Cam controlled toy vehicle
Abstract
Abstract A MOTOR DRIVEN TOY VEHICLE WHICH INCLUDES SELECTIVELY OPERABLE LOCOMOTION MEANS FOR MOVING THE VEHICLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION. FIRST FOLLOWER MEANS FOR SELECTING THE DIRECTION OF MOTION OF THE LOCOMOTION MEANS IS CONTROLLED BY FIRST CAM MEANS DRIVEN IN TIMED RELATION TO THE MOTOR. SELECTIVELY OPERABLE STEERING MEANS FOR STEERING THE VEHICLE IS CONTROLLED BY SECOND FOLLOWER MEANS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO THE MOTION OF SECOND CAM MEANS DRIVEN IN TIMED RELATION TO THE MOTOR. AT LEAST ONE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND CAM MEANS INCLUDES A BASE MOVED ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH RELATIVE TO THE ADJACENT CORRESPONDING FOLLOWER MEANS, A PLURALITY OF CAM MEMBERS DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE BASE HAVE PERIPERAL PORTIONS EXTENDING DIFFERENT DISTANCES OUTWARDLY OF THE PATH OF MOTION OF THE BASE. THE PERIPHERAL PORTIONS OF THE VARIOUS CAM MEMBERS SUCCESSIVELY CONTACT AND MOVE THE ADJACENT CORRESPONDING FOLLOWER MEANS WHICH IN TURN CONTROLS THE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE IN TIMED RELATION TO THE MOTOR.
Inventors
- 👤 George D Stohrer
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