Abstract: A toy vehicle includes a body supported by a plurality of rolling wheels and a front windshield. A trunk lid is pivotally supported at the rear of the vehicle body and is spring biased toward a closed position. A convertible top is pivotally supported by the vehicle and defines a curved upper surface and a rear window surface. A sector gear is joined to the convertible top and is pivotable therewith. A power drive unit includes a motor and plurality of coupling gears which couple motor power to the sector gear. A battery power source and a plurality of on/off switches are operatively coupled to the motor and battery power source to induce energizing of the motor. The convertible top may be either raised or lowered by energizing the drive motor in an action in which the outer surface of the convertible top provides a cam-like member forcing the trunk lid open to facilitate lowering the convertible top into the body or raising it from the body interior.

Abstract: A push toy having a wheel housing rotatably supporting a pair of wheels with an impeller within the housing actuated upon rotation of the wheels, the impeller coacting with the interior of a generally transparent, continuous loop tube formed partially within the handle with a plurality of colored spheres therein, rotation of the impeller moving the string of spheres up the tube to the apex thereof, whereupon the spheres drop under the force of gravity. The toy may be operated in forward or reverse directions.

Abstract: A toy trap door mechanism is disclosed which includes a trap door pivotably mounted within and flush to a panel which simulates the floor of a castle. A chair in the shape of a throne is rotatably mounted to the floor in the vicinity of the trap door. An actuating lever is pivotably mounted to the underside of the floor and is operatively coupled to both the chair and the trap door. When the chair is rotated from a first position facing an observer to a second position facing the trap door, the lever unlatches the trap door which swings open. Holding the trap door in the closed position and rotating the chair to the first position resets the mechanism.

Abstract: A toy which generates bubbles and shapes those bubbles into a recognizable form. The toy has a unique pump mechanism which injects air under pressure into a stream of liquid soap then forces the aerated stream through a screen to break up the stream into a multiplicity of bubbles. A removable shaper is arranged at the exit for bubbles from the pump mechanism. The shaper has an exterior which is the incomplete shape of an object recognizable to a child and a series of conduits which conduct the bubbles into porisions in which they complete the recognizable form.