Patent ID: 6866557
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: A63H,B62D

Abstract:
1. Locomotive apparatus for supporting and moving a vehicle, toy, or other body, on a support surface, including a plurality of legs extending from the body, each leg comprising a leg lever having a proximal end portion connected to a drive mechanism and a distal end portion adapted for contacting and supporting the body on the support surface, wherein the drive mechanism and the leg are characterized by: the proximal end portion of the leg lever connected to a crank and constrained at a pivot adjacent the crank to move the distal end portion of the leg lever in a linear path in relation to the body as the crank rotates through a part of a 360-degree revolution and to lift the distal end portion of the leg lever and return it to a starting point of the linear path as the crank completes the 360-degree revolution.