Patent ID: 9352242
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A63H

Claim Text:
1. A toy vehicle comprising: a two section chassis including a first section and a second section with a pivot mechanism rotatably attaching the two sections, the first section further defined as a leading section relative to the direction of vehicle movement, the second section further defined as a trailing section relative to the direction of vehicle movement; four wheels, two of the four wheels rotatably attached to the first section and the other two wheels rotatably attached to the second section, each wheel including an edge and a height greater than a height of the two section chassis; a first orientation and a second orientation, the second orientation further defined as a vehicle orientation opposite the first orientation; a center of gravity defined by the vehicle; a drive motor in communication with at least one of the four wheels such that the drive motor is configured to drive forward and reverse movement of the vehicle; a pivot motor in communication with the pivot mechanism such that the pivot motor is configured to drive rotation of the pivot mechanism; a control system with an integrated circuit in communication with the drive motor and the pivot motor, the control system having programmed software instructions stored therein and configured to steer and direct the vehicle through a plurality of movements; a power source in communication with the drive motor, pivot motor, and control system; the plurality of movements including a rollover movement where the vehicle rolls over between the first orientation and the second orientation when at a rollover speed and in a rollover alignment, the rollover speed further defined as a speed at which friction between a surface and one of the leading section wheel edges creates a frictional pivot point when in the rollover alignment, the rollover alignment further defined as an angled pivotal alignment between the sections such that the vehicle's momentum at rollover speed and center of gravity cause the vehicle to roll over about a central vehicle axis and over the frictional pivot point; a capability for activating the programmed software instructions, said programmed software instructions being configured to activate and control the drive motor to move the vehicle, and further configured to activate and control the pivot motor to rotate the pivot mechanism and steer the vehicle; wherein the rollover movement is further defined by the software instructions: (i) being configured to move the vehicle in a first direction such that the vehicle reaches rollover speed, and (ii) being further configured to rotate the pivot mechanism to turn the leading section to the rollover alignment to create the frictional pivot pint between the surface and one of the leading section wheel edges such that the vehicle rolls over between the first orientation and the second orientation, thereby completing the rollover movement.