Patent ID: 7662017

Claim:
A toy vehicle having a front end and a rear end and first and second lateral sides comprising: a housing including a vehicle body a plurality of road wheels supporting the housing for movement across a support surface and including at least one rear road wheel rotatably mounted proximate the rear end so as to at least partially support the rear end and at least one front road wheel rotatably mounted proximate the front end so as to at least partially support the front end; and a lift mechanism including a lift arm having first and second ends, the first end of the lift arm being free and the second end of the lift arm being pivotally mounted with respect to the housing so as to permit the lift arm to move between a retracted position generally against the housing so as to enable the toy vehicle to be supported for movement across the support surface by the plurality of road wheels and an extended position generally away from the housing so as to contact the support surface and raise from the support surface, the housing and all of the road wheels supporting the housing for movement across the support surface, the lift mechanism further including: a lift arm actuating motor; a lift arm drive screw operably coupled with the actuating motor; and a lift arm drive nut in threaded engagement with the lift arm drive screw and operably coupled with the lift arm.