Toy vehicle having resilient supports and self-contained drive means

Claim 1

TOY VEHICLE COMPRISING: A PLATFORM, A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT ELEMENTS JOINED TO SAID PLATFORM IN DEPENDING RELATIONSHIP AND SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER NEAR THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PLATFORM, SAID SUPPORT ELEMENTS EXTENDING FROM SAID PLATFORM IN AN ARRAY HAVING AT LEAST TWO MATERIALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS OF EXTEND AND SAID SUPPORT ELEMENTS BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER AROUND A MAJOR PORTION OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PLATFORM, SAID SUPPORT ELEMENTS BEING OF ELONGATED RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION; A SELFCONTAINED POWER SOURCE OPERATIVELY CARRIED BY SAID PLATFORM AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CARRIED BY SAID PLATFORM FOR IMPARTING A VIBRATORY MOTION TO SAID PLATFORM UPON ACTUATION OF SAID POWER SOURCE TO THEREBY TRANSMIT A FORCE TO A SURFACE UPON WHICH SAID TOY VEHICLE IS MOUNTED VIA SAID SUPPORT ELEMENTS; AT LEAST A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SAID SUPPORT ELEMENTS BEING REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH SAID FORCE IS TRANSMITTED, SAID SELF-CONTAINED POWER SOURCE INCLUDING A MOTOR, SAID MOTOR BEING POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE GEOMETRIC CENTER OF SAID PLATFORM, SAID MOTOR HAVING AN OUTPUT SHAFT EXTENDING VERTICALLY THEREFROM; SAID MEANS FOR IMPARTING A VIBRATORY MOTION TO SAID PLATFORM INCLUDING A LEVER ARM JOINED TO SAID OUTPUT SHAFT IN ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP TO THE OUTPUT SHAFT, A WEIGHT MOUNTED AT THE OUTER FREE END OF SAID LEVER ARM, SAID LEVER ARM BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS BY SAID MOTOR AND OUTPUT SHAFT TO IMPART VIBRATORY MOTION TO SAID PLATFORM BY A SHIFT IN THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE TOY VEHICLE CAUSED BY ROTATION OF SAID LEVER ARM AND WEIGHT, SAID LEVER ARM BEING OF SUCH LENGTH THAT SAID WEIGHT IS SUCCESSIVELY CARRIED INTO SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH AT LEAST A MAJORITY OF THE SPACED SUPPORT ELEMENTS BY THE ROTATION OF SAID MOTOR OUTPUT SHAFT.