Toy vehicle having rotating element

Claim 1

A toy which comprises: a vehicle body; said vehicle body including left and right side walls and a further wall, said further wall being arcuate in shape and extending between said left and right side walls from front to back on said vehicle body, together said side walls and said further wall forming an upwardly opening cavity in said body; four wheels located in first and second sets, said wheels being rotatably mounted on said body in association with said further wall with at least a portion of each of said wheels extending below said body to support said body as said wheels rotate on a support surface; said further wall including four openings located therein, said respective openings in said further wall extending into the left and right side walls adjacent to said further wall, said openings positioned in said further wall and said side walls, in locations aligned over said wheels whereby a portion of each of said wheels extends upwardly through the respective opening with which it is associated partly through said further wall and partly through one of said left and right side walls; an element, said element formed as a surface of rotation; said element sized and shaped so as to partially fit within said cavity with its axis of rotation parallel to those of said wheels and with said surface of rotation of said element resting on said portions of said wheels which extend upwardly through said openings in said further wall and said side walls whereby as said wheels rotate in conjunction with movement of said vehicle body across said support surface, said rotation of said wheels is transferred to said surface of rotation of said element to rotate said element within said cavity.