Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable-track rolling toy
- Patent Title (中): 变轨滚动玩具
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Application No.: US14514230Application Date: 2014-10-14
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Publication No.: US09381442B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Thomas Barse
- Applicant: PARROT
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: PARROT
- Current Assignee: PARROT
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agency: Haverstock & Owens LLP
- Priority: FR1360149 20131018
- Main IPC: A63H17/26
- IPC: A63H17/26 ; B60B1/14 ; B60B3/00 ; B60B9/04 ; B60B9/26 ; B60B35/10 ; A63H18/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a toy comprising at least two parallel wheels each comprising a hub (14), a rim (16) provided with a tread (18), and a plurality of spokes (20) made of an elastically deformable material. The unit formed by the hub and the spokes is mounted into the rim under compressive stress on the spokes, so as to produce, by buckling effect, a bending of the spokes curving these latter and offsetting axially the plane of the hub with respect to that of the rim. The unit can hence take two stable positions in the direction of bending of the spokes, i.e. an extended position with an enlarged track and a retracted position with a reduced track. It is just needed to apply an external mechanical effort on the rim, in one direction or the other, to reverse the direction of bending of the spokes, and thus to switch from the extended position to the retracted position, or vice versa.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150111462A1 VARIABLE-TRACK ROLLING TOY Public/Granted day:2015-04-23
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