Mechanical walking vehicle
CA 1289600 C · Owner: Clark, John · Inventors: Clark, John
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A mechanical walking vehicle which may be costumed as an animal, and which may carry a rider is disclosed. A chassis, carries power and drive means connected to a pair of crank shafts. Each crank shaft has a crank at each end each crank, being connected to a leg. Each leg is also connected to the chassis by a sliding bearing so that rotation of the crank shafts causes all four legs to move in an up and down and to and fro manner, with diagonally opposed legs following identical paths of movement. Each leg has a ground engaging wheel with a self locking feature and steering means are provided which may be manually controlled by a rider or from remote by radio signals or the like.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted September 24, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 24, 2008.
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