Playset having a retractable track section
AssigneeHasbro, Inc.
InventorsWilliam M. Paukert, Douglas A. Schultheis
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Abstract
A playset for use with a wheeled toy vehicle includes a flexible first track section defining a first part of a path for the toy vehicle, a rigid and looped second track section defining a second part of the path, and a cavity formed in the second track section sized to permit the first track section to be shifted between an extended position and a retracted position. The first part of the path and the second part of the path are aligned when the first track section is in the extended position, and at least a major portion of the first track section is disposed within the cavity of the second track section when the first track section is in the retracted position.
Claims20
A playset for use with a wheeled toy vehicle, comprising:
- a first track section defining a first part of a path for the toy vehicle, the first track section having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- a second track section defining a second part of the path, the second track section having an inlet end and an outlet end;
- the second track section including a cavity;
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- the first track section shiftable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- the outlet end of the first track section being aligned with the inlet end of the second track section when the first track section is in the extended position such that the first and second portions of the path are contiguous, the first track section being disposed within the cavity of the second track section when the first track section is in the retracted position.
A playset for use with a wheeled toy vehicle, comprising:
- a flexible first track section defining a first part of a path for the toy vehicle;
- a rigid second track section defining a second part of the path, the second track section formed in a loop;
- a cavity formed in the second track section, the cavity sized to permit the first track section to be shifted between an extended position and a retracted position, the first part of the path and the second part of the path being aligned when the first track section is in the extended position, at least a major portion of the first track section being disposed within the cavity of the second track section when the first track section is in the retracted position.
A playset comprising:
- a wheeled toy vehicle;
- a flexible first track section defining a first path for the toy vehicle;
- a rigid second track section defining a second path for the toy vehicle, the second track section formed in a loop;
- a cavity formed in the second track section, the cavity arranged to permit sliding movement of the first track section between an extended position and a retracted position, the first path and the second path being aligned when the first track section is in the extended position, a majority of the first track section being disposed within the cavity of the second track section when the first track section is in the retracted position;
- a spring biased platform arranged to bias an outlet end of the first track section into a position in which the an outlet end of the first path and an inlet end of the second path are coplanar when the first track section is in the extended position;
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- a releasable stop carried by at least one of the first track section and the second track section, the stop arranged to define at least in part the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.