Hobby vehicle track system
AssigneeChristopher Cochella
InventorChristopher Cochella
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Abstract
A hobby track component includes a track section having a first end and a second end, the track section including a generally planar bed, a first guide rail having a generally planar first interior wall extending away from the bed, a second guide rail having a generally planar second interior wall extending away from the bed; the second interior wall being spaced apart from the first interior wall, a first magnet positioned within a recess defined in the first end of the track section, and a second magnet protruding from the second end of the track section.
Claims17
A hobby track component, comprising:
- a track section having a first end and a second end, the track section including,
- a generally planar bed;
- a first guide rail having a generally planar first interior wall extending away from the bed,
- a second guide rail having a generally planar second interior wall extending away from the bed;
- the second interior wall being spaced apart from the first interior wall;
- a first magnet positioned within a recess defined in the first end of the track section;
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- a second magnet protruding from the second end of the track section.
A hobby vehicle set, comprising:
- at least one vehicle having spaced apart wheels;
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- a plurality of track sections, each track section having a first end and a second end, the track section having a generally planar bed, a first guide rail having a generally planar first interior wall extending away from the bed, a first set of alternating magnets coupled to the first guide rail, the first alternating magnets including a first protruding magnet and a first recessed magnet, a second guide rail having a generally planar second interior wall extending away from the bed, the second interior wall being spaced apart from the first interior wall to define a guide path sized to guide the spaced apart wheels, and a second set of alternating magnets coupled to the second guide rail, the second alternating magnets including a second protruding magnet and a second recessed magnet.
A method of forming a hobby track section, comprising:
- forming a monolithic track section having a first end and a second end;
- the track section having a generally planar bed, a first guide rail having a generally planar first interior wall extending away from the bed, a second guide rail having a generally planar second interior wall extending away from the bed, the second interior wall being spaced apart from the first interior wall to define a guide path;
- defining receiving recesses on each of the first end and the second end of the first guide rail;
- positioning first magnets within the first receiving recesses such that at least one of the first magnets is recessed in the first end of the first guide rail and at least another of the first magnets protrudes from the second end of the first guide rail;
- defining second receiving recesses on each of the first end and the second end of the second guide rail;
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- positioning second magnets within the second receiving recesses such that at least one of the second magnets is recessed in the second end of the second guide rail and another of the second magnets protrudes from the first end of the second guide rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.