Parrot

Parrot Drones

Thomas Barse

The present invention relates to a toy including a carriage (), a pair of wheels (), a sliding part () mobile along the carriage between extended and retracted positions, a spring stressed between the carriage and the sliding part, and means adapted to i) to progressively store a mechanical energy in the spring by displacement of the sliding part towards the retracted position, and ii) to release the thus-stored energy. The sliding part includes an end () supporting a jaw () and a pad (). The carriage includes a protruding part () supporting another jaw () and another pad (). The carriage may be oriented relative to the ground between several functionally distinct stable positions, with a default position where the toy rests in stable equilibrium on the two wheels and the pad (), and a pulling/grasping position where the toy rests in stable equilibrium on the two wheels and the other pad () and where the second jaws is movable parallel to the ground, further or closer to the first jaw.

Multi-position rolling and jumping toy

The present invention relates to a toy comprising at least two parallel wheels each comprising a hub (), a rim () provided with a tread (), and a plurality of spokes () 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.

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Aichi, Japan

Thomas Barse