Wheeled toy
Patent Information
- Application Number
- HK62026127202
- Authority / Receiving Office
- HK · HK
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2023-08-16
- Filing Date
- 2026-08-07
- Publication Date
- 2026-10-09
- Estimated Expiration
- 2043-12-14
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Abstract
Description
A wheeled toy (100) includes a body (102) and two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b). Each steering axle is mounted to the underside (164) of the body (102) via a flexible suspension (166). The body (102) is defined by a left gripping rail and a right gripping bar (116, 118) extending longitudinally above the front and rear wheels (120, 122) of the two steering axles. The gripping bars (116, 118) are spaced apart and configured such that when the toy rolls along a surface, it is gripped by a child with both hands, causing the wheeled toy (100) to turn in response to a greater force exerted by the child on a selected one of the gripping bars (116, 118). The two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b) pivot in opposite directions in response to the same differential vertical load applied to the top of the body (102).
Claims
WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. A wheeled toy (100) comprising: a body (102); and two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b), each steering axle mounted to an underside (164) of the body (102) through a compliant suspension (166) that reacts to steer the steering axle in response to differential vertical loads applied to the top of the body (102), wherein the body (102) defines left and right grip rails (116, 118) running longitudinally above front and rear wheels (120, 122) of the two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b), the grip rails (116, 118) spaced apart and configured to be grasped by a child with both hands while wheeling the toy along a surface, such that the wheeled toy (100) turns in response to the child pushing down with a higher force on a selected one of the grasped grip rails (116, 118), and wherein the two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b) pivot in opposite directions in response to a same differential vertical load applied to the top of the body (102).
2. The wheeled toy of claim 1, wherein each of the two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b) have a protrusion (168) integrally connected to and extending outwardly from the wheeled steering axle in a transverse direction with respect to the wheeled steering axle; optionally wherein the protrusion (168) is a hollow, cylindrical protrusion (168); and optionally wherein the compliant suspension (166) comprises a torsion spring (170) having a first leg (172) and a second leg (174), the torsion spring (170) coiled around the protrusion (168).
3. The wheeled toy of claim 2, wherein the compliant suspension (166) comprises an anchor (184) coupled to a housing (178) of the wheeled toy (100) and contacting a portion of the protrusion (168), the anchor (184) defining a first notch (198) and a second notch (199).
4. The wheeled toy of claim 3, wherein in an undeflected state of the torsion spring(170), the first leg (172) of the torsion spring (170) contacts the first notch (198), and the second leg (174) of the torsion spring (170) contacts the second notch (199).
5. The wheeled toy of claim 4, wherein in a deflected state of the torsion spring (170), the first leg (172) of the torsion spring (170) does not contact the first notch (198), and the second leg (174) of the torsion spring (170) contacts the second notch (199.
6. The wheeled toy of claim 5, wherein each protrusion (168) defines an axis of rotation about which each corresponding wheeled steering axle pivots when the torsion spring (170) is in the deflected state.
7. The wheeled toy of any one of claims 2-6, wherein the same differential vertical load applied to the top of the body (102) causes the first leg (172) of the torsion spring (170) to move laterally away from the first notch (198), thereby biasing the two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b) to steer in opposite directions.
8. The wheeled toy of any one of claims 1-7, comprising a plate (176) integrally connected to each of the two wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b).
9. The wheeled toy of claim 8, wherein the plate (176) is integrally connected to a center portion of each of the two wheeled steering axles.
10. The wheeled toy of claim 8, wherein the protrusion (168) is integrally connected to and extends outwardly from an upper surface and a lower surface of the plate (176) in a transverse direction with respect to the plate (176) and the wheeled steering axle.
11. The wheeled toy of any one of claims 1-10, wherein the body (102) has outer side surfaces (152) defining openings (154) to accommodate the front and rear wheels (120, 122) of the wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b), and wherein the outer side surfaces (152) are comprised of a resilient material.
12. The wheeled toy of claim 11, wherein the wheeled steering axles (162a, 162b)extend through holes defined by the housing (178), wherein the holes are defined within the openings (154).
13. The wheeled toy of any one of claims 1-12, wherein the body (102) comprises one or more seats (132) configured to receive a toy figurine (130); and optionally wherein the one or more seats (132) are coupled to the body (102), the one or more seats (132) including a circular cavity (136) defined by an upper surface (138) of the one or more seats (132).
14. The wheeled toy of any one of claims 1-13, wherein the left and right grip rails (116,118) have a height of about 6.5 cm to about 8.5 cm.
15. The wheeled toy of any one of claims 1-14, wherein the left grip rail (116) is spaced apart from the right grip rail (118) by about 7 cm to about 9 cm.