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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederic A Schwager, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mattel, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H / ; A63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
46221 ; 46262 ; 280 96 ;
Abstract
A steering mechanism (10) for a scale-model vehicle (12) includes a pair of journal boxes (50), (51) having arcuate racks (56), (57) provided on their lower and upper cover plates (54), (53), respectively, for coacting with pinions (62) to swing wheel-carrying axles (60) through predetermined turning arcs when vehicle (12) is moved in reverse. Stops (110) and (112) are engaged by axles (60) to limit the turning arc in reverse and to hold the wheels (44), (46) on a straight course when vehicle (12) moves forwardly.