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US 10,493,369 B2Granted
Toy vehicle track set
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorPaul Schmid
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Abstract
A toy vehicle track set according to present invention includes a first track portion, a second track portion, a base to which the first and second track portions are coupled, and a carriage. At least one of the first track portion and the second track portion is repositionable about the base with respect to the other track portion and the carriage is movably coupled to the base. The carriage is positionable proximate to the first track portion, the second track portion, or both the first and second track portions.
Claims19
A track set for a toy vehicle, comprising:
- a first track portion having a longitudinal axis;
- a second track portion having a longitudinal axis;
- a base having a first base portion that includes a post and a second base portion pivotally coupled to the post of the first base portion and movable about a rotation axis, the first base portion being fixedly coupled to the first track portion, and the second base portion being fixedly coupled to the second track portion, the second base portion movable relative to the first base portion between a first position and a second position;
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- a carriage including an arm pivotally coupled to the post of the first base portion and a housing coupled to the arm, the housing defining a receptacle for the toy vehicle, the carriage being movably coupled to the base for movement about the rotation axis between a first carriage position proximate to the first base portion and a second carriage position proximate to the second base portion, the second base portion and the carriage each being movable independently from each other, and the base including a biasing member biasing the carriage from its first carriage position to its second carriage position.
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A track set for a toy vehicle, comprising:
- a first track portion;
- a second track portion;
- a base having a stationary base portion and a movable base portion coupled to the stationary base portion, the first track portion being fixedly coupled to the stationary base portion, and the second track portion being fixedly coupled to the movable base portion;
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- a carriage including an arm and a housing coupled to the arm, the housing defining a receptacle for a toy vehicle, the carriage being movably coupled to the stationary base portion, the carriage being positionable in a first position proximate to the stationary base portion and a second position proximate to the movable base portion, the base including a biasing member biasing the carriage from the first position to the second position;
- wherein the movable base portion is repositionable between a first base position in which the movable base portion aligns the second track portion with the first track portion and a second base position in which the movable base portion positions the second track portion parallel to and offset from the first track portion and wherein the movable base portion and the carriage are each movable independently from each other.
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A track set for a toy vehicle, comprising:
- a first track portion;
- a second track portion;
- a base having a first base portion and a second base portion that is repositionable relative to the first base portion, the first track portion being fixedly coupled to the first base portion, and the second track portion being fixedly coupled to the second base portion;
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- a housing defining a receptacle for the toy vehicle, the housing being pivotally coupled to the base and movable between a first position proximate to the first base portion and a second position proximate to the second base portion,
- wherein the second base portion is repositionable relative to the first base portion between a plurality of positions, including an aligned position in which longitudinal axes of the first track portion and the second track portion are collinear and a parallel position in which the longitudinal axes of the first track portion and the second track portions are parallel to and offset from each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.