Patent ID: 7160171
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A63H,F01B,F04B

Abstract:
1. A pneumatic pump for use with a toy vehicle that includes a pneumatic motor powered by a refillable chamber containing compressed air and an inlet, and wherein the pneumatic motor drives a wheel defined thereby and movement of said wheel initiates said pneumatic motor to utilize pressurized air in the chamber of said vehicle to continue driving said wheel such that said wheel when on a surface moves said toy vehicle, the pump comprising: an air exhaust pipe having an exhaust aperture in a housing defined by the pump for engagement with said inlet such that the pump is utilized to re-fill the chamber of said vehicle; a means for releasably securing the vehicle to the air exhaust pipe such that the vehicle is prevented from moving during filling of the chamber, wherein the securing means includes a diameter defined by the air exhaust pipe that is sized to fictionally engage the inlet defined on the vehicle such that the frictional engagement holds the vehicle against the pneumatic pump during the filling of said chamber; and a means for launching the vehicle from the pneumatic pump, that initiates the pneumatic motor, wherein the launching means is defined by having a frame that includes at least one pin that extends outwardly from the frame, a lever abutting the frame that pivots when pressed downwardly to move the such that the pin extends out of openings defined in the pneumatic pump and wherein the vehicle is positioned against said openings and prevented from moving away from said pump provided that when the lever is pushed downwardly, the pins extend out of the openings to move the vehicle and launch the vehicle away from the pneumatic pump, and wherein the vehicle includes a pneumatic motor that drives a gear which is meshed to wheels defined thereon and movement of said wheels initiates said pneumatic motor to utilize pressurized air in the chamber of said vehicle, whereby virtue of the launching means moving said vehicle initiates said pneumatic motor.