Shifting mechanism for toy vehicles
CA 1202486 A · Owner: Mattel, Inc. · Inventors: Kelley, William J.; Halford, Wayne R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A toy vehicle having a motor drive mechanism with a control arm actuable from a first position to a second position for changing the movement thereof, the vehicle having a pivotable linkage arm with a cam follower coacting with a cam movable in response to vehicle travel for pivoting a trigger foot against the control arm for moving it from the first position to the second position.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted April 1, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 1, 2003.
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