Patent ID: 6565411
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A key activated toy vehicle propelled utilizing a key, the toy vehicle comprising:a body having a front end, a rear end and an exterior; a chassis that accommodates the body and has at least a front wheel proximate the front end and a rear wheel proximate the rear end, at least one of the body and the chassis defining an opening to an interior of the toy vehicle; a spring supported within the interior of the toy vehicle so as to be compressed by a key inserted through the opening and to propel the toy vehicle away from the key upon decompressing; a moveable part having at least a portion on the exterior of the body and being supported on at least one of the chassis and the body for movement between a first position and a second position; and an actuator mechanism operably coupled with the spring and moveably mounted within the vehicle so as to be coupled with the moveable part to move the part from the first position to the second position as the actuator mechanism moves against the bias of the spring.