Toy vehicle track

A toy vehicle kit comprising:

• a first track piece including:
• a first pathway bounded by first opposing sidewalls and extending from a first end to a second end;
• a first male connector disposed at the first end of the first pathway;
• and a first female connector disposed at the second end of the first pathway, wherein the first male connector, the first female connector, and the first pathway are formed integrally, as a first monolithic piece;
• and
• a second track piece including:
• a second pathway bounded by second opposing sidewalls and extending from a third end to a fourth end;
• a second male connector disposed at the third end of the second pathway;
• and a second female connector disposed at the fourth end of the second pathway, wherein the second male connector, the second female connector, and the second pathway are formed integrally, as a second monolithic piece,
• wherein the first female connector and the second female connector each include a receiver that extends through a main body and the receiver includes lobes that extend toward lateral edges of the main body, the lobes being positioned to laterally bound at least one stepped surface and to longitudinally bound guides, with the at least one stepped surface being oriented substantially perpendicularly to the guides and with both the at least one stepped surface and the guides being at least partially elevationally positioned within the receiver, and wherein the first male connector is coupleable directly to the second female connector via its receiver without any additional pieces that are not part of the first track piece and the second track piece, and the second male connector is coupleable directly to the first female connector via its receiver without any additional pieces that are not part of the first track piece and the second track piece.

A toy vehicle track piece including a female connector comprising:

• a main body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and also extending between lateral edges;
• a receiver that extends through the main body of the female connector and includes lobes that extend toward the lateral edges of the main body, wherein the lobes laterally bound at least one stepped surface and longitudinally bound guides, with the at least one stepped surface being oriented substantially perpendicularly to the guides and with both the at least one stepped surface and the guides being at least partially elevationally positioned within the receiver and configured to secure a protrusion of a male connector within the receiver via a snap fit connection;
• and
• lateral guides disposed laterally exteriorly of the main body, but spaced from the main body by a space in which toy vehicle wheel paths are defined laterally exterior of the lobes of the receiver so that toy vehicle wheel paths across a coupling defined by the female connector and the male connector coupled thereto are defined laterally exteriorly of the receiver and do not directly traverse the receiver.