Toy vehicle

Abstract

A toy vehicle is described which has a steering wheel positioned behind the vehicle at a distance and height permitting a child to turn the wheels of the vehicle while standing up. A wheel turning apparatus is positioned inside the chassis of the cab of the vehicle, connected to the steering wheel situated behind the vehicle, thus enabling the rotation of the steering wheel from outside, to turn the front wheels connected to the wheel turning apparatus.

1 . A toy vehicle comprising a cab, a steering shaft having forward and rearward ends, said rearward end extending from the back thereof, a steering wheel attached to the end of said shaft, and a toothed gear attached to the forward end thereof, a set of front wheels mounted on the underside of said cab, a wheel turning apparatus positioned inside said cab, connected to said shaft, whereby when said steering wheel is rotated, said wheel turning apparatus turns said front wheels right or left. 
     
     
         2 . The toy vehicle of  claim 1  wherein rearward end of said steering shaft extends upward and backward from the back of said cab a distance and at an angle that enables a child to turn the steering wheel attached to the rearward end of said shaft while in a standing position. 
     
     
         3 . The toy vehicle of  claim 1  wherein said wheel turning apparatus comprises a horizontal plate having downwardly depending flanges at each end thereof, said plate being rotably attached to a fixed part in the interior chassis of said cab, said flanges each having a hole there through which an axle extends. 
     
     
         4 . The toy truck vehicle of  claim 3  wherein a wheel is attached to each outer end of said axle. 
     
     
         5 . The toy vehicle of  claim 3  wherein said horizontal plate has a toothed gear fixed to the underside thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The toy vehicle of  claim 1  wherein when said steering wheel is rotated, the toothed gear attached to the forward end of said steering shaft engages the toothed gear attached to the underside of said plate, and moves said wheel turning apparatus and thereby turns said wheels in a right or left direction. 
     
     
         7 . The toy vehicle of  claim 3  wherein said plate is attached to the interior chassis of said cab by means of a pivot pin projecting upward there from through a hole in said fixed part of said interior chassis, and secured thereto with a nut. 
     
     
         8 . The toy vehicle of  claim 3  wherein said fixed part is a horizontal plate mounted in the interior of said cab. 
     
     
         9 . The toy vehicle of  claim 1  wherein said steering shaft comprises two parts, an inner section and an outer section. 
     
     
         10 . The toy vehicle of  claim 9  wherein said inner and outer sections are connected with each other at the location where said shaft projects through the back of said cab. 
     
     
         11 . The toy vehicle of  claim 10  wherein said inner and outer sections are connected by means of interlocking threads. 
     
     
         12 . The toy vehicle of  claim 1  wherein a trailer is connected to said cab. 
     
     
         13 . The toy vehicle of  claim 12  wherein said trailer has at least two sets of wheels attached to the underside thereof. 
     
     
         14 . A toy truck comprising a cab, a steering shaft having forward and rearward ends, said rearward end extending from the back of said cab, a steering wheel attached to the rearward end of said shaft, and a toothed gear attached to the forward end thereof, a set of front wheels mounted on the underside of said cab, a wheel turning apparatus positioned inside said cab, connected to said shaft, whereby when said steering wheel is rotated, said wheel turning apparatus turns said front wheels right or left.