Patent ID: 7976356

Claim:
A toy vehicle with a boom assembly ( 1 ) for a bucket ( 2 ), wherein the boom assembly ( 1 ) comprises at least one bucket bearer ( 3 , 4 ) which is articulated to a frame ( 6 ) of the toy vehicle by a first swivel joint, at least one telescopic support ( 7 , 8 ) with two telescopic elements ( 9 , 10 ) which can be displaced in telescopic manner with respect to one another, one of the telescopic elements ( 9 ) being articulated to the bucket bearer ( 3 , 4 ) by a second swivel joint, the other telescopic element ( 10 ) being articulated to the frame ( 6 ) by a third swivel joint, wherein at least one latch mechanism ( 15 , 16 ) is provided, having a latch body ( 17 ) which is provided on one of the telescopic elements ( 10 ), having a counter body ( 18 ) which is provided on the bucket bearer ( 3 , 4 ), wherein the bodies ( 17 , 18 ) of the latch mechanism ( 15 , 16 ) are positioned with respect to one another, such that when the bucket bearers ( 3 , 4 ) are moved from a lowered basic position into a raised position, the latch body ( 17 ) comes to rest against the counter body ( 18 ) before the raised position is reached, the telescopic support ( 7 , 8 ) being bent with the production of a bending tension, as the bucket bearers ( 3 , 4 ) are moved further into the raised position, the latch body ( 17 ) latches with the counter body ( 18 ) so that the boom assembly ( 1 ) is fixed in the raised position, wherein the at least one telescopic support ( 7 , 8 ) is a pre-tensioning element.