Toy vehicle playset with interactive features

#The present invention relates to a toy vehicle playset, and in particular, a toy vehicle playset with an interactive feature or object. More specifically, the interactive feature or object is movable with respect to the toy vehicles and the playset itself, and is capable of interacting with toy vehicles traveling along the toy vehicle playset and/or portions of the toy vehicle playset itself in order to provide unique play patterns with the toy vehicle playset.

#Various toy vehicle playsets are known, where many of the known toy vehicle playsets are used to simulate raceways, cityscapes, and/or other backdrops. In some instances, the toy vehicle playsets resemble a tower having tracks that form pathways that facilitate the descent of toy vehicles from the top of the tower to the bottom of the tower. These playsets, however, are limited in their play patterns because they often lack interactive features that dictate how the toy vehicles descend from the top of the tower, and that determine whether or not the toy vehicle fully descend from the top of the tower (i.e., whether or not they are impeded or knocked off of the pathway defined by the track). In addition, these known toy vehicle tower playsets often do not include any storage for the toy vehicles when they are not in use. Thus, users of the toy vehicle tower playsets are forced to find other locations in which to store their toy vehicles when they are not in use.

#Therefore, there is a need for a toy vehicle playset that includes a tower from which toy vehicles are capable of descending that also includes at least one interactive feature or object that dictates how and whether a toy vehicle successfully descends the tower via the track sections of toy vehicle tower playset. Furthermore, there is a need for a toy vehicle playset with storage locations disposed along the tower of the toy vehicle playset, where the storage locations are configured to store the toy vehicles when not in use.

#FIG. 1A illustrates a front view of an embodiment of a toy vehicle playset that includes a tower from which toy vehicles descend and at least one interactive feature or object in accordance with the present invention.

#FIG. 1B illustrates a rear view of the embodiment of the toy vehicle playset illustrated in FIG. 1A.

#FIG. 2 illustrates a top perspective view of the base of the toy vehicle playset illustrated in FIG. 1A.

#Like reference numerals have been used to identify like elements throughout this disclosure.

#In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying figures which form a part hereof wherein like numerals designate like parts throughout, and in which is shown, by way of illustration, embodiments that may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized, and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the following detailed description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of embodiments is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

#Aspects of the disclosure are disclosed in the accompanying description. Alternate embodiments of the present disclosure and their equivalents may be devised without parting from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure. It should be noted that any discussion herein regarding “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “an exemplary embodiment,” and the like indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, and that such particular feature, structure, or characteristic may not necessarily be included in every embodiment. In addition, references to the foregoing do not necessarily comprise a reference to the same embodiment. Finally, irrespective of whether it is explicitly described, one of ordinary skill in the art would readily appreciate that each of the particular features, structures, or characteristics of the given embodiments may be utilized in connection or combination with those of any other embodiment discussed herein.