Patent ID: 8038504
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. A toy vehicle comprising a movable vehicle and a remote control device having controls for a user to regulate the movement of the vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle body with a front portion and a rear portion and a longitudinal axis extending through the front and rear portions; at least one rear wheel coupled with the rear portion and located on the vehicle so as to at least partially support the rear portion; an electric steering motor drivingly coupled with at least one steered wheel, at least one front wheel coupled with the front portion and located on the vehicle so as to at least partially support the front portion; the steering motor drivingly steering the toy vehicle; a driving motor for rotating at least one driven wheel; wherein the body includes first and second body housings, and extremities of the first and second housings having a height between the extremities, and wherein the wheels have a diameter greater than the height, and an orientation sensor for determining whether the vehicle body is in a first upright position or a second inverse upside down position about the longitudinal axis, the orientation sensor acting through a microprocessor to switch the direction of rotation of the driven wheel independently of a user changing the controls on the remote control device; the orientation sensor signals the microprocessor inside the vehicle, the microprocessor responds to the signal and signal to the steering motor and a forward/backward motor control signal on the driving motor, the orientation sensor acting through the microprocessor to switch the direction of rotation of the driven wheel and the left/right motor control signal of the steered wheel, a transceiver located with the vehicle for communicating with the remote control device having controls for the user to regulate the movement of the vehicle, such that when the remote control device communicates with the transceiver, and the orientation has been inverted, and the driven wheel rotation direction is switched and the left/right motor control signal of the steered wheel is changed, the remote control device can retain control of the driven wheel and the steered wheel of the vehicle without switching the orientation of the controls for the user on the remote control device.