Patent ID: 6780077
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A toy vehicle combination comprising:a master toy vehicle and a slave toy vehicle, each toy vehicle including: a chassis with a plurality of supporting road wheels; a motive system drivingly coupled to at least one of the plurality of road wheels so as to propel the chassis; and a steering system operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of road wheels so as to steer the chassis; and wherein the master toy vehicle includes a transmitter configured to broadcast a tracking signal, a radio frequency (RF) receiver configured to receive signals from an RF remote control, a master toy vehicle control circuit having a first output connected to the motive system of the master toy vehicle and a second output connected to the steering system of the master toy vehicle, the master toy vehicle control circuit being configured to control the first and second outputs of the master toy vehicle control circuit based upon signals received by the RF receiver, and wherein the slave toy vehicle includes at least first and second directional receivers configured to receive the tracking signal from the transmitter from different directions around the slave toy vehicle, a slave toy vehicle control circuit coupled to the first and second directional receivers, a first output connected to the motive system of the slave toy vehicle, and a second output connected to the steering system of the slave toy vehicle, the slave toy vehicle control circuit being configured to control at least one of the first and second outputs of the slave toy vehicle control circuit based upon signals received by the first and second directional receivers so as to either chase or move so as to avoid the master toy vehicle.