Toy vehicle track set
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsMichael W. Nuttall, Sang Joon Kwak
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Abstract
A track set is provided, the track set having: a toy vehicle; a toy airplane; a launcher for launching the toy airplane; a trigger mechanism coupled to the launcher, wherein the trigger mechanism is located in a portion of a track path of the track set; and wherein actuation of the trigger mechanism by the toy vehicle as it travels along the track path launches the toy airplane from the launcher towards an indicator mechanism configured to be contacted by the toy vehicle traveling along the track path and the toy airplane after it has been launched from the launcher.
Claims20
A toy vehicle track set, comprising:
- a contact indicator mechanism including at least one target;
- a toy vehicle;
- a toy airplane;
- at least one track segment guiding the toy vehicle along a pathway through a launcher and towards the contact indicator mechanism;
- the launcher including the toy airplane and configured for launching the toy airplane towards the contact indicator mechanism;
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- a trigger mechanism attached to the launcher and the at least one track segment along the pathway of the toy vehicle, wherein:
- (i) the trigger mechanism is contacted and actuated by the toy vehicle as the toy vehicle travels along the pathway;
- (ii) the actuation of the trigger mechanism simultaneously launches the toy airplane from the launcher towards the contact indicator mechanism as the toy vehicle continues down the pathway towards the contact indicator mechanism;
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- (iii) the contact indicator mechanism is positioned in the path of both the toy vehicle traveling along the pathway and the toy airplane launched from the launcher, both of which are simultaneously traveling towards the at least one target of the contact indicator mechanism.
A track set for toy vehicles, comprising:
- a plurality of track segments defining a track pathway;
- a first toy vehicle configured to travel on the plurality of track segments along the track pathway;
- a second toy vehicle;
- a launcher including the second toy vehicle and configured for launching the second toy vehicle, the launcher having a trigger mechanism movably mounted to the launcher for movement between a first position and a second position, the first toy vehicle moving the trigger mechanism from the first position to the second position as the first toy vehicle travels along the track pathway and through the launcher, the first toy vehicle continuing down the track pathway after passing through the launcher, and wherein movement of the trigger mechanism from the first position to the second position by the first toy vehicle causes the second toy vehicle to be launched from the launcher;
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- a contact indicator mechanism positioned along the track pathway in the path of both the first toy vehicle traveling along the track pathway and the second toy vehicle launched from the launcher, both of which are simultaneously traveling towards the contact indicator mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.