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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1982
Adolph E Goldfarb, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Delmar K Everitt, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Toy apparatus including an assembly for coupling a self-powered 4-wheel drive toy pulling vehicle to a toy sled which provides a variable resistance or drag to test the pulling power of the vehicle. The toy apparatus simulates in a simplified and economical way its full-scale counterpart; in particular it provides for variations (such as in weight amount and location and coupling configuration) permitted or demanded by rules of competitive load-pulling events. The coupling assembly includes a harness mounted on the pulling vehicle and providing an upright transversely extending tab or bar, and a tongue pivotally mounted on the sled and having a transversely extending slot for receiving the tab. The tongue is pivoted about an axis generally parallel to the ground. This coupling tends to keep the toy vehicle-sled combination moving in a straight line and limits any tendency to veer off to the side. The pulling advantage of the vehicle may be changed by changing the tongue inclination or hitch height by use of one of a plurality of supplements which fit on the tab. The harness is also provided with a plurality of receptacles for weights to load either or both the front and rear of the vehicle to maintain wheel traction. The harness releasibly fits a standard size toy vehicle chassis which supports a plurality of different vehicle bodies so the coupling assembly can be used with many different pulling vehicles.