELS, SAID DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A SHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID MOUNTING PLATE, A FIRST CAM ON SAID SHAFT, A SLIDE, GUIDE MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTING SAID SLIDE ON SAID PLATE, SAID FIRST CAM ENGAGING SAID SLIDE TO RECIPROCATE SAID SLIDE UPON TURNING OF SAID SHAFT FIRST IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A PAIR OF SPACED CONTACT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ON-OFF SWITCH, A PAIR OF CONTACT PIVOTS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE SPACED FROM SAID CONTACT MEMBERS AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR, A CONTACT FLIPPER, A PAIR OF REVERSING CONTACTS CARRIED BY SAID CONTACT FLIPPER AND PIVOTALLY ENGAGING SAID CONTACT PIVOTS, SPRING MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SLIDE AND SAID CONTACT FLIPPER URGING SAID CONNTACT FLIPPER TOWARD SAID SLIDE AND SAID REVERSING CONTACTS AGAINST SAID CONTACT PIVOTS SO THAT SAID CONTACT FLIPPER IS RESILIENTLY URGED TO MOVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MOVEMENT OF SAID SLIDE WITH SAID REVERSING CONTACTS SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGING SAID CONTACT MEMBERS UPON TURNING OF SAID SHAFT TO REVERSE THE POLARITY OF SAID POWER DELIVERED TO SAID MOTOR, SAID DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A CLUTCH OPERATIVELY ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID MOTOR AND SAID REAR WHEELS, A SECOND CAM ON SAID SHAFT FOR ENGAGING AND ACTUATING SAID CLUTCH IN TIMED RELATION TO MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST CAM SO THAT SAID CLUTCH WILL BE DISENGAGED BETWEEN PERIODS OF ROTATIO OF SAID FIRST CAM IN SAID ONE DIRECTION AND IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEREBY THE VEHICLE WILL BE MOVED BY ROTATION OF SAID REAR WHEELS SEQUENTIALLY FORWARDLY, STOPPED, REARWARDLY AND AGAIN STOPPED, A THIRD CAM ON SAID SHAFT, LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FRONT WHEELS AND INCLUDING A CAM FOLLOWER ENGAGING SAID THIRD CAM SO THAT UPON TURNING OF SAID SHAFT SAID FRONT WHEELS WILL BE TURNED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONTOURS OF SAID THIRD CAM, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRIC LIGHTS ON SAID CHASSIS, A LAMP SWITCH ELECTRICALLY OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRIC LIGHTS AND TO SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER, AND A FOURTH CAM ON SAID SHAFT ENGAGING SAID LAMP SWITCH FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID LAMP SWITCH IN PREDETERMINED TIMED RELATION TO OPERATION OF SAID VEHICLE.