Toy vehicle and trackway

An amusement device, comprising:

• a vehicle provided with wheels freely mounted for rotation, first driven gears mounted for rotation and a second stationary gear mounted concentrically with respect to one of said first gears;
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• a trackway against which said wheels of said vehicle rest and provided with guide means for directing said vehicle therealong, and including:
• a first section terminating at a first end, a second section beginning at a second end, a carrier for said vehicle, means mounting said carrier to rotate between said first and second ends of said first and second sections, and spring means normally urging said carrier into abutting relationship against said first end such that as said vehicle leaves said first end entering said carrier said vehicle and said carrier are rotated to said second end of said second section at which time said vehicle leaves said carrier entering said second end of said second section, and
• a third section terminating in a third end, an upstanding tower positioned at said third end, said tower having upstanding side portions provided with first continuous racks positioned to be engaged by said rotating first gears of said vehicle to propel said vehicle upwardly along said side portions of said tower, one of said side portions also being provided with a second rack spaced apart from said first rack and positioned to be engaged by said second stationary gear of said vehicle to cause said vehicle to rotate about said second gear simultaneously while moving upwardly along said side portions of said tower, and a fourth section terminating in a fourth end located in the vicinity of the uppermost portions of said first racks such that as said vehicle leaves said tower it enters said fourth section.