A63H 18/026
Start-finish mechanisms
Official title: {Start-finish mechanisms; Stop arrangements; Traffic lights; Barriers, or the like (A63H18/025 takes precedence)}
A63H18/026 (Start-finish mechanisms) appears on 110 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A63H- Granted patents
- 110
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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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.
- Car racing system3 Mar 2026US 12,564,796 B2
- Toy vehicle track with lift, release and stunt apparatuses3 Feb 2026US 12,539,469 B2Spin Master Ltd.
- Track running toy8 Apr 2025US 12,268,975 B2Agatsuma Co., Ltd.
- Launching apparatus for toy vehicles4 Dec 2025US 2025/0367567 A1Spin Master Ltd.
- Spiral Lifter for Liftable Toy Balls21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262560 A1
- Start and End Components and Methods of Making Same14 Nov 2024US 2024/0374987 A1Q-BA-MAZE Inc.
- Toy vehicle track with lift, release and stunt apparatuses4 Apr 2024US 2024/0108996 A1Spin Master Ltd.
- Car racing system11 Jan 2024US 2024/0009584 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Toy vehicle game with launcher and return means55US 4,605,230 AMattel, Inc. · 1986
- Toy car track assembly with propelling mechanism and collision course55US 5,899,789 A1999
- Rapid action toy vehicle launcher54US 5,254,030 AMattel, Inc. · 1993
- Race car and track46US 6,913,508 B22005
- Portable toy racing set44US 4,564,197 AMattel, Inc. · 1986