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US 9,956,492 B2Granted
Wall mounted toy track set
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsStacy L. O'Connor, Eric Ostendorff, Paul Schmid, Eric So, Michael Nuttall, Leung Yat San, Glenn Yu, Amanda L. Bright
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Abstract
A mounting system is provided herein. The mounting system having: a plurality of wall mounts for releasably securing a plurality of items to a vertical surface; and a template having a plurality of cutouts located in a plurality of locations on the template, wherein the plurality of cutouts of the template are each configured to receive at least a portion of one of the plurality of wall mounts therein.
Claims17
A mounting system, comprising:
- a plurality of wall mounts for releasably securing a plurality of items to a vertical surface;
- and
- a template having a plurality of cutouts located in a plurality of locations on the template, wherein the plurality of cutouts of the template are each configured to receive at least a portion of one of the plurality of wall mounts therein;
- wherein the plurality of items are a plurality of toy vehicle track segments and each of the plurality of cutouts define locations of each one of the plurality of wall mounts such that a predetermined track path of the plurality of toy track segments is defined when the plurality of toy track segments are secured to the plurality of wall mounts when the plurality of wall mounts are located in the plurality of cutouts.
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A mounting system, comprising:
- a plurality of wall mounts for releasably securing a plurality of items to a vertical surface;
- and
- a template having a plurality of cutouts located in a plurality of locations on the template, wherein the plurality of cutouts of the template are each configured to receive at least a portion of one of the plurality of wall mounts therein;
- wherein each of the plurality of wall mounts include a bracket;
- and a track connector, and each of the plurality of wall mounts having a break away feature that allows the connector to be removed from the bracket, the connector having a vertical wall portion with a peripheral edge that is snap fittingly engaged with the bracket when the connector is secured to the bracket, the bracket having a lower portion that engages a bottom portion of the vertical wall portion when the connector is secured to the bracket and a feature that engages an upper portion of the vertical wall portion when track connector is secured to the bracket, wherein the feature snap fittingly engages the track connector when it is secured to the bracket.
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A toy track set, comprising:
- a plurality of wall mounts for releasably securing a plurality of track segments of the toy track set to a vertical surface, wherein the plurality of track segments are configured to slidably receive a toy vehicle thereon;
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- a template having a plurality of cutouts located in a plurality of locations on the template, wherein the plurality of cutouts of the template are each configured to receive at least a portion of one of the plurality of wall mounts therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.