Alessandro Ioviero

US Patent:

6350171, Feb 26, 2002

Filed:

Feb 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/497446

Inventors:

Keith A. Hippely - Manhattan Beach CA
Alessandro Ioviero - El Monte CA

Assignee:

Mattel, Inc. - El Segundo

International Classification:

A63H 1716

US Classification:

446440, 446487

Abstract:

A toy motorcycle body supports a pair of front-to-back extending chassis shafts in a pivotal attachment. A front wheel and a rear wheel are each formed of respective wheel halves and supported by the pivotable chassis shafts. The chassis shafts each support respective lever cams which cooperate with a pivotally supported lever actuated by the user. The chassis shafts also support a pair of spring cams which cooperate with a return spring. The action of the spring upon the spring cams pivots the chassis shafts to place the front and rear wheel halves together configuring the toy motorcycle as a conventional motorcycle. The manipulation of the pivotally supported lever by the user overcomes the spring force and pivots the chassis shafts so as to move the respective wheel halves to a split outwardly extending configuration to mimic a hovering device.