Toy vehicle racetrack with paired obstacles
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A toy racetrack comprising:
- a divided travelling surface having at least a first portion with four lanes and two obstacle pairs, connected to a second portion with two lanes;
wherein;
each obstacle pair is located substantially in a corresponding pair of lanes,each obstacle in each obstacle pair is movable, independent of the other obstacle in the obstacle pair, from at least a first position, in which the respective obstacle allows unimpeded travel, to a second position, in which the respective obstacle impedes travel;
each pair of lanes transitions from two lanes before the obstacle pair to one lane after the obstacle pair; and
at least one obstacle pair is configured such that activation of the obstacle pair by a first toy vehicle causes travel of a second toy vehicle in one of the lanes to be impeded.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A toy vehicle racetrack is provided with one or more obstacle pairs. The obstacle pairs may be arranged in a geometrical progression and each obstacle pair may determine the relative positions of two toy vehicles and impede the travel of the trailing vehicle. Impeding the travel of the trailing vehicle may be accomplished by ejecting the trailing toy vehicle from the track.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A toy racetrack comprising:
-
a divided travelling surface having at least a first portion with four lanes and two obstacle pairs, connected to a second portion with two lanes; wherein; each obstacle pair is located substantially in a corresponding pair of lanes, each obstacle in each obstacle pair is movable, independent of the other obstacle in the obstacle pair, from at least a first position, in which the respective obstacle allows unimpeded travel, to a second position, in which the respective obstacle impedes travel; each pair of lanes transitions from two lanes before the obstacle pair to one lane after the obstacle pair; and at least one obstacle pair is configured such that activation of the obstacle pair by a first toy vehicle causes travel of a second toy vehicle in one of the lanes to be impeded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A toy vehicle obstacle apparatus comprising:
-
a first lane for a first toy vehicle and a second lane for a second toy vehicle; a first trigger in the first lane; a second trigger in the second lane; a first obstacle in the first lane, the first obstacle being movable between a first position which allows unimpeded travel in the first lane and a second position which impedes travel in the first lane; a second obstacle in the second lane, the second obstacle being movable, independent of the position of the first obstacle, between a first position which allows unimpeded travel in the second lane and a second position which impedes travel in the second lane; an unlatching assembly operatively coupled to the first trigger, the second trigger, the first obstacle, and the second obstacle; wherein the first trigger causes the unlatching assembly to release the second obstacle, causing the second obstacle to move from the first position to the second position; and the second trigger causes the unlatching assembly to release the first obstacle, causing the first obstacle to move from the first position to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A toy vehicle obstacle apparatus comprising:
-
a first lane for a first toy vehicle and a second lane for a second toy vehicle; first trigger in the first lane; a second trigger in the second lane; a first obstacle in the first lane, the first obstacle being movable between a first position which allows unimpeded travel in the first lane and a second position which impedes travel in the first lane; a second obstacle in the second lane, the second obstacle being movable, independent of the position of the first obstacle, between a first position which allows unimpeded travel in the second lane and a second position which impedes travel in the second lane; an arming shuttle operatively coupled to the first trigger and the second trigger; wherein the arming shuttle is configured such that a first activation of the first trigger causes the arming shuttle to operatively connect the second trigger to the second obstacle, and a subsequent second activation of the second trigger releases the second obstacle, causing the second obstacle to move from the first position to the second position. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A toy racetrack comprising
a first lane for a first toy vehicle and a second lane for a second toy vehicle; -
an obstacle pair having two operatively linked obstacles;
a first obstacle located substantially in line with the first lane and a second obstacle located substantially in line with the second lane;wherein each obstacle is movable, independent of the position of the other obstacle, between at least a first position which allows unimpeded travel and a second position which impedes travel. - View Dependent Claims (20)
-
Specification