Foldable vehicle playsets with moving components
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsMichael Nuttall, Harold Garner, Stacy O'Connor
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Abstract
Vehicle playsets having multiple configurations. The vehicle playsets may include a track segment, a trigger adjacent to the track segment, a moving component adapted to move toward the trigger, and a launch mechanism coupled to the track segment and adapted to launch a toy vehicle along the track segment toward the moving component. Striking the moving component with the toy vehicle will prevent the moving component from reaching the trigger. The playset has at least two configurations including a closed configuration and an open configuration that is suitable for play.
Claims18
A playset for toy vehicles, comprising:
- a track segment;
- a trigger adjacent to the track segment;
- a foldable playset backboard extending vertically above the track segment and the trigger, the playset backboard defining a guide channel including a slot spanning a length of the playset backboard, the playset backboard further having a folding line along which the playset backboard is foldable;
- a moving component adapted to move descend toward the trigger along the guide channel;
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- a launch mechanism coupled to the track segment and adapted to launch a toy vehicle toward the moving component;
- wherein striking the moving component with the toy vehicle hinders the moving component from reaching the trigger;
- and wherein the playset is pre-assembled to have at least two foldably interchangeable configurations including a closed configuration suitable for storage in which the playset backboard is folded and an open configuration suitable for play.
A playset for toy vehicles, comprising:
- a track segment;
- a target adjacent to the track segment;
- a foldable playset backboard vertically extending above the track segment and the target, the playset backboard defining a guide channel including an inclined slot that extends substantially diagonally across the playset backboard, the playset backboard further including a folding line extending perpendicular to the track segment along which the playset backboard is foldable;
- a moving component adapted to descend toward the target along the guide channel;
- a launch mechanism coupled to the track segment and adapted to launch a toy vehicle along the track segment;
- and
- a ramp adapted to be selectively disposed on the track segment and configured when so disposed to direct the toy vehicle above and away from the track segment and toward the moving component;
- wherein striking the moving component with the toy vehicle dislodges the moving component from the guide channel;
- and wherein the playset is pre-assembled to have at least two foldably interchangeable configurations including a closed configuration suitable for storage in which the playset backboard is folded and an open configuration suitable for play.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.