Patent ID: 8001905
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A model vehicle, comprising: a reduced-scale model vehicle; a reduced-scale model pantograph mounted to the model vehicle and disposed over a roof of the model vehicle, wherein the model pantograph comprises a plurality of articulating arms; a motorized drive unit mounted to the model vehicle and operably associated with the model pantograph so as to extend and retract the plurality of articulating arms from the model vehicle; and an elastic coupling interposed between the motorized drive unit and the plurality of articulating arms, wherein the elastic coupling is configured to permit elastic articulation of the plurality of articulating arms independently of input from the motorized drive unit, wherein the elastic coupling comprises a frame having a traveler in operative communication with an elastic member, wherein the frame is operably associated with an output of the motorized drive unit and the traveler is operably associated with an input of the plurality of articulating arms, the traveler comprises a sliding traveler, the sliding traveler is disposed between opposing springs, and wherein the sliding traveler is disposed on a rod supported by the frame.