Wheeled Inflatable Toy

Abstract

A wheeled inflatable toy includes an inflatable portion ( 20 ) having a body ( 22 ) with a nozzle ( 28 ) allowing inflation and deflation of the body ( 22 ). The body ( 22 ) includes an underside having an engaging section ( 200 ). The wheeled inflatable body further includes a base ( 30 ) having a plurality of pivotal portions ( 34 ). A wheel ( 38 ) is rotatably coupled to each pivotal portion ( 34 ). The base ( 30 ) further includes a coupling portion ( 36 ) engaged with the engaging section ( 200 ) to couple the inflatable portion ( 20 ) with the base ( 30 ).

1 . A wheeled inflatable toy comprising:
 an inflatable portion ( 20 ) including a body ( 22 ) having a nozzle ( 28 ) allowing inflation and deflation of the body ( 22 ), with the body ( 22 ) including an underside having a first engaging section ( 200 ); and   a base ( 30 ) including a plurality of pivotal portions ( 34 ), with a wheel ( 38 ) rotatably coupled to each of the plurality of pivotal portions ( 34 ), with the base ( 30 ) further including a first coupling portion ( 36 ) engaged with the first engaging section ( 200 ) to couple the inflatable portion ( 20 ) with the base ( 30 ).   
   
   
       2 . The wheeled inflatable toy as claimed in  claim 1 , with the base ( 30 ) including a carrier ( 300 ), with the plurality of pivotal portions ( 34 ) including four arms ( 32 ) extending outward from the carrier ( 300 ), with each of the four arms ( 32 ) having a distal end on which one of the plurality of pivotal portions ( 34 ) is formed, with the first coupling portion ( 36 ) including four membranes ( 361 ) each formed between two of the four arms ( 32 ) adjacent to each other, and with each of the four membranes ( 361 ) bonded to the first engaging section ( 200 ) by high frequency welding. 
   
   
       3 . The wheeled inflatable toy as claimed in  claim 1 , with the first engaging section ( 200 ) of the inflatable portion ( 20 ) including a first coupling member ( 24 ), and with the first coupling portion ( 36 ) of the base ( 30 ) releasably engaged with the first coupling member ( 24 ). 
   
   
       4 . The wheeled inflatable toy as claimed in  claim 3 , with the base ( 30 ) including a carrier ( 300 ) having an upper side ( 301 ) and a lower side ( 303 ) spaced from the upper side ( 301 ) in a vertical direction, with the first coupling portion ( 36 ) including a coupling hole ( 360 ) extending from the upper side ( 301 ) through the lower side ( 303 ) of the carrier ( 300 ), with the coupling hole ( 360 ) including an inner periphery having a recess ( 362 ), with the first coupling member ( 24 ) including a cylindrical member ( 240 ) having a peripheral wall ( 245 ), with the peripheral wall ( 245 ) including an outer circumference having a peg ( 244 ) and a slot ( 249 ), with a resilient tab ( 242 ) extending radially outward from a side of the slot ( 249 ), with the resilient tab ( 242 ) pressed inward into the slot ( 249 ) and moved from the upper side ( 301 ) to the lower side ( 303 ) of the carrier portion ( 300 ) when the cylindrical member ( 240 ) is extended through the coupling hole ( 360 ), so that the resilient tab ( 242 ) abuts the lower side ( 303 ) of the carrier portion ( 300 ), and with the peg ( 244 ) of the first coupling member ( 24 ) received in the recess ( 362 ) of the coupling hole ( 360 ) of the first coupling portion ( 36 ) to prevent relative rotation between the inflatable portion ( 20 ) and the base ( 30 ). 
   
   
       5 . The wheeled inflatable toy as claimed in  claim 3 , with the base ( 30 ) including a carrier ( 300 ) having an upper side ( 301 ) and a lower side ( 303 ) spaced from the upper side ( 301 ) in a vertical direction, with the first coupling portion ( 36 ) including a coupling hole ( 360 ) extending from the upper side ( 301 ) through the lower side ( 303 ) of the carrier ( 300 ), with the coupling hole ( 360 ) including an inner periphery having a recess ( 362 ), with the first coupling member ( 24 ) including a cylindrical member ( 240 ) having a peripheral wall ( 245 ), with the peripheral wall ( 245 ) including an outer circumference having a peg ( 244 ) and a threaded portion ( 248 ), with the cylindrical member ( 240 ) extended through the coupling hole ( 360 ), with the wheeled inflatable toy further including a washer ( 40 ) having a screw hole ( 400 ), with the washer ( 40 ) having an outer diameter larger than a diameter of the coupling hole ( 360 ), with the screw hole ( 400 ) threadedly engaged with the threaded portion ( 248 ) of the peripheral wall ( 245 ), with the peg ( 244 ) of the first coupling member ( 24 ) received in the recess ( 362 ) of the coupling hole ( 360 ) of the first coupling portion ( 36 ) to prevent relative rotation between the inflatable portion ( 20 ) and the base ( 30 ). 
   
   
       6 . The wheeled inflatable toy as claimed in  claim 5 , with the carrier portion ( 300 ) of the base ( 30 ) having a shape corresponding to the underside of body ( 22 ), with the body ( 22 ) further including a second engaging section ( 200 ), and with the carrier portion ( 300 ) of the base ( 30 ) further including a second coupling member ( 24 ) releasably coupled with the second engaging section ( 200 ).