Track set for toy vehicles
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorStacy Lynn O'Connor
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Abstract
A track set for toy vehicles is provided, the track set having: a platform defining a receiving area; a first track member being pivotally secured to the platform for movement about at a first axis, and a second track member being pivotally secured to the platform for movement about the first axis, the first and second track members each having a launcher for launching a toy vehicle towards the receiving area, the first track member defining a first movable path towards the receiving area and the second track member defining a second movable path towards to the receiving area; and an actuator configured to simultaneously activate the launcher of each of the first and second track members to propel at least one toy vehicle along at least one of the first and second movable paths toward the receiving area.
Claims19
A track set for toy vehicles, comprising:
- a platform defining a receiving area;
- a first track member being pivotally secured to the platform for movement about at a first axis, and a second track member being pivotally secured to the platform for movement about the first axis, the first and second track members each having a launcher for launching a toy vehicle towards the receiving area, the first track member defining a first movable path towards the receiving area and the second track member defining a second movable path towards to the receiving area;
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- an actuator configured to simultaneously activate the launcher of each of the first and second track members to propel at least one toy vehicle along at least one of the first and second movable paths toward the receiving area.
A method for colliding toy vehicles on a track set, the method comprising:
- pivotally securing an end of a first track member to a pivot axis of a platform having a receiving area;
- pivotally securing an end of a second track member to the pivot axis of the platform;
- moving each of the first track member and the second track member with respect to the receiving area;
- propelling a first toy vehicle along the first track member;
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- propelling a second toy vehicle along the second track member.
A track set for toy vehicles, comprising:
- a platform defining a receiving area;
- a first track member pivotally secured to a post of the platform such that a distal end of the first track member can be relocated with respect to the receiving area as the first track member rotates about a pivot axis of the post;
- a second track member also pivotally secured to the post of the platform such that a distal end of the second track member can be relocated with respect to the receiving area as the second track member rotates about the pivot axis of the post;
- a first vehicle launcher for launching a toy vehicle along the first track member and towards the receiving area;
- a second vehicle launcher for launching another toy vehicle along the second track member and towards the receiving area;
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- an actuator configured to simultaneously activate the first vehicle launcher and the second vehicle launcher.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.