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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1978
Nobuo Hamano, Toyko, JP;
Tomy Kogyo Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toy carrier vehicle having a cargo portion sufficiently large to accommodate a powered toy vehicle of the type having a spring motor which is wound by rolling the toy vehicle across a level surface. Openings are provided above the drive wheels of the carrier vehicle to allow contact with the drive wheels of the powered vehicle contained therein. Cargo depression members are provided on the carrier vehicle to force the enclosed powered vehicle against the drive wheels of the carrier vehicle as the latter is rolled across a level surface. Upon completion of the winding operation the enclosed powered vehicle can be retained within the cargo portion to power the carrier vehicle, or it can be released for independent travel.