Patent ID: 8342904

Claim:
A toy vehicle configured to move across a support surface, comprising: a body having a top portion and a bottom portion; a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to the body and configured to rotatably support the body on the support surface in a plurality of positions including an upright position in which the bottom portion is adjacent the support surface and the top portion is spaced from the support surface relative to the bottom portion, and an inverted position in which the top portion is adjacent the support surface and the bottom portion is spaced from the support surface relative to the top portion, wherein less than all of the plurality of wheels rotatably support the body on the support surface when the body is in the inverted position; and a stabilizing mechanism mounted to the body, wherein the stabilizing mechanism includes: at least one stabilizer pivotally connected to the body and configured to pivot between a retracted position in which the at least one stabilizer is adjacent the body, and an extended position in which the at least one stabilizer is spaced from the body relative to the retracted position, the at least one stabilizer being configured to move to the retracted position when the body is in the inverted position, and at least one lifter rotatably coupled to one or more wheels of the plurality of wheels such that the at least one lifter rotates with the one or more wheels, the at least one lifter being configured, only when the at least one stabilizer is in the retracted position, to directly engage the at least one stabilizer and to move the at least one stabilizer toward the extended position.