Expanding track set
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsMichael W Nuttall, Stacy Lynn O'Connor
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Abstract
A toy vehicle track set is provided including a track segment. The track set having: a movable character located proximate to the track segment, wherein the character includes a torso, a first appendage, and a second appendage, each of the appendages is positioned adjacent the track segment, at least one of the pair of appendages being movably secured thereto and configured to intermittently block portions of the track segment such that a toy vehicle travelling thereon is captured by the character depending on the location of the appendages.
Claims17
A toy vehicle track set comprising:
- a track segment;
- and
- a movable character located proximate to the track segment, wherein the character includes a torso, a first appendage, and a second appendage, each of the appendages is positioned adjacent the track segment, at least one of the pair of appendages being movably secured to the track segment and configured to intermittently block portions of the track segment such that a toy vehicle travelling on the track segment is captured by the character depending on the location of the appendages.
A toy vehicle track set comprising:
- a track segment;
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- a transforming character located proximate to the track segment, the transforming character including a torso, a first arm coupled to the torso, a second arm coupled to the torso, a first panel coupled to the torso, and a second panel coupled to the torso, the first arm being movably coupled to the torso and positionable proximate to a toy vehicle path defined by the track segment, wherein a toy vehicle traveling on the toy vehicle path can engage the first arm;
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- a contact member proximate to the track segment and engageable by a toy vehicle traveling on the track segment, where a first engagement of the toy vehicle with the contact member causes the character to transform to a first stage, and a second engagement of the toy vehicle with the contact member causes the character to transform to a second stage different from the first stage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.