Slot track racing apparatus
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1. A slot track racing apparatus comprising:
- a base member;
first and second slots formed in the member, the slots defining respective lanes;
at least one lane changing slot formed in the member and connecting the first and second slots together; and
a lane changing member selectively engageable by a vehicle, the lane changing member partially occluding one of the lane defining slots at a junction between said one of the lane defining sots and the lane changing slot, a leading face of the lane changing member being slanted at the same angle as the lane changing slot, the vehicle including a guide member protruding from the vehicle for engagement in one of said slots to be guided thereby and means for controlling the degree of protrusion from the vehicle for engagement in one of said slots to be guided thereby and means for controlling the degree of protrusion of the guide member to allow selective engagement with the lane changing member independent of vehicle speed.
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Abstract
Slot racing track apparatus comprises a base member, first and second slot defining respective lanes and at least one lane changing slot connecting the first and second slots together. A lane changing member is disposed at a junction between the lane defining slots and the lane changing slot and a racing vehicle for use on the track is provided with a guide member for engagement in the slots, the degree of protrusion of the guide member into the slots being controlled so that the lane changing member may be selectively engaged by the vehicle so that the vehicle may change lane.
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1. A slot track racing apparatus comprising:
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a base member; first and second slots formed in the member, the slots defining respective lanes; at least one lane changing slot formed in the member and connecting the first and second slots together; and a lane changing member selectively engageable by a vehicle, the lane changing member partially occluding one of the lane defining slots at a junction between said one of the lane defining sots and the lane changing slot, a leading face of the lane changing member being slanted at the same angle as the lane changing slot, the vehicle including a guide member protruding from the vehicle for engagement in one of said slots to be guided thereby and means for controlling the degree of protrusion from the vehicle for engagement in one of said slots to be guided thereby and means for controlling the degree of protrusion of the guide member to allow selective engagement with the lane changing member independent of vehicle speed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A slot racing track on which toy vehicles are raced one against the other by remote controls of the toy vehicles, the track comprising at least two longitudinally extending slots, each said slot being partially covered to define a longitudinally extending opening narrower than the width of said slot for receiving slot engagement members of said toy vehicles, each said slot engagement member provided with a lip wider than said opening for retention in the slot, each said slot engaging member having a cylindrical form and being fully rotatable relative to the chassis of the toy vehicle, each said slot engaging member further including a vertically slidable member received in therein, said vertically slidable member being connected to a control means for sliding the vertically slidable member in and out of the slot engaging member and for selectively changing the travel direction of the toy vehicle.
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