Patent ID: 6626116
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy racing car or other vehicle intended to be operated on a track defining a surface and comprising a pair of conductors on either side of a groove formed in said surface of said track, comprising:a sub body, comprising a chassis, a pair of drive wheels, a pair of current pickup devices, a motor connected to said pickup devices and driving said drive wheels through a gear set, a first guide pin disposed toward a forward end of said chassis, and a second guide pin disposed toward a rearward end of said chassis, such that in use said guide pins fit within said groove and said pickup shoes contact said conductors, and a visible body mounted to said sub body at a pivot point defining a substantially vertical pivot axis near the forward end of said chassis, and not constrained to follow said groove, whereby said visible body can pivot freely with respect to said sub body about said substantially vertical pivot axis, and having at least one set of freely rotating simulated drive wheels, said freely rotating simulated drive wheels being spaced rearwardly from said vertical pivot axis by a distance sufficient that said simulated drive wheels clear the rearward end of said chassis as the visible body pivots with respect to said sub body.