A63H 17/008
Launching devices for motorless toy vehicles
Official title: {Launching devices for motorless toy vehicles (start mechanisms for trackways A63H18/026; for toy aircraft A63H27/14)}
A63H17/008 (Launching devices for motorless toy vehicles) appears on 100 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63H- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Launching apparatus for toy vehicles4 Aug 2026US 12,697,558 B2Spin Master Ltd.
- Toy vehicle launcher7 Apr 2026US 12,594,507 B1Mattel, Inc.
- Pull-back or wind-up model car capable of travelling on at least two different paths10 Feb 2026US 12,544,679 B2
- Toy car launcher26 Nov 2024US 12,151,179 B1
- Toy vehicle carrier16 Apr 2024US 11,957,992 B1Mattel, Inc.
- Transformable toy with a launching device16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199801 A1Choirock Contents Company Co., Ltd.
- Launching apparatus for toy vehicles4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367567 A1Spin Master Ltd.
- Driving device and spinning top accelerator17 Jul 2025US 2025/0229189 A1Guangzhou Lingdong Creative Culture Technology Co., Ltd.
- Toy vehicle carrier30 Jan 2025US 2025/0032946 A1Mattel, Inc.
- Toy vehicle playset17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342620 A1Mattel, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toy vehicle and handheld pneumatic launcher56US 4,897,065 AMarvin Glass & Associates · 1990
- Rapid action toy vehicle launcher54US 5,254,030 AMattel, Inc. · 1993
- Container and start apparatus for toy cars51US 4,433,504 ATakara Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Toy vehicle playset for thermochromic vehicles45US 5,586,923 AMattel, Inc. · 1996
- Portable toy racing set44US 4,564,197 AMattel, Inc. · 1986