Patent ID: 8696402
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy vehicle, comprising: a body; a wheel assembly connected to the body and defining an axis about which the wheel assembly spins; a spring extending at least generally along the axis and having a first end and a second end that are respectively fixed and pivotable with respect to the wheel assembly; an arm coupled to the spring at the second end such that the arm and the second end pivot as a unit, the arm being disposed adjacent and extending substantially parallel to an outer face of a wheel of the wheel assembly, the wheel having a radius, and the arm extending from the axis farther than the radius; and a stop supported by the body and configured to block the arm from spinning with respect to the body, wherein the spring is twistable, and wherein untwisting of the spring, with the arm blocked from spinning by the stop, drives the wheel assembly to spin with respect to the body, and wherein the stop is movably supported by the body for movement of the stop between a first position that permits the arm to spin with respect to the body and a second position that contacts the arm to prevent the arm from spinning with respect to the body.