Track for toy vehicles
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsKeith A. Hippely, Philip W. Crain
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Abstract
A toy track (10) in the shape of a snake for use with a toy vehicle (38). The track has a tail end (12) and a head (24). The head including a top section (26) and a bottom section (28) having a mouth formed therebetween with a coiled tongue (30) therein. When a toy vehicle traveling along the track enters the head from the back, the vehicle will be allowed to exit through the mouth of the head if it has sufficient energy to completely unroll the tongue. However, if the vehicle does not have sufficient energy, the tongue will not completely unroll and will be retracted back into the mouth, to its normal rest position, pulling the toy vehicle with it.
Claims21
In a toy track for a gravity-powered toy vehicle, a track comprising a beginning and an end connected together by a plurality of sections of track, the sections of track including at least one flexible section, and wherein a head having a top section and a bottom section forming a mouth therebetween is attached to the end of a section of flexible track whereby a toy vehicle traveling along the track must pass through the head between said top and bottom sections to exit from the track.
In a toy track for a gravity-powered toy vehicle, a track comprising a beginning and an end connected together by a plurality of sections of track, the sections of track including at least one flexible section, and wherein a head is attached to the end of a section of flexible track, said head including a mouth and a tongue, said tongue unfolding outwardly from the mouth by the action of the toy vehicle passing along the track, through the head and over the tongue, as it exits from the head through the mouth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.